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Kinkaku-Ji the temple of Gold<br/>
 
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Ginkaku-Ji, the temple of modesty<br/>
Kamigamo JInja,
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Kamigamo JInja, the shrine of lightning<br/>[[http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2158.html]]
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
*[[Ise]]
 
*[[Ise]]

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Kyoto is a city in the island of Honshu, in Japan; an ancient imperial capital. Kyoto has 1.6 million inhabitants, and important Japanese cultural assets (Architecture, gardens, palaces and Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines). Kyoto is part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.

Capital of Japan from 794 until the 1868 "Meiji Restoration", this city is cupped in a ring of mountains and cut through by rivers. It is home of several UNESCO World Heritage sites. [1] The UNESCO World Heritage Site encompasses several locations in Japan (Kyoto, Otsu, Uji and Nikko Cities, and Shiretoko, in northeastern Hokkaido).

Kyoto is most well known in the western world for being the city in which the Kyoto Protocol was drafted.

Important places

Kiomizudera, a famouse 40-foot platform
Ryuan-Ji, the Temple of the famous rock garden
Kinkaku-Ji the temple of Gold
Ginkaku-Ji, the temple of modesty
Kamigamo JInja, the shrine of lightning
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See also


The Golden Temple