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Home - Travel - Sightseeing Guide - Kansai - Yoshino
Kinpusenji Temple
# 2   of 5 most visited
sights in Yoshino
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Kinpusenji is the leading Buddhist temple in Yoshino and an important center of Shugendo, a sect which centers around mountain worship and whose teachings are not only based on Buddhism but also on Shinto and other philosophies.

Kinpusenji houses a seven meters tall Buddha statue in the temple's huge main hall, the Zao Hall, which is said to be Japan's second largest wooden structure (after Nara's Todaiji Temple).

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How to get there

Kinpusenji Temple can be reached in about a 10 minute walk from the upper station of the Yoshino Ropeway (Yoshinoyama Station).

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Hours and Fees
Hours:8:30 to 16:30
Closed:No closing days
Admission:400 yen (for entering the main hall)

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April 13, 2011
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