Best Visiting around Arashiyama, Uzumasa Spot List

Enjoy views in every season

The building and the interior itself are the display! Experience Kyoto's elegance

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background

A thatched hut that stands in lush greenery

The roads are covered with colorful leaves in autumn

Known for its god that brings economic blessings

A Zen temple of the Rinzai Sect of Buddhism, world famous for its traditional rock garden.

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

Inherit Hikaru Genji's luck in love

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.

Get up close and personal with a Japanese macaque

For people seeking beautiful hair

Established by Emperor Shirakawa during the Heian Period, the temple's name derives from the ingo (posthumous Buddhist name) of Yoshiakira Ashikaga, the second shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun). While exploring the precinct, you'll find the graves of Yoshiakira and Masatsura Kusunoki, the busho (military commander) of Nancho (Southern Court) located next to each other. Masatsura was much respected by Yoshiakira even though he was an enemy general. During autumn, the maple leaves turn a striking red (visitors are not allowed to bring in a tripod stand or a unipod).

Famous for its national treasure, a statue of Miroku Bosatsu