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Hōkō-ji Temple: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

Hōkō-ji is a temple in Kyoto, Japan, dating from the 16th century. Toyotomi Hideyoshi determined that the capital city should have a Daibutsu temple to surpass that of Nara.

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