Kyoto National Museum
Kyoto's Temple Treasures, Rotated Monthly Behind a Meiji Brick Facade
Opened in 1897 to protect the cultural property handed down in Kyoto, the museum shows its own co...
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...
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...
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...
Kozan-ji
A World Heritage Temple in a Cedar Forest, Home of the Frolicking Animals
A UNESCO World Heritage temple in the cedars at Toganoo, revived by the monk Myoe in 1206, known ...
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 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...
Hosen-in
Matcha in Front of a 700-Year-Old Pine, Under a Blood-Stained Ceiling
A small Tendai temple at the far end of Ohara's approach lane, beyond Sanzen-in, where the 1,000-...
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...
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 ...
Jakko-in
The Nunnery Where the Heike Story Ends
The small Ohara nunnery where Kenreimon-in retired after the Heike were destroyed at Dannoura. Th...
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 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...
Asahi Group Oyamazaki Villa Museum of Art
A former hillside villa brings domestic architecture, craft and modern gallery spaces together ab...