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Afterwards, we ventured around the temple grounds a bit, and we found a sign leading to another temple called Seikan-ji (清閑寺), claiming it has a good viewpoint. As such, we decided to take a detour to get away from the tourists.

Seikan-ji is much more quiet, being visited by only a few people. It was quite a distance away, and we almost turned back right before we found it :Sweat:

And indeed, Seikan-ji has a very nice viewpoint of Kyoto, being framed between two mountains. As the sign there mentioned, it is as though the city of Kyoto is spread out like a fan in front of you.

This is also where the Kaname-ishi (要石), or keystone, is found!