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

Experience tea ceremony at Kyoto's Kiyomizu/Ninenzaka! You can learn about the Japanese traditional culture of tea ceremony, and even try making tea yourself.

Conveniently located ten minutes on foot from Kiyomizudera Temple. Enjoy sightseeing in Kyoto empty-handed with our kimono rental with no time limit.

Experience bushido, the way of the samurai. Have a samurai experience readily by trying kembu, a traditional Japanese performing art, or watching a stage performance.

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

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

Walk along the train tracks as cherry blossoms fall around you

The representative garden of the Meiji period in Higashiyama

Enjoy Japan's outstanding weeping cherry blossoms

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

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

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.