Best around Arashiyama, Uzumasa Spot List

A theme park where you can experience Japanese harmony in an Edo town, originally built for a period drama.

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

The hermitage written about in ”Saga Nikki”

Featuring a garden created by Motonobu Kano

A temple of the Nichiren sect on Mt. Ogura in Sagano. It is well-known for ”Hyakunin Isshu” (a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets). In autumn, the nearby mountains awash with brilliant red leaves.

The Osawa-no-ike Pond is famous for its cherry blossoms and moon-viewing pavilion

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides

Inherit Hikaru Genji's luck in love

The head temple of the Myoshin-ji Temple school of the Rinzai sect. It is Japan's largest Zen temple, with 46 sub-temples.

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background

Enjoy views in every season

A Zen temple of the Rinzai School built in the scenic area of Arashimaya in Kyoto. It was built by Takauji Ashikaga in memory of the recently deceased Emperor Go-Daigo.

Get up close and personal with a Japanese macaque

The mountain villa of Minamoto no Toru, the model for Hikaru Genji

The head temple of the Shingon Sect's Omuro School. Holding a long association with the Imperial Household, the temple is also well known for its late-blooming cherry trees called Omuro-zakura.

Happiness arrives with the buzzing of bell crickets

A famous location for autumn leaves, connected to Kukai (Kobo-daishi)

The oldest shrine in Kyoto

Known for its god that brings economic blessings

Enjoy a relaxing walk down this magical path