Honganji Dendoin Temple Mission
196 TamaHonmachi, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Towering over the Monzencho area, which is lined with Buddhist shops, is the Hongan Temple Mission Temple, which is characterized by its red bricks. It was built in 1912 (Meiji 45) (1912) as the office building of a life insurance company, and after serving as a bank and a clinic, it is now a place of educational facilities for monks. It was designed by Chuta Ito, a professor at Tokyo Imperial University, and is made of brick, incorporating various architectural styles such as Indian Islamic style domes and brick walls inspired by British buildings, while also designing Japan architecture with staggered gables made of stone. It's usually non-Open to the public, but the exterior alone is worth seeing.