Castle
Shōren-in Temple
🇯🇵 Japan · 12th century
Shōren-in (青蓮院) is a Buddhist temple located in the Awadaguchi Sanjōbōchō neighborhood of Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Tendai sect of Japanese Buddhism. It is also known as the Shōren-in Monzeki (青蓮院門跡). Its precincts were designated a National Historic Site in 1942.
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Shōren-in Temple ranks #2,334 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #111 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1150, it is older than 86% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 194 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.
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