Spots in Kyoto

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Photo: 663highland / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5 (resized)Miyazu, KyotoAmanohashidateOne of Japan's Three Scenic Views with Matsushima and Miyajima, a sandbar about 3.6 km long with some 6,700 pine trees, said in myth to be the fallen bridge that the god Izanagi built from heaven.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
Photo: Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Kyoto, KyotoBamboo Grove Path, ArashiyamaA path of about 400 m lined with tended bamboo, from Nonomiya Shrine past Tenryu-ji's north gate to Okochi Sanso; said to have been an aristocrats' villa area in the Heian period.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetUji, KyotoByodo-in Temple, UjiA temple on the west bank of the Uji River: a villa acquired by Fujiwara no Michinaga was turned into a temple by his son Yorimichi. The Phoenix Hall (a National Treasure) on the Aji-ike pond is the design on the 10-yen coin, and the Hoshokan museum shows National Treasures such as the phoenixes, the Bodhisattvas on Clouds and the temple bell.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetKyoto, KyotoFushimi Inari TaishaThe head shrine of some 30,000 Inari shrines in Japan, founded in 711; the Oyama-meguri pilgrimage around sacred Mt. Inari, about 4 km and 2 hours, passes through tunnels of vermilion torii, about 10,000 of which line the paths.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
Photo: Naokijp / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Ine, KyotoIne Funaya BoathousesAbout 230 boathouses lining Ine Bay as if floating on the water, with boats and fishing gear below and living space above; an Important Preservation District since 2005.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetKyoto, KyotoKiyomizu-dera TempleHead temple of the Kita-Hosso sect on Mt. Otowa, founded in 778 and part of the World Heritage "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto"; its main hall (a National Treasure), rebuilt in 1633, is famous for the wooden stage over the cliff.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetNantan, KyotoMiyama Kayabuki-no-Sato (Thatched Village)A hamlet in Kita, Miyama, where thatched-roof farmhouses cluster amid farmland; an Important Preservation District since 1993.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetKyoto, KyotoNijo-jo CastleA castle built by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1603 and enlarged in 1626; the Ninomaru Palace (a National Treasure), where the return of power to the emperor was announced, has "nightingale" floors and Kano-school paintings.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetKyoto, KyotoNishiki Market"Kyoto's kitchen", a street said to date from about 400 years ago, with over 130 shops along some 400 m of Nishikikoji between Teramachi and Takakura selling fresh fish, produce and Kyoto cooking ingredients.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
Photo: Kirin7739 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized)Kyoto, KyotoPhilosopher's PathA walk of about 2 km between Ginkaku-ji and Nyakuoji Shrine near Nanzen-ji along a canal drawn from Lake Biwa, named after philosopher Nishida Kitaro who walked it every morning; the Kansetsu cherry trees along it were donated by painter Hashimoto Kansetsu.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetKyoto, KyotoRokuon-ji (Kinkaku-ji, Golden Pavilion)A Rinzai Zen temple built by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in 1397; the three-storey Golden Pavilion, burned in 1950 and rebuilt in 1955, stands by the Kyoko-chi pond in a Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Part of the World Heritage site.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
Photo: 京都新観光提言懇談会メンバー / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (resized)Kyoto, KyotoSannenzaka Historic DistrictThe old pilgrim paths to Kiyomizu-dera and Yasaka Shrine, with stone steps and winding stone-paved slopes such as Sanneizaka (Sannenzaka) and Ninenzaka, lined with townhouses from the late Edo to Taisho periods and temples such as the Yasaka Pagoda and Kodai-ji.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetKyoto, KyotoTenryu-ji TempleHead temple of the Tenryu-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, founded in 1339 by Ashikaga Takauji for Emperor Go-Daigo with Muso Soseki; its Sogenchi pond garden borrowing the Arashiyama scenery was Japan's first designated Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Part of the World Heritage site.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetUji, KyotoUji Tea Dojo "Takumi-no-Yakata"A facility set up by the Kyoto Tea Industry Chamber for learning about Uji tea, where you can drink tea overlooking the Uji River, learn to brew it or try matcha art.Official check: 26 Sept 2026
No photo yetKyoto, KyotoYasaka Shrine"Gion-san", a shrine said to date from 656; the Gion Matsuri began here in 869 with prayers against an epidemic. Its main hall, rebuilt in 1654, is a National Treasure, and it can be visited 24 hours a day.Official check: 26 Sept 2026