Hokan-ji Temple (Yasaka Pagoda)
Founded in 589, Hokan-ji was dedicated to the five great nyorai, but it is now little more than a pagoda surrounded by residential buildings near Yasaka Shrine. |
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Women dressed as apprentice geisha outside Hokanji
Temple. |
Visitors may climb up the narrow steps inside the pagoda. |
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Stone images at Hokanji Temple. |
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Entrance to Hokanji Temple. |
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Path leading to Hokanji Temple. |
