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

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

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

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.

Handmade artisanal canvas bags that are study and built to last

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 representative garden of the Meiji period in Higashiyama

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

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

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

A shopping spot with all the top brands

Take a snack break at this Japanese sweet shop’s tea house

Enjoy the adorable shape of wheat gluten manju wrapped in bamboo leaves

A whimsical space reminding you of a western-style home from the Showa period

Enjoy the greenery of the garden inside Nanzen-ji Temple at a boiled tofu store

Partake of fine chocolat inside an elegant old Japanese-style home

The oyakodon (chicken and egg on rice) at this veteran shop is profound in its simplicity

The 100-year-old white plum tree watches over this Sukiya-style city along the Shirokawa stream

Enjoy the fragrance and bitterness of matcha ice cream and brown sugar sweets fired in a direct-fire oven

Warabimochi on a bed of frozen roasted soybean flour and honey

These standard sweets are smooth and melt in your mouth