Recommend 3 small temples in Kyoto

There are many temples in Kyoto, both large and small. If this is your first time visiting Kyoto, you can’t miss the Kiyomizu Temple and Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine that we introduced earlier. But if you have been to Kyoto several times and want to explore more, you can go to the following small temples: 1️⃣ Vajra Temple 📬 〒605-0828 390 Kinen-cho, Higashiyama District, Kyoto Prefecture Yasaka Koshin-do is filled with colorful wishing monkeys with names, dates, and wishes written on them. The monkey amulet has its hands and feet tied, which represents the mind that is always on the move like a monkey can calm down and restrain its desires. It is said that if you make two wishes to the wishing monkey and give up one of them, the wish will come true. Yasaka Koshin Hall is dedicated to the "Blue Faced King Kong". The Gengshen faith believes that monkeys are messengers of God, and the three monkeys who "do not look at what is improper, do not listen to what is improper, and do not speak what is improper" are also followers of the Blue-faced Vajra. This temple is not far from Kiyomizu Temple and attracts many tourists wearing kimonos to take photos. 2️⃣Zenju Temple 📬 〒605-0811 146 Komatsucho, Higashiyama District, Kyoto Prefecture It is also known as Marichi Paradise. The wild boar is regarded as a sacred animal, guarding the Zen temple. The temple has pig fortune sticks, pig amulets and pig ema. 3️⃣Inabado-do-doji Temple 〒600-8415 728 Inabado-cho, Shimokyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto Prefecture Inabado Byodoji Temple is famous for praying for health and fighting cancer, and attracts many people to pray for the health of their pets. The temple sells a variety of animal amulets. As a cat lover, I bought a six-cat amulet "Mubingshou" as a souvenir. ——— #Kingoji Temple #Zenjuan #Morichizunparadise #Inabado Pedroji Temple #Kyoto Travel #Kyoto Free Travel #Kyoto #Japan Travel #Japan Free Travel #Japan #AprilGoodDestinations2025