Kyoto - Daigo-ji Temple

 
The Daigoji Temple of the Shingon sect, built by a priest named Shobo in 874 as one of two centers of the ascetic Shugendo doctrine. Notable among the temple buildings, some of which are very ancient, is the five-story pagoda, one of the oldest structures in Kyoto (951).

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