Best around Kyoto Spot List

A shopping spot with all the top brands

The scattered fallen leaves in autumn are beautiful

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

From crafts, paintings, and more: this museum has many famous works on display

The school Yae Niijima’s husband Joseph dreamed of opening

A temple located in the holy mountain of Kurama in Kyoto. Minamoto no Yoshitsune is said to have trained here, and visitors can feel the vibrant energy of nature and the universe.

The hermitage written about in ”Saga Nikki”

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

The entire place has a classic feel. This public bath is filled with unrivaled nostalgia

Enjoy views in every season

The Kyoto National Museum houses many artworks and cultural properties of Kyoto dating from the Heian period (794-1185) to the Edo period (1603-1868).

A historical ryokan designated as a tangible cultural property where every room offers a view of the garden

Famous for its tea room, ”Hasso-no-seki”

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

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

Renowned for its famous Somei spring water and bush clover flowers

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

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.

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

Two different windows overlooking a garden