Best around Kyoto Spot List

Relax in a tranquil environment surrounded by bamboo

The shrine to the north of the main hall of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, whose spirit is worshipped as a deity of marriage. A pair of guardian stones in the grounds known as ”Koi uranai-no-Ishi” dates back to the Jomon period.

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

A famous location for autumn leaves, connected to Kukai (Kobo-daishi)

Featuring a garden created by Motonobu Kano

For centuries, Nishiki Market has been known and loved as Kyoto's kitchen.

The hermitage written about in ”Saga Nikki”

Here resides the god who watches over Kyoto's kitchens

Check out the ”Sento Kuyo” ceremony on summer nights

A beautiful temple like the Pure Land itself that illustrates the prosperity of the Fujiwara regency during the late Heian Period.

Learn about sake brewing

The oldest shrine in Kyoto

Enjoy Diverse Cherry Blossom Trees From Multiple Angles

Quietly praying to the rakan statues on the hillsides

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

Take a relaxed trip around Ine Bay by boat

A temple founded in Higashiyama by Hideyoshi Toyotomi's wife, Nene, to mourn his passing and pray for his soul. The nighttime illuminations in spring, summer and fall are beautiful to see.

A Cultural Procession to Celebrate the More Than 1000 Year History of Kyoto

The abbot’s chambers are surrounded by four gardens

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.