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Mount Hiei
Mount Hiei (Japanese: , Hiei-zan) is a mountain to the northeast of Kyoto city, lying on the border between the Kyoto and Shiga prefectures, Japan.The cable car lets out in front of two broadcast towers and an incongrous garden that appears to feature flowers and recreations of Impressionist art. Stop by the garden's ticket booth to ask for a map to Hiei's main attraction (see below), about twenty minutes' walk through atmospheric forest.
The temples on Mt. Hiei are collectively known as Enryakuji (延暦寺), literally "Long Calendar Temple". The large complex is generally divided into three sections known as the Eastern Pagoda (東塔 ), the Western Pagoda (西塔 ) and Yokawa; neither of the pagodas actually exist any more, but the names live on. Most of the better-known temples are concentrated in the Eastern Pagoda area.
- Konpon Chudō (根本中堂), the central hall of the temple, contains the Inextinguishable Dharma Light (不減の法灯), a fire that has been burning for 1200 years. There is always a monk assigned to tend the fire and chant sutras here.
- Bruno Petzold Monument. There is a station near the top of the Sakamoto Cable run called Motateyama. Walking a few hundred meters from this stop will bring you to a monument which has been erected to the memory of Bruno Petzold, a German Tendai Bishop and scholar who lived in Japan until his death in 1949.
There are some temples and shrines of lesser interest in Sakamoto as well.
- Hiyoshi Taisha (日吉大社; ) is a fairly standard-issue large Japanese Shinto shrine, best known for its autumn foliage (October through November) and three ancient stone bridges.
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