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

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

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

Search for your favorite aroma

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

A facility introducing Kyoto’s traditional crafts

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

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

Walk along the train tracks as cherry blossoms fall around you

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

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

Women of all ages patronize this shop

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

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

The representative garden of the Meiji period in Higashiyama

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.

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

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

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.

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.