Myōshin-ji is a temple complex in Kyoto, Japan, which serves as the head temple of the associated branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. The Myōshin-ji School is by far the largest school in Rinzai Zen, approximately as big as the other thirteen branches combined: it contains within it about 3,400 temples throughout Japan, together with a handful overseas, of the approximately six thousand total Rinzai temples, and also has nineteen associated monasteries, of the total of forty Rinzai monasteries and one nunnery.
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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myōshin-ji
Official website http://www.myoshinji.or.jp/english
Address (Unnamed Road), Kyoto, Japan
Coordinates 35°1'24.654" N 135°43'13.576" E
