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Nishi Hongan-ji

Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Head temple of Honganji-ha school

Nishi Hongan-ji (西本願寺) is a Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist temple in the Shimogyō ward of Kyoto, Japan. It serves as the head temple of the sub-sect Honganji-ha.

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