Kyoto

Kiyomizu-dera Temple

Kiyomizu-dera Temple is the named Kyoto hall and cliff stage that opens the demo, twisted by Genma and Malice. Capcom has also named Oni Refuge, an Underground Laboratory, Mount Oe, Yasui Konpiragu Shrine, Kennin-ji Temple, and Dark Masses. This page is that official stage list with captured summaries, not a full walkthrough map, and not a claim that every Kyoto landmark in a trailer is a retail arena.

Last verified 2026-08-30T01:17:39.000Z

Miyamoto Musashi faces a towering white-bristled Genma in a bone-strewn courtyard under a red orb — Official still img-steam-ss-00 — courtyard duel used as a Kyoto combat still.

Close-up of a horned Genma face with a swirling blue maw between curved tusks — Official still img-steam-ss-05 — combat still registered to Edo Kyoto.

Musashi kneels in water before a massive red-scaled Genma with a pale mask-like face — Official still img-steam-ss-06 — Kyoto-stage still.

Young woman in orange kabuki-style robes and beads standing before Genma — official Izumo no Okuni screenshot — Official still img-steam-ss-07 — named-stage still.

Elevated view of a mountainside temple complex with autumn maples above a Kyoto basin — Official still img-steam-ss-09 — Kiyomizu-dera Temple above the basin.

Official stages and story objects
Name	Kind	Official summary
Kiyomizu-dera Temple	stage	A famed Kyoto hall and stage atop a cliff, twisted by Genma and Malice. The initial demo stage.
Oni Refuge	stage	A realm Musashi enters from Kiyomizu-dera Temple with a connection to the Oni. Added in the expanded demo.
Underground Laboratory	stage	Dokyo's underground lab in the capital, used to create new Genma variants and filled with traps.
Mount Oe	stage	Kyoto mountain range occupied by a Genma calling themselves Shuten Doji, who waits at the peak.
Yasui Konpiragu Shrine	stage	Shrine known for severing and binding fates; Malice gives it an uncanny paradise aura. Rasho-gan preys on pilgrims here.
Kennin-ji Temple	stage	Official character copy names Kennin-ji Temple as the lair of the Genma siblings Burai and Ifuu.
Dark Mass	story object	A story object of dead resentment; the gauntlet can show a past vision.

Kiyomizu-dera Temple

Kind: stage
Official summary: A famed Kyoto hall and stage atop a cliff, twisted by Genma and Malice. The initial demo stage.

Oni Refuge

Kind: stage
Official summary: A realm Musashi enters from Kiyomizu-dera Temple with a connection to the Oni. Added in the expanded demo.

Underground Laboratory

Kind: stage
Official summary: Dokyo's underground lab in the capital, used to create new Genma variants and filled with traps.

Mount Oe

Kind: stage
Official summary: Kyoto mountain range occupied by a Genma calling themselves Shuten Doji, who waits at the peak.

Yasui Konpiragu Shrine

Kind: stage
Official summary: Shrine known for severing and binding fates; Malice gives it an uncanny paradise aura. Rasho-gan preys on pilgrims here.

Kennin-ji Temple

Kind: stage
Official summary: Official character copy names Kennin-ji Temple as the lair of the Genma siblings Burai and Ifuu.

Dark Mass

Kind: story object
Official summary: A story object of dead resentment; the gauntlet can show a past vision.

Kiyomizu-dera and Oni Refuge

Kiyomizu-dera Temple is the named opening stage of the demo: a cliff hall twisted by Genma and Malice. Oni Refuge is the follow-on realm Musashi enters from that temple in the expanded trial. Capcom Europe’s trailer names Oni Refuge as a title card, which is not a loot table. Primary copy is on Capcom’s official location pages.

Five official stills sit above the stage table so each named location has a visual. img-steam-ss-09 is the maple basin; img-steam-ss-00 is the courtyard duel also used on Swordplay and Home, which is the third allowed route for that file.

Gallery-style swapping is not used on this page because entity lists need five distinct in-flow stills rather than one stage plus empty-alt thumbs.

Laboratory, Mount Oe, Yasui, Kennin-ji

The Underground Laboratory is Dokyo’s trap-filled workspace under the capital. Mount Oe is the range whose peak holds a Genma calling themselves Shuten Doji; official copy leaves the legendary namesake as a question.

Yasui Konpiragu Shrine is the fate-binding precinct where Rasho-gan hunts pilgrims, and the Severing Fates trailer uses that shrine as footage. Kennin-ji Temple is named as Burai and Ifuu’s lair.

If a trailer shows an unnamed gate or lantern street, it stays unnamed. Capcom’s location records are the list. Adding fan titles would create slugs this project is forbidden to invent.

What is missing on purpose

No captured first-party document gives a complete ordered campaign, collectible counts per stage, or a fast-travel list. Inventing those to look like a database wiki would break the evidence rule. If Capcom names another temple after this capture, it belongs in a later refresh.

Mount Oe’s Shuten Doji question is Capcom’s own ellipsis and stays a question. Rasho-gan’s threads at Yasui and the Burai/Ifuu pairing at Kennin-ji are copied, not expanded into lore essays.

Use Cast to match foes to stages: Daidara with the expanded demo, Dokyo with the laboratory, Shuten Doji with Mount Oe, Rasho-gan with Yasui, Burai and Ifuu with Kennin-ji. Dark Mass remains a story object in the table, not a warp menu.