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  • Yasaka Koshindo Temple

  • It became the place of the first "Koshin" belief in Japan.
  • Address / 390 Kinen-cho Shimokawara-dori 4-chome Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto city
  • Access / City Bus : Higashiyama-Yasui - walk 5 min
Yasaka Koshindo

"Blue side Kongo" was enshrined by "Kawakatsu Hata" in the Asuka period. This is the beginning of "Koshin" belief.
Afterwards, this temple was built at the present place at the Heian period, and it became the place of the first "Koshin" belief in Japan.
The present main hall in this temple was rebuilt in 1679 in Edo period.


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