Travel Destinations in Kyoto

Fushimi Sake District

Historic Sake Brewing Quarter with Canal Walks and Tasting Rooms

A historic sake brewing quarter in southern Kyoto where famous brands like Gekkeikan and Kizakura...

Kurama-dera

A Mountain Temple of Mystical Energy and Ancient Forests

A powerful mountain temple said to be where Yoshitsune trained as a child. The forested trail con...

Attraction

Kifune

Mountain Village Famous for a Water Shrine and Riverside Dining

A scenic mountain village north of Kyoto famous for Kifune Shrine, dedicated to the water deity, ...

Gio-ji

A Tiny Moss-Carpeted Temple Steeped in Tragic Romance

A small thatched-roof temple blanketed in luminous green moss, linked to a tragic love story from...

Daigo-ji

Hideyoshi's Cherry Blossom Temple on the Mountainside

A sprawling World Heritage Site famous for Toyotomi Hideyoshi's legendary 1598 cherry blossom vie...

Historic Site

Ine

Ine - The Venice of Japan

The 'Venice of Japan', a fishing village with 230 traditional funaya boat houses lining a tranqui...

Seiryo-ji

The Living Buddha of Saga and Its Hidden Treasures

Houses the 'Living Buddha' statue brought from China in 987, a wooden Shaka Nyorai said to replic...

Tofuku-ji

Kyoto's Supreme Autumn Foliage Temple

One of Kyoto's Five Great Zen Temples. Best autumn foliage in the city. The view from Tsutenkyo B...

Shrine

Kitano Tenmangu

Shrine of Learning Famous for Plum Blossoms and Flea Markets

A major shrine dedicated to the deity of learning and scholarship, celebrated for its 2,000 plum ...

Garden

Shugakuin Imperial Villa

An Imperial Garden Masterpiece with Sweeping Mountain Views

Built in the 1650s by retired Emperor Go-Mizunoo. Three terraced gardens using the Higashiyama mo...

Jojakko-ji

A Hillside Temple Famous for Its Fiery Autumn Foliage

Hillside temple in Sagano, best in autumn. The pagoda surrounded by red and orange maples is the ...

Theme Park

Toei Kyoto Studio Park

Working Film Set and Samurai-Drama Theme Park in Uzumasa

A theme park and active film studio in Uzumasa where you walk an Edo-period townscape used for re...

Attraction

Kyozuan Arashiyama

Tofu soft serve so dense it won't fall out upside-down

A tofu-sweets stand in Kyoto's Arashiyama, by the Randen station in front of Tenryu-ji, famous fo...

Attraction

Michi-no-Eki Kyotamba Ajimu-no-Sato

Expressway roadside station in Kyoto's black-soybean country

A large roadside station in the hills of Kyotamba on the Kyoto Jukan Expressway, in the Tamba dis...

Kyotamba, Kyoto, Japan