Higashiyama (東山区, Higashiyama-ku, meaning "east mountain") is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was created...
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Toyokuni Shrine (豊国神社, Toyokuni-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was built in 1599 to commemorate Toyotomi Hideyoshi....
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Route 1 and Jujō Street. To the east of Minami-ku is Higashiyama-ku, and to the southeast is Fushimi-ku. Tō-ji a famous Buddhist temple with strong associations...
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Asahito (Japanese: 朝仁), posthumously honored as Emperor Higashiyama (東山天皇, Higashiyama-tennō, 21 October 1675 – 16 January 1710), was the 113th emperor...
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The Kyoto National Museum (京都国立博物館, Kyōto Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan) is one of the major art museums in Japan. Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum...
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Intelligent Systems (category Companies based in Kyoto)
Originally, the company was headquartered at the Nintendo Kyoto Research Center in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, but later moved to a building near Nintendo's main...
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Sannenzaka (category Kyoto Prefecture articles missing geocoordinate data)
(三年坂), is a stone-paved pedestrian road and tourist attraction in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The road is lined with traditional buildings and shops,...
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Kyoto (/ˈkjoʊtoʊ/; Japanese: 京都, Kyōto [kʲoꜜːto] ), officially Kyoto City (京都市, Kyōto-shi, [kʲoːtoꜜɕi] ), is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the...
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Higashiyama-ku and Yamashina-ku. In the north, it borders the city of Nantan in Kyoto Prefecture and Takashima in Shiga Prefecture. In central Kyoto,...
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Kiyomizu-dera (category Buddhist temples in Kyoto)
located in the foothills of Mount Otowa, part of the Higashiyama mountain range that dominates eastern Kyoto. The main hall has a large veranda, supported by...
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Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, a ward of the city of Kyoto Emperor Higashiyama (1675–1710), Emperor of Japan from 1687 to 1709 Kobeni Higashiyama (東山 コベニ), a...
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Ninenzaka (category Kyoto Prefecture articles missing geocoordinate data)
ancient 150m stone-paved pedestrian road and tourist attraction in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The road is lined with traditional buildings and shops,...
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Kyoto Women's University (京都女子大学, Kyōto joshi daigaku) is a private women's college in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. The school's predecessor was...
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Nintendo (category Manufacturing companies based in Kyoto)
facilities dispersed in Kyoto, which led to the expansion of the offices in Kamitakamatsu-cho, Fukuine, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. In 1953, Nintendo became...
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"Gion Sasaki" in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto | MICHELIN GUIDE digital". gm.gnavi.co.jp. Retrieved 2020-02-15. "Guide MICHELIN - Kyoto 2018 - IIDA and...
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8th month).: 186 Go-Mizunoo's memory is honored at Sennyū-ji in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto where a designated Imperial mausoleum (misasagi) is located. It...
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building, 1987, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan MK Oil Higashigojo gas station, 1987, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Japan Kirin Plaza, 1987, Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan (not...
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Japanese school in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. It includes middle and high school levels. It is under the Educational Foundation Kyoto International School...
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Kyōto 2nd district (京都府第2区 Kyōto-fu dai-ni-ku or simply 京都2区 Kyōto niku) is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is...
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Chion-in (category Buddhist temples in Kyoto)
Chion-in (知恩院, Monastery of Gratitude) in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan is the headquarters of the Jōdo-shū (Pure Land Sect) founded by Hōnen (1133–1212)...
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Tōfuku-ji (category Buddhist temples in Kyoto Prefecture)
temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. Tōfuku-ji takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji. It is one of the Kyoto Gozan or "five...
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Mimizuka (category Buildings and structures in Kyoto)
Tomb"), which was renamed from Hanazuka (鼻塚, "Nose Mound"), is a monument in Kyoto, Japan. It is dedicated to the sliced noses of killed Korean soldiers and...
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Kōdai-ji (category Buddhist temples in Kyoto)
Kōdai-ji), is a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan—the largest subtemple of the Kennin-ji branch. It was established...
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mausoleum (misasagi), Tsuki no wa no misasagi, at Sennyū-ji in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto. Also enshrined here are Momozono's immediate Imperial predecessors...
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The Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art (京都市京セラ美術館) is located in Okazaki Park in Sakyō-ku Kyoto. Formerly Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art (京都市美術館, Kyōto-shi...
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Yasaka Pagoda (category Buddhist temples in Kyoto)
also known as the Tower of Yasaka, is a Buddhist pagoda located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The 5-story tall pagoda is the last remaining structure...
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Protestant Doshisha English School established. 1877 - Kyōto Station opens. 1879 - Kamigyō-ku and Shimogyō-ku ward established.[citation needed] 1886 - Maruyama...
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Higashiyama Station (東山駅, Higashiyama-eki, station Number: T10) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line in Higashiyama-ku, city of...
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Kiyomizu-Gojō Station (category Railway stations in Kyoto)
Kiyomizu-Gojō Station (清水五条駅) is a railway station located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The station was renamed from Gojō Station...
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Gion-Shijō Station (category Railway stations in Kyoto)
Gion-Shijō Station (祇園四条駅) is a railway station in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, which serves the Keihan Main Line and is operated by the Keihan Electric...
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