An amazing experience accompanied by a rain storm. The latter got us all wet, and the former was a very interesting tour of a temple showing some of the links between Japanese and Indian religions. The 1001 statues were a real eye opener!

Even though I lived in Japan for quite some time, I never got to experience Kyoto. Visiting this temple is a wonderful introduction to the Buddhist faith. The 1001 statues of the Kanno, are impressive along with other visual representations of Buddhist deities.

This temple is rather plain from the outside, the real interest is inside! The statues are really impressive! If you can stay inside that is. There is a lot of traditional incense going on, which gave me a light headache, and might be worse for...More

A temple with a difference and a USP. I certainly recommend this as a must see attraction, and the fact that you cannot take photo’s actually means you stop and read about the history of all of the statues. It should be noted footwear is...More

especially with all of the statues of all the gods and carers plus i was told that the thunder god here was the inspiration for Dragon ball Z please take the time to read the history about each god as well

We were sad that we could not take photos here, although we totally understand why. It is hard to out the experience into words alone. We visited just under 2 weeks ago and it was about 37° with the humidity, and no air in the...More

I really enjoyed this place. The main hall has 1,001 life size Buddhas which are a site to behold. I recommend this place, highly.