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

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

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.

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

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

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

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Built in 1933, this large museum is the second old municipal art museum in Japan. The collection extends to about 3,300 pieces centered on Kyoto artists from the modern to contemporary period. The museum holds art exhibitions such as Nitten (the largest competition art exhibition in Japan) as well as events organized by fine art associations.