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

One of Kyoto's most renowned temples, located on the side of Mt. Otowa in the Higishiyama Range. It has been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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

Enjoy Japan's outstanding weeping cherry blossoms

A temple founded in Higashiyama by Hideyoshi Toyotomi's wife, Nene, to mourn his passing and pray for his soul. The nighttime illuminations in spring, summer and fall are beautiful to see.

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

Maiko hurry back and forth at night amongst establishments fit for heads of state

The representative garden of the Meiji period in Higashiyama

Here at Shoren-in Temple, Emperor Kanmu prayed for peace for the capital and buried a shogun statue inside its burial mound

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

Enjoy performances from maiko up close

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.

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

The head temple of the Jodo sect, founded at the place where Honen Shonin passed away. The magnificent monastery was built under the wing of the Tokugawa family.

Don't miss seeing the resting place for Shinsengumi members, Mibu-zuka

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

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

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

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

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