Important Cultural Property of Kyoto

Kamakura-period mikoshi store at Sakatoke Shrine on Mount Tenno, Oyamazaki, Kyoto: a tiled store of stacked squared timbers at Otokuni's oldest shrine.

Discover Chion-in, the grand head temple of Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism in Kyoto. Explore Japan's largest wooden gate (National Treasure), the majestic Miei-do Hall, the legendary Seven Wonders, and the iconic 70-ton bell. A must-visit spiritual landmark in Higashiyama.

The 1641 Karamon gate of Chion-in, Kyoto, an Important Cultural Property since 1910, carved with legendary figures riding a carp and a crane.

The 1621 sutra repository of Chion-in, Kyoto, an Important Cultural Property since 1900, housing a revolving case with 6,000 volumes of the Song canon.

The Seishido hall of Chion-in, Kyoto, rebuilt in 1530 on the site of Honen's hermitage and an Important Cultural Property since 1899, the temple's oldest building.

The 1678 bell tower of Chion-in, Kyoto, an Important Cultural Property since 1997, housing a 70-tonne bell rung by seventeen people on New Year's Eve.

Cut with a date corresponding to 1334, this granite stone pagoda gives scholars a fixed point for dating medieval stonework in Japan. Its temple stays closed.

Four brick structures of 1895 at the Kyoto National Museum, designed by Katayama Tokuma and listed in 1969. The main hall is closed, but the gate and walls remain.

The main hall of Tenkyuin, a sub-temple of Myoshinji in Kyoto, dates from the Kan'ei era (1624–1643) and is designated with its entrance hall and an old ridge tile.

The stone pagoda of Tenjin Shrine in Kizugawa, Kyoto, raised in 1277 in the mid-Kamakura period, is among the oldest thirteen-storey pagodas with a known date.

The main hall of the Tenmangu shrine in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, built in 1348, is a small one-bay nagare-style hall roofed in cypress bark, from the 14th century.

Built in 1628 at Konchi-in, this is called Kyoto's only surviving gongen-zukuri shrine. A dragon attributed to Kano Tanyu covers the worship hall ceiling.

Built in 1603 and listed in 1967, Engetsukyo is a roofed timber bridge on five piers, eleven bays long, crossing the Sengyokukan ravine at Tofukuji in Kyoto.

Gekkamon, a four-legged gate roofed in cypress bark and listed in 1902, stands closed on the northern approach at Tofukuji in Kyoto, free to view from outside.

The former Bank of Japan Kyoto Branch on Sanjo-dori, a brick building of 1906 by Tatsuno Kingo and Nagano Uheiji, is now the annex of the Museum of Kyoto.

The Important Cultural Property Ninnaji Temple covers 14 buildings, from the Nio-mon Gate and pagoda to two teahouses, designated 1900 to 1973. Structure, viewing.

An early Edo shoin at Fushimi Inari Taisha, said to have been granted by a retired emperor in 1641 and moved from the palace. Listed in 1927 and normally closed.

Nio Gate of 1350 at Bujoji in Hanase, Kyoto: an eight-pillared gate with a hip-and-gable shingle roof, where the mountain path to the main hall begins.

Main hall and water pavilion of around 1345 to 1349 at Bujoji in Hanase, Kyoto: a hall built out over a cliff, called the oldest stage-style building in Japan.

The Former Butokuden in Kyoto, a vast timber martial arts hall of 1899 that the city calls the oldest in Japan, is still used as part of the Kyoto City Budo Center.