Daikaku-ji Temple

Daikaku-ji (大覚寺, Daikaku-ji) is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Ukyō-ku, a western ward in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The site was originally a residence of Emperor Saga (785–842 CE), and later various emperors conducted their cloistered rule from here. The Saga Go-ryū school of ikebana has its headquarters in the temple. The artificial lake of the temple, Ōsawa Pond, is one of the oldest Japanese garden ponds to survive from the Heian period.

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Daikaku-ji Temple ranks #1,480 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #79 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 876, it is older than 95% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 61 atlas entries founded in the 9th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,313 times in the last 60 days, more than 85% of the atlas. 15 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kyoto, 8 km away. It is one of the 71 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of Kansai. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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