# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Saihoji (Kokedera)](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/saihoji-kokedera): Kyoto, Temple. A World Heritage Zen temple blanketed in over 120 varieties of moss, creating an ethereal green landscape that requires advance reservation to visit.
- [Sagano Bamboo Grove](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sagano-bamboo-grove): Kyoto, Attraction. Tall bamboo stalks forming a corridor in Arashiyama. Very Instagrammed. Go at dawn or it's a queue of tourists posing.
- [Sagano Scenic Railway](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sagano-scenic-railway): Kyoto, Attraction. A 25-minute open-air sightseeing train running along the Hozu River gorge between Saga and Kameoka. Cherry blossoms in spring and fiery foliage in autumn make this one of Kyoto's most popular seasonal attractions. Book early in peak seasons.
- [Ninna-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/ninna-ji): Kyoto, Temple. A World Heritage Site and former imperial palace temple, famed for its late-blooming Omuro cherry blossoms that mark the end of Kyoto's sakura season.
- [Keage Incline](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/keage-incline): Kyoto, Historic site. An abandoned 582-meter railway incline from 1891, once used to transport boats between canal levels. In spring, walk the old tracks under 90 cherry trees, a popular photography spot during bloom season.
- [Nintendo Museum](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nintendo-museum): Kyoto, Museum. Nintendo's museum in its former Uji Ogura card factory, open since October 2024. Tickets come only by online lottery, cost 3,300 yen for adults and are checked against photo ID. Kintetsu Ogura Station is a 5-minute walk.
- [Menbakaichidai Fire Ramen](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/menbakaichidai-fire-ramen): Kyoto, Restaurant. A Kyoto ramen counter, open since 1984, where staff pour flaming green-onion oil over your bowl. Expensive for ramen, cashless only, and best booked ahead online.
- [Daigo-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/daigo-ji): Kyoto, Temple. A sprawling World Heritage Site famous for Toyotomi Hideyoshi's legendary 1598 cherry blossom viewing party and Kyoto's oldest wooden structure, the five-story pagoda.
- [Kurama-dera](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kurama-dera): Kyoto, Temple. A powerful mountain temple said to be where Yoshitsune trained as a child. The forested trail connecting Kurama to neighboring Kifune is one of Kyoto's best hikes.
- [Nishi Hongan-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nishi-hongan-ji): Kyoto, Temple. Head temple of the Hongwanji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, on this site since 1591. Entry is free, the gates open at 5:30, and you can sit on the tatami of two huge halls, the 1636 Goei-do and the 1760 Amida-do. The Hiunkaku pavilion and the Shoin with the oldest surviving Noh stage are usually closed. One of the 17 parts of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto World Heritage property.
- [Nanzen-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/nanzen-ji): Kyoto, Temple. Highest-ranked Rinzai Zen temple in Kyoto. The 22-meter sanmon gate has city views from the top. The brick aqueduct from 1890 is the Instagram shot.
- [Kyoto International Manga Museum](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kyoto-international-manga-museum): Kyoto, Museum. Housed in a former elementary school, this museum holds approximately 300,000 manga items. Visitors can freely read from 50,000 volumes lining the hallways.
- [Kodai-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kodai-ji): Kyoto, Temple. The Zen temple Toyotomi Hideyoshi's widow Nene founded in 1606 to pray for him, with her tomb under a gold-lacquered mausoleum, two tea houses from the early 1600s and a bamboo grove. Entry is 800 yen, and in autumn the gardens are lit until 22:00.
- [Gio-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/gio-ji): Kyoto, Temple. A small thatched-roof temple blanketed in luminous green moss, linked to a tragic love story from the Tale of the Heike. One of Arashiyama's most serene and intimate spots.
- [Jojakko-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/jojakko-ji): Kyoto, Temple. Hillside temple in Sagano, best in autumn. The pagoda surrounded by red and orange maples is the shot everyone takes in November.

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Last updated: 2026-11-12