Best around Kyoto Spot List

Take a relaxed trip around Ine Bay by boat

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

A pink tunnel that’s pleasant with greenery and water

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

A castle that is deeply rooted in the history of the Tokugawa Clan and became an important historic site during the Meiji Restoration when power was returned to Japan's Imperial Family.

The main training center for Shingon Esoteric Buddhism with its iconic five-story pagoda, the key landmark of Kyoto's scenery. The temple is known as ”Daishi's temple.”

The roads are covered with colorful leaves in autumn

A garden enjoyed by many writers and artists

Pray for good health and matchmaking at this shrine built for subduing an epidemic

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

The head temple of the Rinzai sect, known as the highest-ranked Zen temple in Japan.

Learn about sake brewing

Known by locals as “Kurodani-san”

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

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).

Fallen leaves on the road to the temple invite you to this high-status monzeki temple

Get up close and personal with a Japanese macaque

Make your wishes at Nariai-ji Temple

Weave, watch, and wear traditional textiles from elegant Kyoto

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.