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Sanjūsangen-dō

三十三間堂

Higashiyama, Kyoto · 京都

A 120-metre wooden hall from 1266 containing 1,001 life-size Kannon figures in ranked rows, plus twenty-eight guardian deities carved in the Kamakura period.

Why it’s worth it

Photography is banned inside, which is why it works — you have to actually stand there. Walking the full length of that hall is unlike anything else in Japan.

CategoryCulture

AreaHigashiyama

Hours09:00–17:00

Typical spend¥

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