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Kodai-ji Temple Frommer's Recommended

Hours Daily 9am-4:30pm (until 4pm in winter)
Location Yasakatorii-mae-sagaru, Shimo-Kawaramachi, Eastern Kyoto
Transportation Bus: 100 or 206 to Higashiyama Yasui (5 min.)
Phone 075/561-9966
Prices Admission ¥600 ($5/£2.50) adults, ¥250 ($2.10/£1.05) under 18 years

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Located between Kiyomizu Temple and Yasaka Shrine, this temple was founded by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's widow, popularly referred to as Nene, to commemorate her husband and to pacify his spirit. Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, who served under Toyotomi before becoming shogun, financed its construction. It contains lovely gardens laid out by Kobori Enshu, as well as teahouses designed by Sen no Rikyu, a famous 16th-century tea master. A memorial hall enshrines wooden images of Hideyoshi (to the left) and Nene. Nene, by the way, became a Buddhist nun after her husband's death, as was the custom of noblewomen at the time.

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