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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Search for your favorite aroma

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

A facility introducing Kyoto’s traditional crafts

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

Warabimochi on a bed of frozen roasted soybean flour and honey

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

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

These standard sweets are smooth and melt in your mouth

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

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

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

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

A store carrying many unique items from Kyoto where the concept of etiquette in daily life is deeply rooted