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塔坂八東洛


THE TOWER OF YASAKA

The Tower of Yasaka was built at first by the great prince, Shiotoku long time ago then it was the begining dedicated to the worship of the Buddhist religion; afterwards as it broke down, it was renewed by Yoritomo who was a most illustrious Shogun.

The preasant tower is very high and handsome as you see on the cut.

It stands on the way to Kiyomizu and is 12 Chios from Sanjio.