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

We would be truly happy if you could feel even a little of what it’s like to spend time with puppies and the joy they bring.

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.

The representative garden of the Meiji period in Higashiyama

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.

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.

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

Walk along the train tracks as cherry blossoms fall around you

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

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

Enjoy Japan's outstanding weeping cherry blossoms

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

A facility introducing Kyoto’s traditional crafts

The main street of Gion features a machiya-style townscape on a cobblestone street

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

The museum’s shop is a must-see, too

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

Articles from Ryoma Sakamoto and the Shinsengumi are on display

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

Having many children themselves, rabbits symbolize safe child-rearing here