Kasagi-dera Temple is located in Kasagi-cho in the southeast of Kyoto Prefecture on the boundary with Nara Prefecture, and its precinct is the 289 m high Mt. Kasagi on the southern bank of the Kizu-gawa River that flows from east to west.
笠置寺は京都府の南東部、奈良県境に位置する笠置町にあり、東西に流れる木津川(京都府)の南岸、標高289メートルの笠置山(京都府)を境内とする。