Higashiyama,an earstern ward of Kyôto City across the Kamo River,was out of the capital city area back in the Heian period(about 9C-12C).
Later in this neighborhood many temples had been built,by Buddists of many stripes,from Jôdoshû(Jôdo Sect) to Jôdoshinshû(Jôdo-shin Sect,these two's beliefs center on Amidanyorai,or Amitabha/Amitayus in Sanscrit),Rinzaishû(Rinzai Sect,one of the Zen sects,which should be praised by introducing tea in Japan), Shingonshû(Shingon Sect,a sect whose doctorine centers around esotericism),Tendaishû(Tendai Sect,which is classified as one of the esoteric Buddism and was once one of the most influential sects by its head temple Enryakuji),and sects whose doctorines' founder is Nichiren(1222-82),one of the most radical and aggressive men of religion in Japan's history.
Chion'in,one of the head temples of Jôdoshû,has the magnificient gate named Sanmon.
Sanmon was built in 1619,at the very start of the Edo period.
Behind Chion'in there lies a part of ranging hills named Higashiyama Sanjûroppô(Higashiyama's 36 mountains),a branch range of Hiei mountain ranges which adds to temples at its skirts fine backgrounds.
Hills are not high and stretching both northward and southward,and on the way to the north,there is a gap where road No.143 runs.This is Awataguchi,once thought to be one of seven entrances into and exits from the old city area of Kyôto.
As seen below,Kyôto has lots of slopes,especially in Higashiyama Ward,which make landscapes of it vertically diverse ones,as well as Tôkyô.

Sanmon of Chion'in(lookig up).
Sanmon of Chion'in(looking through).	Oniyuzu(big yuzu),though this was taken at Teramachi,in the center of the city,not Higashiyama.
At Awataguchi.Fruits of manryô(literally"10,000 ryo".Ryô is a standard of money in the Edo period).	At Awataguchi.Fruits of senryô(literally"1,000ryo").These two are sometimes planted together.
At Awataguchi.	At Awataguchi.

-Taken in Nov,2001(Chion'in and Awataguchi) and Nov,2004(Teramachi)-

MEMO
Higashiyama Ward houses many famous temples and shrines in it.
So I've nothing to say more about them than written in guidebooks,too.
Except for:

In the precinct of Chion'in there is a large Japanese-Buddhist-style bell.It is a casting made from bronze which is about 3.3 meters high and 2.8 meters in diameter.
In 1922 when Albert Einstein,a very famous physicist,visited Japan,he dropped in Chion'in.The story goes as follows:
In there,he got interested in this big casting.
Then he moved himself under it(it's hung and about 1.5 meters off the ground),stood right in the center of it,and urged monks out there to strike it.When the bell was struck,it released a hideous sound around it,but the physicist stood still as if he didn't care anything.
It is said that he caliculated,just beforehand,the point where no sound can be heard in it,and then stood there....
Was this episode true?It could be,but I don't know.

Behind this bell a small gate is open,which leads into the hill behind the temple(one of Higashiyama Sanjûroppô).