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

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

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

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

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

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

There is a wide selection of popular home appliances. A store with a passport reader. All items are duty free.

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

Enjoy Japan's outstanding weeping cherry blossoms

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

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

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

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

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

A facility introducing Kyoto’s traditional crafts

Enjoyable for all ages, offering everything from food, general goods, and fashion

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.

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.

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

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The representative garden of the Meiji period in Higashiyama