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| | Travelocity.com: Destination Guides: Kyoto |
 | | Take bus no. 16 or 17 or the Keihan Electric Railway to Demachiyanagi Station and transfer to the Eisan Electric Railway Line bound for Yase-yuen, the last stop. |
 | | Located about a 15-minute walk from Katsura Station on the Hankyu railway line, or a 30-minute bus ride from Kyoto Station (take bus no. 33 to the Katsura Rikyu-mae stop), this villa is considered the jewel of traditional Japanese architecture and landscape gardening. |
 | | It was built between 1620 and 1624 by Prince Toshihito, brother of the emperor, and construction was continued by Toshihito's son. |
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