Hojuin

📍 Kyoto, Kyoto · 5-17 Kamihotoriyu Yamano-motoccho, Minami Ward, Kyoto

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About

MountainKitayama

SectRinzai-shu Shokoku-ji school

PrincipalKannon Bosatsu

Founded1397

FounderAshikaga Yoshimitsu

HeritageUNESCO World Heritage

Website www.shokoku-ji.jp/kinkakuji/

History

Named after the Sacred Tree, this temple stands protected by ancient woodland. Deeply rooted in the Kamihotoriyu district of southern Kyoto, it has nurtured countless hearts like an age-old grove. Beneath trees of a hundred years or more, countless souls have grown and found peace.