Best around Kyoto Spot List

Inherit Hikaru Genji's luck in love

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.

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

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

For those who want to succeed like Hideyoshi did

The Osawa-no-ike Pond is famous for its cherry blossoms and moon-viewing pavilion

The entire space is a work of art! An art museum designed by painter Insho Domoto

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.

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

Where the guardian buck and doe are enshrined

A thatched hut that stands in lush greenery

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.

Founded in 1895 for the 1,100th anniversary of the relocation of the capital city to the Heian-kyo, the shrine reproduces the Imperial Palace of the Heian-kyo. It enshrines Emperor Kanmu and Emperor Komei.

The school Yae Niijima’s husband Joseph dreamed of opening

An elegant temple with a Japanese rock garden and wonderful autumn foliage

Renowned for its famous Somei spring water and bush clover flowers

A mortuary temple for the imperial household

The roads are covered with colorful leaves in autumn

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

Weave, watch, and wear traditional textiles from elegant Kyoto