Travel Destinations in Kyoto

Michi-no-Eki Galleria Kameoka

Kameoka produce beside a community learning center

Galleria Kameoka combines a roadside station with a public learning and events facility on Route ...

Michi-no-Eki Kyoto Shinkoetsu Mura

Local rice and farm produce at Sonobe IC

Beside Sonobe IC, Kyoto Shinkoetsu Mura gathers local rice, vegetables and prepared products from...

Michi-no-Eki Maizuru Port Toretore Center

Choose seafood for lunch in western Maizuru

Maizuru Port Toretore Center turns a Route 175 stop into a seafood-market visit. Fish sellers can...

Michi-no-Eki Miyama Fureai Hiroba

Miyama milk and farm produce before the thatched village

Miyama Fureai Hiroba combines the Flat Miyama farm shop, a dairy counter and visitor information ...

Michi-no-Eki Mizuho-no-Sato Sarabiki

Kyotamba soba and produce on Route 173

Mizuho-no-Sato Sarabiki pairs a produce market with soba made from Kyotamba buckwheat on Route 17...

Michi-no-Eki Nagomi

A riverside food stop in Wachi

Nagomi sits beside the Yura River on Route 27 in northern Kyotamba. Farm vegetables, Wachi specia...

Michi-no-Eki Woody Keihoku

Woodcraft and local food on the Shuzan road

In Shuzan, north of central Kyoto, Woody Keihoku connects a farm shop and restaurant with the sur...

Nagaoka Tenmangu Shrine

Crimson Kirishima azaleas line the pond crossing at Nagaoka Tenmangu, a shrine associated with sc...

Nintendo Museum

Nintendo's Old Hanafuda Card Factory, Open Only to Lottery Winners

Nintendo's museum in its former Uji Ogura card factory, open since October 2024. Tickets come onl...

Nishi Hongan-ji

A Free Head Temple 15 Minutes from Kyoto Station, Open from 5:30

Head temple of the Hongwanji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, on this site since 1591. Entry is f...

Seimei Shrine

A Pentagram on the Torii Where Kyoto's Court Diviner Lived

A small shrine on busy Horikawa-dori, built in 1007 on the site of the house of Abe no Seimei, th...

Shokoku-ji

Kinkaku-ji's Head Temple, With a Crying Dragon and Jakuchu Paintings

The head temple of Kinkaku-ji and Ginkaku-ji, just north of the Imperial Palace, with Japan's old...

Ujigami Shrine

Japan's Oldest Shrine Building, in Kyoto Prefecture's Words, Across the River from Byodo-in

A small, free shrine on the east bank of the Uji River whose main hall Kyoto Prefecture lists as ...

Yasaka Pagoda (Hokan-ji)

The Five-Storey Pagoda at the End of Kyoto's Most Photographed Lane

A 46-metre, five-storey pagoda rebuilt in 1440 that closes the view down Yasaka-dori. The street ...

Yoshiminedera Temple

Yoshiminedera spreads across Kyoto’s western hills, with terraced temple paths, wide city views a...