JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE IN KYOTO

SHIMOGAMO-JINJA SHRINE No.1

• Address: Izumikawa-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City
• Phone: 075-781-0010
• Open: free for the precincts
• Access: Shimogamo-Jinja-mae busstop by City bus
• Period: Honden was rebuiltin 1863(Bunkyu 3), Others ware 1628(Kan-ei 5)
• Comments: Mai-den, Shinpuku-den, Hashi-dono and Kugosho are made by plain wood, wooden roofing, Irimoya-zukuri(a kind of roof style), wooden floor with open corridor.

• Honden. Two main buildings. Same style as Kamigamo-jinja. Both are typical example of Nagare-zukuri which is one of building style of shrine.

• Koto-no-yashiro.

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