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