Best around Kyoto Spot List

Appreciate the palm-sized artworks

Now the oldest and most comprehensive botanical gardens in all of Japan

Take a relaxed trip around Ine Bay by boat

Refined, high-quality Japanese stationery and incense

The oldest shrine in Kyoto

Famous for the bell that angered Ieyasu

Experience the sensibility of an artist

Famous for its connection to Honen and it’s beauty in autumn

A place for relaxation for the citizens of Kyoto and famous for its plum blossoms

A journey from the past to the present of Kyoto railways

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

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

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

The homeland of a goddess at Ise Grand Shrine, located in the old Tango Province

Surrounded by the old-growth forest of Tadasu-no-Mori, the shrine has records that date back before Christ. It is also renowned as a spiritual place believed to bring good luck in romance.

An ancient temple known as an exemplary viewing spot for autumn leaves since the Heian period.

Take a trip around the picturesque view of one of Japan’s three famous sights

A guardian deity of water with miraculous virtue worshipped since ancient times. The shrine has been worshipped for better luck marriage by countless people through the ages, including nobles.

The abbot’s chambers are surrounded by four gardens

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