List of Buddhist temples in Kyoto

There are 1,600 Buddhist temples scattered throughout the prefecture of Kyoto.

Nara period in Kyoto (710-794)

 * Saihō-ji (西芳寺), also known as Koke-dera (苔寺) or Kōinzan Saihō-ji (洪隠山西芳寺).
 * Otagi Nenbutsuji Temple

Heian period in Kyoto (794-1229)

 * Kōryū-ji (広隆寺), also known as the "Uzamasa-dera" (太秦寺).
 * Rokkaku-dō (六角堂).
 * Adashino Nenbutsu-ji (化野念仏寺).
 * Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), formally identified as Otowa-san Kiyomizu-dera (音羽山清水寺). — World Historical Heritage Site
 * Enryaku-ji (延暦寺). — World Historical Heritage Site
 * Yamashiro Kokubun-ji (山城国分寺).
 * East Temple (東寺), formally identified as Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji (教王護国寺).
 * West Temple (西寺), destroyed in 1233 and never rebuilt.
 * Daikaku-ji (大覚寺).
 * Ninna-ji (仁和寺). — World Historical Heritage Site
 * Sennyū-ji (泉涌寺).
 * Gangyō-ji (元慶寺), after 986 known more popularly as Kazan-ji (花山寺).
 * Rokushō-ji (六勝寺).
 * Hosshō-ji (法勝寺).
 * Sonshō-ji (尊勝寺).
 * Saishō-ji (最勝寺).
 * Enshō-ji (円勝寺).
 * Jōshō-ji (成勝寺).
 * Enshō-ji (延勝寺).
 * Daigo-ji (醍醐寺).
 * Kajū-ji (勧修寺), also spelled Kwajū-ji.
 * Nison-in (二村院), formally identified as Ogura-yama Nison-kyo-in Keidai-ji (小倉山 二尊教院 華台寺).
 * Byōdō-in (平等院).
 * Sanjūsangen-dō (三十三間堂).

Hōjō in the Kamakura period in Kyoto (1221-1333)

 * Kennin-ji (建仁寺).
 * Tōfuku-ji (東福寺).
 * Nanzen-ji (南禅寺), formerly Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji (禅林寺).
 * Daitoku-ji (大徳寺).
 * Chion-in (知恩院).
 * Ryūhon-ji.
 * Bukkō-ji (佛光寺).
 * Nishi Otani Betsuin.

Ashikaga in the Muromachi period in Kyoto (1333-1582)

 * Tōjo-in.
 * Tōjo-ji.
 * Tenryū-ji (天龍寺), formally identified as Tenryū Shiseizen-ji (天龍資聖禅寺); formerly on same site in 9th century, Danrin-ji (檀林寺)
 * Myōshin-ji (妙心寺).
 * Shōkoku-ji (相国寺), formally identified as Mannen-zan Shōkoku Shōten Zenji (萬年山相國承天禅寺).
 * Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺) or the "Golden Pavilion Temple," formally identified as Rokuon-ji (鹿苑寺).
 * Ryōan-ji (竜安寺).
 * Ginkaku-ji (銀閣寺) or the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," formally identified as Jishō-ji (慈照寺). — World Historical Heritage Site
 * Honkoku-ji.
 * Honnō-ji (本能寺).

Azuchi-Momoyama period in Kyoto (1582-1615)

 * Hompa Hongwan-ji.
 * Ōtaniha Hongwan-ji.
 * Hōkō-ji (方広寺).
 * Mimizuka.
 * Kōdai-ji (高台寺), formally identified as Jubuzan Kōdai-ji (鷲峰山高台寺).
 * Sambō-in.
 * Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺).
 * Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺).

Edo period in Kyoto (1615-1869)



 * Shōgo-in ( (聖護院)
 * Chishaku-in.
 * Reikan-ji.
 * Reigen-ji.
 * Yentsū-ji.
 * Rinkyū-ji.