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Kongoji Temple has a small, neat garden and is slightly hidden away in the back streets of the Okazaki museum area of Kyoto. Kongo-ji is very much a community temple, hosting many local events, Kongoji's founding is thought to have been by the priest Gyoki 668-749 during the 8th century. Kongoji is part of the Jodo sect of Buddhism. It is said that Gyoki carved a statue of Amida Buddhia though it was damaged and only the head was found though it was preserved and protected and restored into a full size statue in 1713.

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Kongoji Temple has a small, neat garden and is slightly hidden away in the back streets of the Okazaki museum area of Kyoto. Kongo-ji is very much a community temple, hosting many local events, Kongoji's founding is thought to have been by the priest Gyoki 668-749 during the 8th century. Kongoji is part of the Jodo sect of Buddhism. It is said that Gyoki carved a statue of Amida Buddhia though it was damaged and only the head was found though it was preserved and protected and restored into a full size statue in 1713.