Nijo Castle vs Daitoku-ji Temple
Both Daitoku-ji Temple and Nijo Castle are recommended by those who travel for a living. Overall, Nijo Castle scores significantly better than Daitoku-ji Temple. Nijo Castle comes in at 89 with positive reviews from 3 reviews like Fodor's, Lonely Planet and Frommer's.
Nijo Castle
541 Nijojo-cho, Horikawa-nishiiru, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
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Fodor's
"Nijo Castle, begun in 1603, is a grandiose and unequivocal statement of the shogunate's power."
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Frommer's
"The Tokugawa shogun's Kyoto home stands in stark contrast to most of Japan's other remaining castles, which were constructed purely for defense."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"The ceremonial rooms are embellished with paintings finished with gold, exemplary works of the Kano school, lavishly decorated coffered ceilings and superb tokonoma, altars which honour the ancestors."
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U.S. News & World Report
7.0
"After years of bitter strife, the aging samurai lord Tokugawa Ieyasu finally wrested power from Japan's many warring clans and unified them at the turn of the 17th century. Upon being..."
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Daitoku-ji Temple
53 Murasakino Daitoku-ji-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 603-8231
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Fodor's
"Two dozen temples can be found in this walled compound, a holy place for the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism."
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Concierge
"You could spend a few hours wandering, and easily believe you've gone back in time."
Travel + Leisure
"The riverside 685-year-old Zen monastery has 24 temples on the property."
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Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"Daitoku-ji is a vast Buddhist complex reminiscent of a miniature village, whose single main temple is surrounded by 22 sub-temples."
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