Best Visiting around Arashiyama, Uzumasa Spot List

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

The hermitage written about in ”Saga Nikki”

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.

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 thatched hut that stands in lush greenery

Enjoy the burning red foliage in autumn and the cherry blossoms and rhododendrons in spring

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

Have fun at a mountain villa that belonged to a samurai film actor

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

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

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