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Modern SitesSite Name: Chion-ji temple Alternative Name: 知恩寺, Hyakumanben 百万遍Country: Japan
NOTE: This site is 0.434 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Kyōto (Kyōto pref.) Nearest Village: Sakyō-ku 左京区
Latitude: 35.030100N Longitude: 135.781050E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Chion-ji temple, aka Hyakumanben, do not belong to the Zen sect but has fine dry landscape gardens. The precinct of the temple is often used for flea market and book fair, but the gardens are usually closed to public.
Chion-in (知恩院) temple is another temple with a pond garden.
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