Best around Kyoto Spot List

An ancient temple with a beautiful garden, connected to Murasaki Shibibu

The scattered fallen leaves in autumn are beautiful

A majestic temple and garden with beautiful Arashiyama in the background

Enjoy performances from maiko up close

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

A famous shrine that plays a central role in the Gion Festival

The head temple of the Shingon Sect's Omuro School. Holding a long association with the Imperial Household, the temple is also well known for its late-blooming cherry trees called Omuro-zakura.

Appreciate the palm-sized artworks

A temple that has existed since the Warring States period and is connected to Nobunaga

Blessed with knowledge by Monju

A Zen temple of the Rinzai School built in the scenic area of Arashimaya in Kyoto. It was built by Takauji Ashikaga in memory of the recently deceased Emperor Go-Daigo.

The symbol and picturesque area of Arashiyama

A well-established ryokan where people of culture would gather for traditional performance art during the Taisho period

Successive generations of emperors lived at the site of these historical remains

Featuring a wooden statue of a historical Shogun from the Ashikaga period

The head shrine of all the Inari-jinja shrines across Japan. Its approximately 1,000 photogenic torii gates (an archway to a Shinto shrine) attract many visitors.

A temple of the Nichiren sect on Mt. Ogura in Sagano. It is well-known for ”Hyakunin Isshu” (a collection of 100 poems by 100 different poets). In autumn, the nearby mountains awash with brilliant red leaves.

Renowned for its famous Somei spring water and bush clover flowers

Autumn colors light up the moss garden in this temple's garden of enlightenment

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