Best Visiting around Gion, Kawaramachi, Kiyomizu-dera Temple Spot List

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

For centuries, Nishiki Market has been known and loved as Kyoto's kitchen.

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

Famous for its tea room, ”Hasso-no-seki”

Walk along the train tracks as cherry blossoms fall around you

Founded in 1895 for the 1,100th anniversary of the relocation of the capital city to the Heian-kyo, the shrine reproduces the Imperial Palace of the Heian-kyo. It enshrines Emperor Kanmu and Emperor Komei.

An ancient temple known as an exemplary viewing spot for autumn leaves since the Heian period.

A shrine to visit for breaking bad habits or starting good ones

Famous for its cherry blossoms and being one of Kyoto’s three Kumano Shrines

A stone paved street where shops of long standing are lined up, full of Kyoto atmosphere

A zoo raising approximately 130 different species of animals. Encountering small animals is fun!

Enjoy Japan's outstanding weeping cherry blossoms

The head temple of the Rinzai sect, known as the highest-ranked Zen temple in Japan.

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

Twin Dragons created during the Heisei period watch over Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple

The shrine to the north of the main hall of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, whose spirit is worshipped as a deity of marriage. A pair of guardian stones in the grounds known as ”Koi uranai-no-Ishi” dates back to the Jomon period.

From crafts, paintings, and more: this museum has many famous works on display

The object of worship here is Amida Nyorai and the statue of Prince Shotoku in the main hall is an important cultural property

The head shrine of all Gion satellite shrines throughout Japan. Local residents call the shrine ”Gion-san.”