Best around Kyoto Spot List

Where the successful Hideyoshi Toyotomi worshipped the three-faced Daikokuten

A Tendai sect temple with the magnificent natural monument, Yoryu no Matsu

For those who want to succeed like Hideyoshi did

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

Enjoyable for all ages, offering everything from food, general goods, and fashion

Handmade artisanal canvas bags that are study and built to last

Teaware masterpieces collected by a businessman

The head temple of the Rinzai sect's Tofuku-ji School, which has Japan's largest monastery and oldest San-mon gate. It is known as one of Kyoto's best places to view autumn leaves.

The hermitage written about in ”Saga Nikki”

The school Yae Niijima’s husband Joseph dreamed of opening

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

A garden enjoyed by many writers and artists

Famous for its majestic, moss-covered garden

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

A picture of life in Japan perfectly blended into nature

The abbot’s chambers are surrounded by four gardens

Famous for a painted fusuma from Tohaku Hasegawa

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

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.

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