Hirakata (枚方市, Hirakata-shi) is a city in northeastern Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Population: 406,331
Latitude: 34° 48' 48.67" N
Longitude: 135° 38' 56.90" E
Nonomiya Shrine (野宮神社 Nonomiya-jinja?), or the Shrine in the Country, is a Shinto shrine in the Arashiyama district on the west side of the city of Kyoto in Kyoto prefecture, Japan. The specific site of the shrine changed somewhat over time, as the…
Nakagyō-ku (中京区) is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Kizugawa (木津川市, Kizugawa-shi) is a city located in southern Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is the southernmost city in the prefecture and it is named after the Kizu River, a tributary of the Yodo River, which runs through the city.
Katano (交野市, Katano-shi) is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
Adashino Nenbutsu-ji (化野念仏寺, Adashino Nenbutsuji) is a Buddhist temple in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 811 Kūkai is said to have founded a temple, then Honen altered it to the present Nenbutsuji. Situated high on a hill overlooking the city from the no…
The Ōsaka Tenmangū Shrine (大阪天満宮, Ōsaka Tenmangū) is a Shinto shrine founded in AD 949 in Osaka.
Yamashina (山科区, Yamashina-ku) is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Following the 1180 Battle of the Uji, in which Minamoto no Yorimasa fought a small Taira army with the help of monks from the Mii-dera and other temples, the victorious Taira, angry at being opposed, decided to assault and burn the Miidera, before m…
Mukō (向日市, Mukō-shi) is a city in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, which served as the capital city of Japan (Nagaoka-kyō) for a decade from 784 to 794. Its neighbor cities are Kyoto and Nagaokakyō. As of 2014, the city has an estimated population of 53,587…
Matsunoo-taisha (松尾大社, "Matsunoo Grand Shrine", formerly Matsunoo-jinja 松尾神社) is a Shinto shrine located at the far western end of Shijo Street, approximately 1.3 kilometers south of the Arashiyama district of Kyoto, Japan.
Karasuma Station (烏丸駅, Karasuma-eki) is one of the busiest stations outside of Umeda Station and Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyu Kyoto Line. Located at the intersection of Karasuma and Shijo Streets, the station is located underground from the myr…
The International Research Center for Japanese Studies (国際日本文化研究センター, Kokusai Nihon Bunka Kenkyū Sentā), or Nichibunken (日文研), is an inter-university research institute in Kyoto. Along with the National Institute of Japanese Literature, the National…
The Hirano Shrine (平野神社,, Hirano-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in the city of Kyoto.
Esaka Station (江坂駅, Esaka-eki) is a railway station in Suita, Osaka, Japan, on the Osaka Municipal Subway Midosuji Line and the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway Namboku Line.
Asahi (旭区, Asahi-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan. It is located in the northeast of the city, near the satellite town of Moriguchi.
Tsurumi (鶴見区, Tsurumi-ku) is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.
There are three railway stations named Tsuruhashi (鶴橋駅, Tsuruhashi-eki) in the Tsuruhashi district of Ikuno-ku and Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Japan; the Kintetsu Osaka Line, the Kintetsu Nara Line, the Osaka Loop Line, and the Osaka Municipal Subway Sennich…
Toyokuni Shrine (豊国神社, Toyokuni-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It was built in 1599 to commemorate Toyotomi Hideyoshi.