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The Yasaka Shrine is a Shinto shrine that dates back to the 7th century. A renowned landmark in east Kyoto, it hosts the city’s largest festival, the Gion Matsuri, every July. Other popular times to visit are on New Year’s Eve when millions of worshippers drop by the shrine to bring home a flame to light the fire over which they will prepare the first meal of the new year, and in April when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Visitors can be found snapping pictures in front of the highly Instagrammable vermilion-colored gates or praying for beauty at the Utsukushii Gozen-sha.
625 Kitagawa, Higashiyama-ku Gion machi, Kyoto, Japan, Phone: +81-755-61-61-55
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Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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