Kyoto Gyoen National Garden

Rozan-ji (Japanese: 廬山寺, or Rozan Tendaikoji) is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto and the head temple (honzan) of the Enjo (圓浄) sect. The sangō (literally, mountain name) of Rozan-ji is Mount Lu, or Lushan, pronounced rozan in Japanese. Currently located on the eastern side of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, it was founded by Ryōgen, the abbot of Enryaku-ji, in 938 in the Funaokayama neighborhood, south of Daitoku-ji. It was one of four temples that had an okurodo (御黒戸), a private Buddhist chapel for the Imperial Family, originally located in the Imperial Palace. These temples, the others being Nison-in, Hanjū-in, and Kengō-in, belong directly to the Imperial Household. The temple was protected from destruction by a nyōbō hosho, an official document recording the orders and words of the emperor written by the female court member, Madenokoji Fusako, during Oda Nobunaga assault on Kyoto temples, specifically the Tendai branch, and the siege of Mount Hiei. In 1573 it was moved to its present location on Teramachi Street as part of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's reorganization of Kyoto. The reconstruction was completed under the directive of Emperor Kōkaku. The reconstructed temple was devastated in the Kyoto fire in 1708 (Hōei 5) and again in 1788 (Tenmei 8) during the Great Fire of Kyoto. The present structure was rebuilt in 1794 (Kansei 6) from a portion of the Sentō Imperial Palace. The rock garden of the temple is known as the Genji Garden (源氏庭), after the titular character in the Tale of Genji, and is noted for its Japanese bellflowers.

In Japan, the Sentō Imperial Palace (仙洞御所, Sentō gosho, litt. "Emeritus Imperial Palace") traditionally does not refer to a single location, but to any residence of retired emperors. Before Akihito abdicated in 2019, the last Emperor to retire did so in 1817, so the designation commonly refers to the historical Kyoto Sento Imperial Palace (京都仙洞御所).

Goō Shrine (護王神社 ごおうじんじゃ Goō Jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in the Kamigyō-ku district of Kyoto, Japan.

Kyoto State Guest House (京都迎賓館, Kyōto geihinkan) is one of the two state guest houses of the Government of Japan. The other state guesthouse is the Akasaka Palace.

The Kyōto Imperial Palace (京都御所, Kyōto-gosho) is the former palace of the Emperor of Japan. Since the Meiji Restoration in 1869, the Emperors have resided at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, while the preservation of the Kyoto Imperial Palace was ordered in 1877. Today, the grounds are open to the public, and the Imperial Household Agency hosts public tours of the buildings several times a day. The Kyoto Imperial Palace is the latest of the imperial palaces built at or near its site in the northeastern part of the old capital of Heian-kyō (now known as Kyoto) after the abandonment of the larger original Heian Palace that was located to the west of the current palace during the Heian period. The Palace lost much of its function at the time of the Meiji Restoration, when the capital functions were moved to Tokyo in 1869. However, Emperor Taishō and Shōwa still had their enthronement ceremonies at the palace.

The Revolt of Ashikaga Yoshiaki (Japanese: 足利義昭の乱) was a revolt staged by Ashikaga Yoshiaki in 1573. Yoshiaki was the 15th Shogun of Japan and a member of the Ashikaga clan who became the shogun in 1568, Yoshiaki gained power after he enlisted Oda Nobunaga to help him in his goal to become the shogun, the Oda clan armies entered Kyoto thus re-establishing the Muromachi shogunate. The seize of power was quick because there was no effective central authority in Kyoto at the time. Yoshiaki was used as a Puppet leader by Nobunaga who had direct control.In 1573 the revolt took place, Yoshiaki was extremely dissatisfied with his degree of power in the government and sought to challenge Nobunaga and assert control. Yoshiaki requested the aid of Takeda Shingen and the Takeda clan as well as the Matsunaga clan to help him in the revolt. Yoshiaki attempted to escape Kyoto and headed for Sakai where he wanted to take refuge. However Nobunaga pursued Yoshiaki and captured Kyoto which also effectively ended the rule of the Ashikaga clan.

The Sarugatsuji (猿ヶ辻, lit. 'monkey's crossroads') is the northeast corner of the wall of the Kyoto Imperial Palace.

The Kinmon incident (禁門の変, Kinmon no Hen, "Forbidden Gate Incident" or "Imperial Palace Gate Incident"), also known as the Hamaguri Gate Rebellion (蛤御門の変, Hamaguri Gomon no Hen, "Hamaguri Imperial Gate Incident"), was a rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan that took place on the 20th of August [lunar calendar: 19th day, 7th month], 1864, near the Imperial Palace in Kyoto.

Hōjō-ji (法成寺) was a Buddhist temple in Kyoto which was, for a time, one of the highest temples in Japanese Buddhism. The temple was built around the year 1017, by Fujiwara no Michinaga. The dedication of its Golden Hall in 1022 is detailed in the historical epic Eiga Monogatari. The Emperor Go-Ichijō attended the ceremony, and so every effort was made to ensure the ceremony was as lavish and perfect as possible. According to the Eiga Monogatari, the Golden Hall's pillars rested on masonry supports in the shape of elephants, the roof tiles and doors were gilded and silvered, and the foundations were of rock crystal. The interior of the hall was decorated lavishly with gold, silver, lapis lazuli, and jewels of all kinds, as well as a series of images detailing the life of the historical Buddha, and a central image of the Vairocana Buddha. The temple was destroyed by fire in 1053 and not rebuilt.

Itsukushima Shrine (Japanese: Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine in Kyoto Gyoen National Garden, Kyoto, Japan.

Kyoto City Library of Historical Documents (京都市歴史資料館, Kyōto-shi rekishi shiryōkan) opened in Kyoto, Japan, in 1982. The museum's collection of over ninety thousand items relevant to the history of Kyoto includes materials relating to the Yase Dōji that have been designated an Important Cultural Property.

Honzenji (本禅寺) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto.