Founded in 589, Hokan-ji was dedicated to the five great nyorai, but it is now little more than a pagoda surrounded by residential buildings near Yasaka Shrine.
Women dressed as apprentice geisha outside Hokanji Temple.
Visitors may climb up the narrow steps inside the pagoda.
Stone images at Hokanji Temple.
Entrance to Hokanji Temple.
Path leading to Hokanji Temple.