Shrines, museums, parks, and the spots in between, with the access details worked out.
Kyoto museum opened in 2006 with 300,000 manga items, from Edo-period prints to contemporary series, with permanent exhibitions and workshops on its history.
KyotoA highly-ranked Shinto shrine in Kyoto built in 1895 to commemorate the city's 1100th anniversary and dedicated to Emperor Kanmu.
KyotoKyoto shrine dating to the 6th century, dedicated to Tamayori-hime and her father, worshipped for protection from misfortune and as guardian of the capital.
KyotoA sprawling national park in Kyoto surrounding the Imperial Palace, created during the Meiji era from vacant aristocratic residences, encompassing 100 hectares.
KyotoFuture Train on Kyoto's Umekoji viaduct is Japan's first restaurant on a disused railway, featuring a repurposed Limited Express Thunderbird train car.
KyotoThe former residence of the Emperor in Kyoto, with centuries of court history, open to the public with guided tours that include the Shishinden hall.
KyotoThe head shrine of approximately 12,000 Tenmangu and Tenjin shrines throughout Japan, Kitano Tenmangu is dedicated to the deity of learning and culture.
KyotoZen temple from the late 15th century with a garden of sand and stone featuring a pond, inspired by but never covered with silver like Kinkaku-ji.
KyotoDiscover teamLab Biovortex Kyoto's living art museum. Walk through responsive digital worlds where you become part of the artwork. Explore today.
KyotoOne of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines, dedicated to the thunder deity and honored since 794 when Kyoto became the imperial capital.
KyotoA preserved thatched-roof village in Kyoto with 39 original houses built during the Edo and Meiji periods, designated an Important Preservation District.
Nantan · KyotoKennin-ji, located in Kyoto's Gion district, is the oldest Zen temple in the city, founded in 1202 as the head temple of the Rinzai Zen Buddhism branch.
KyotoA museum preserving the tradition of Tango Futamata Paper, a handmade Japanese washi used in temple and shrine restoration.
Fukuchiyama · KyotoOver 1,100-year-old Buddhist temple complex and head temple of the Daigo branch of Shingon Buddhism, centered on an ancient natural spring.
KyotoMuseum dedicated to netsuke miniature sculpture, housing over 6,000 pieces with rotating exhibitions showcasing this refined Japanese art form.
KyotoTofukuji is one of Kyoto's great Zen temples, celebrated for its sweeping maple valley and the modern garden surrounding the abbot's quarters.
KyotoA Kyoto studio where visitors put on real film-grade armour or hand-painted kimono and take tea in a tea room built for it, a minute from Umekoji-Kyotonishi.
KyotoThis working film studio's theme park offers authentic period-drama settings and the chance to watch real productions on historic full-scale sets.
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