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

Ryōan-ji is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. It belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism.

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Ryōan-ji Temple in pictures8 photos · 1 place
Ryōan-ji Temple
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Ellywa at Dutch Wikipedia · cc-by-sa-3.0 · Sep 5, 2004
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