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...
Iwashimizu Hachimangu
A National Treasure Shrine on Otokoyama, With a Monument to Edison
A hilltop Hachiman shrine founded in 859, whose ten main buildings became National Treasures in 2...
Manpuku-ji
Ming Chinese Zen in Uji, With a Monks' Vegetarian Lunch by Booking
Head temple of the Obaku school of Zen, founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Ingen and built in la...
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...
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...
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 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 Nagomi
A riverside food stop in Wachi
Nagomi sits beside the Yura River on Route 27 in northern Kyotamba. Farm vegetables, Wachi specia...
Nagaoka Tenmangu Shrine
Crimson Kirishima azaleas line the pond crossing at Nagaoka Tenmangu, a shrine associated with sc...
Yoshiminedera Temple
Yoshiminedera spreads across Kyoto’s western hills, with terraced temple paths, wide city views a...
Ashiu Forest
Kyoto University's Old-Growth Research Forest, Where the Best Valleys Need a Guide
About 4,200 hectares of beech and cedar forest at the source of the Yura River, run by Kyoto Univ...
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 ...
Kyoto Botanical Garden
Japan's Oldest Public Botanical Garden, Straight Off Kitayama Station
Opened in 1924 and billed as Japan's oldest public botanical garden: 24 hectares by the Kamo Rive...
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...
Asahi Group Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art
A former hillside villa brings domestic architecture, craft and modern gallery spaces together ab...