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86 verified places and 254 missions to truly experience Kyoto. Must-sees: Fushimi Inari-taisha, Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion), Kiyomizu-dera, Nijō Castle. Best known for: Culture, Nature, Leisure.
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CultureFushimi Inari-taishaPrincipal Shinto shrine among the thousands of shrines dedicated to Inari, kami of rice and business, whose…CultureKinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion)Zen temple of the Rinzai school, officially called Rokuon-ji, famous for its three-storey pavilion covered in…CultureKiyomizu-deraBuddhist temple founded in 778 on the slope of Mount Otowa, in eastern Kyoto.CultureNijō CastleResidence of the Tokugawa shogun in Kyoto, commissioned by Tokugawa Ieyasu and completed in 1603.CultureKyoto Imperial PalaceKyoto Gosho, residence of the emperors of Japan until the court moved to Tokyo in 1868.CultureGinkaku-ji (Silver Pavilion)Zen temple officially called Jishō-ji, built in 1482 as a retirement villa for the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa…CultureRyōan-jiZen temple of the Rinzai school founded around 1450, famous for its dry garden: a rectangle of raked gravel…Food & drinkNishiki MarketA narrow covered shopping street of about 400 metres, one block north of Shijō, known as Kyoto's kitchen.CultureGionHistoric district in eastern Kyoto, known for its wooden machiya houses and for being the main geisha…CultureSanjūsangen-dōBuddhist temple of the Rengeō-in complex, founded in 1164 and rebuilt in 1266 after a fire.CultureTō-jiShingon Buddhist temple founded in 794, when the capital moved to Heian-kyō, and entrusted in 823 to the monk…LeisureKyoto TowerA 131-metre observation tower opened in 1964, opposite Kyoto station.NaturePhilosopher's PathA walk of about two kilometres alongside a canal in eastern Kyoto, lined with cherry trees, which is often…CultureNanzen-jiZen temple of the Rinzai school founded in 1291 by Emperor Kameyama, on the lower slopes of Higashiyama.CultureHeian ShrineShinto shrine built in 1895 to commemorate the 1,100th anniversary of the founding of Kyoto.CultureKyoto National MuseumMuseum of art and archaeology located in the Higashiyama district, opened in 1897.Food & drinkPonto-chōEstrecho callejón entre Shijō y Sanjō, una manzana al oeste del río Kamo, y barrio de geishas (hanamachi)…NatureRío KamoEl río Kamo atraviesa Kioto y sus riberas funcionan como paseo habitual para vecinos y visitantes.CultureShōren-inTemple of the Tendai school at the foot of the Higashiyama hill, next to Maruyama Park.CultureChion-inHead temple of the Jōdo school of Buddhism, founded by Hōnen in the 13th century, on the Higashiyama hill in…CultureYasaka ShrineShinto shrine at the eastern end of Shijō Street, between the Gion district and Maruyama Park.CultureKennin-jiZen temple of the Rinzai school, founded in 1202 by the monk Eisai and considered the oldest Zen temple in…NatureMonte HieiEl Monte Hiei se alza al noreste de Kioto, en el límite entre las prefecturas de Kioto y Shiga, y su…CultureByōdō-in (Uji)Buddhist temple in Uji, south of Kyoto, famous for its Phoenix Hall (Hōōdō), completed in 1053 and reflected…CultureEnryaku-jiTemplo budista fundado en el año 788 por Saichō en el monte Hiei, al noreste de Kioto, y sede de la escuela…CultureButōIn Kyoto there is a theatre called Kyoto Butoh-kan devoted to offering regular butō performances by…CultureKamigamo ShrineShinto shrine in northern Kyoto, among the oldest in the city and a World Heritage Site together with…CultureNinna-jiBuddhist temple of the Shingon school founded in 888 by Emperor Uda, who retired here as a monk; for…CultureDaigo-jiLarge Buddhist complex on Mount Daigo, in southern Kyoto, founded in the year 874 by the monk Shōbō.CultureTōfuku-jiZen temple founded in 1236 by the regent Kujō Michiie, one of the great Rinzai temples of Kyoto.NatureSaihō-ji (Kokedera)Zen temple in western Kyoto, known as Kokedera, the moss temple.CultureShimogamo ShrineShinto shrine in northern Kyoto, located where the Kamo and Takano rivers meet.NatureArashiyama Bamboo GroveA path among towering bamboo stalks in the Arashiyama district, west of Kyoto, next to Tenryū-ji temple.CultureTenryū-jiZen temple of the Rinzai school founded in 1339 by Ashikaga Takauji in Arashiyama, west of Kyoto.CultureDaitoku-jiLarge Zen complex of the Rinzai school in northern Kyoto, founded in 1319 and rebuilt after the wars of the…CultureHonnō-jiNichiren Buddhist temple famous for the Honnō-ji Incident of 21 June 1582, when the general Akechi Mitsuhide…CultureKōzan-jiBuddhist temple in the Toganoo mountains, north-west of Kyoto, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.CultureKitano Tenman-gūA Shinto shrine in the Kamishichiken district, in north-west Kyoto, founded in 947 to venerate Sugawara no…CultureMii-dera (Onjō-ji)Gran templo de la rama Jimon de la escuela Tendai, en Ōtsu (Shiga), al pie del monte Hiei y junto al lago…CulturePuente Sanjō ŌhashiPuente sobre el río Kamo en la calle Sanjō, punto final de las rutas Tōkaidō y Nakasendō, dos de las cinco…CultureMimizukaMimizuka is a historic monument in Kyoto commemorating the victims of the Japanese invasions of Korea…CultureSantuarios Kamo (Shimogamo y Kamigamo)Conjunto de dos santuarios sintoístas, Kamigamo (dedicado al dios del trueno Kamo Wake-ikazuchi) y Shimogamo…CultureVilla Imperial de KatsuraVilla y jardín de paseo del siglo XVII fundados por el príncipe Hachijō Toshihito (1579-1629) y ampliados por…CultureMyōshin-jiLarge Zen complex of the Rinzai branch, in the Ukyō district, west of Kyoto, founded in 1337 on the site of a…CultureNishi Hongan-jiHeadquarters of the Hongan-ji branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, west of Kyoto station.CultureRashōmonToday not a single stone of its foundations remains: only a stone pillar marks the spot where it stood…CultureKyoto StationA large railway station and shopping centre opened in 1997, the work of architect Hiroshi Hara, with an…CultureIwashimizu Hachiman-gūShinto shrine at the top of Mount Otokoyama, in Yawata, south of Kyoto, founded in the year 859.LeisureKyoto International Manga MuseumMuseum opened in 2006 in the former Tatsuike school, in central Kyoto, next to Karasuma Oike metro station.CultureMuseo Nacional de Arte Moderno de KiotoMuseo en Okazaki (Sakyō-ku) en el actual edificio de Fumihiko Maki, abierto al público en 1986 como sucesor…CultureKōdai-jiZen temple of the Rinzai school founded in 1605 by Nene, widow of the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi, in memory…CultureHōkō-jiTemplo budista tendai del siglo XVI, junto al actual Museo Nacional de Kioto.CultureNishi Hongan-jiTemplo principal de la rama Hongwanji-ha del budismo Jōdo Shinshū, en Shimogyō-ku, instalado en este lugar en…CultureSantuario YoshidaSantuario sintoísta en la ladera de la colina Yoshida, en Sakyō-ku, fundado en el año 859 por el clan…CultureShōkoku-jiGreat Zen temple of the Rinzai school, founded in 1382 by the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, in the north of…CultureTakase RiverThe Takase River canal runs through central Kyoto from Nijō-Kiyamachi to Fushimi.CultureHigashi Hongan-jiHead temple of the Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, founded by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1602 when he split…CultureManpuku-jiZen temple of the Ōbaku school, in Uji, south of Kyoto, founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Ingen.CultureSennyū-jiTemplo shingon en Higashiyama-ku, de época Heian temprana (la tradición señala 855), y templo funerario de la…NatureKyoto Botanical GardenKyoto Botanical Garden opened in 1924 and presents itself as the oldest public botanical garden in Japan.CultureSentō Imperial PalaceSentō Palace was completed in 1630 as a residence for the retired emperor Go-Mizunoo, together with Ōmiya…CultureDaikaku-jiBuddhist temple in the Saga district, in northwest Kyoto, which was a villa of Emperor Saga and became a…CultureKyoto Municipal Museum of Art (Kyocera)Art museum in Okazaki Park, opposite the great torii of Heian Shrine.NatureMaruyama ParkMaruyama Park extends behind Yasaka Shrine, in Higashiyama, and is considered the oldest park in Kyoto.CultureIshiyama-deraA Buddhist temple in Ōtsu, on the shore of Lake Biwa and a few minutes by train from Kyoto, founded in the…CultureKōryū-jiTemple in the Uzumasa district, in western Kyoto, one of the oldest in the city; tradition places its…CultureEikan-dō Zenrin-jiTemple of the Jōdo Buddhist school, in the Higashiyama district, at the foot of the eastern hills.CultureKifune ShrineKifune-jinja, a Shinto shrine in the Kifune valley, north of Kyoto, dedicated to the deity of water.CultureRokkaku-dōRokkaku-dō is the hexagonal hall of the Chōhō-ji temple, of the Tendai school, in the Nakagyō district, in…NatureIwatayama Monkey ParkNature park on the slope of Mount Iwatayama, in Arashiyama, where Japanese macaques live freely.CultureSanzen-inTendai temple in the village of Ōhara, north of Kyoto, and one of the five monzeki of the school, whose head…SportNishikyogoku StadiumNishikyogoku Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kyoto, used mainly for athletics, rugby and football.CultureDaisen-inA Zen sub-temple of the Daitoku-ji complex, in northern Kyoto.CultureHōnen-inTemple in the Sakyō district, next to the Philosopher's Path, which belonged to the Jōdo school until 1953…CultureNinenzakaA cobbled slope of traditional wooden houses (machiya) that descends towards Kiyomizu-dera temple, in…CultureMimuroto-jiMimuroto-ji is a temple of the Honzan Shugen sect, known in Japanese as Myōjōzan Mimuroto-ji, on the…CultureŌmi Ōtsu PalaceThe Ōmi Ōtsu Palace site is an archaeological park in the city of Ōtsu that preserves the remains of the…CultureSūfuku-ji Temple RuinsThis archaeological site preserves the foundations of an imperial Buddhist temple that was active from the…CultureKurama-deraBuddhist temple on the slopes of Mount Kurama, north of Kyoto, surrounded by cedar forest.CultureGekkeikan Ōkura Sake MuseumMuseum of the Gekkeikan brewery, founded in 1637, housed in a former sake brewery building in the Fushimi…Food & drinkPontochōA very narrow, cobbled alley that runs parallel to the Kamo River, between Sanjō and Shijō, full of…CultureTogetsukyō BridgeWooden bridge over the Katsura River, in Arashiyama, and symbol of the district.CultureteamLab BioVortexAt teamLab Biovortex Kyoto, visitors walk through more than 50 immersive digital artworks that react to their…LeisureKyoto AquariumAn aquarium opened in 2012 in Umekoji Park, next to Kyoto Station, one of the few large indoor aquariums in…CultureKyoto Railway MuseumA railway museum opened in 2016 in Umekoji Park, expanding the former steam locomotive museum that occupied…LeisureToei Kyoto Studio ParkTheme park inside the Toei film studios, in the Uzumasa district, in western Kyoto.
Frequently asked questions
What to see in Kyoto in one day?
If you only have one day, start with the essentials: Fushimi Inari-taisha, Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion), Kiyomizu-dera, Nijō Castle and Kyoto Imperial Palace.
What can you see for free in Kyoto?
No entry fee: Río Kamo, Mimizuka, Rashōmon, Takase River, Sentō Imperial Palace and Maruyama Park.