All Japan Kyoto Yōgen-in Temple

Yōgen-in Temple

The Tokugawa shogunate private temple has the blood of hundreds of samurai soaked in its ceiling.

Kyoto, Japan

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The temple is open daily from 10 to 5, entrance is 600¥.

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