article_snippet: Mrs Obama stopped off at 1,000-year-old Buddhist and Shinto houses of worship in Kyoto - which in the past served as Japan's capital.
article_snippet: Mrs Obama toured the Kiyomizu-dera temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site built in 780 on a tree-lined hill overlooking the city, and also visited the Fushimi Inari shrine, one of the most well-known Shinto shrines.
article_snippet: Mrs Obama met with members of the Akutagawa High School Taiko Club during Mrs Obama visit to a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, western Japan .
article_snippet: Mrs Obama did not accompany Mrs Obama husband on a trip to Japan last year so used her visit to a Shinto shrine in Kyoto, western Japan to promote girls' education projects .
article_snippet: After Kiyomizu-dera, a UNESCO World Heritage site, Mrs Obama traveled across town to the 1,300-year-old Fushimi Inari shrine, a place of worship for Japan's other major religion, Shinto.
article_snippet: Mrs Obama, along with monk Eigen Onishi (left), US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (second from right) and Mrs Obama son John Schlossberg (right) watch a college student perform Noh at the Kiyomizu-dera temple outside Kyoto .
article_snippet: Mrs Obama is led through the Kiyomizu-dera temple by monk Eigen Onishi, followed by US Ambassador to Japan Japan Caroline Kennedy's son Jack Schlossberg .