To mark its 1,100th birthday, Kyoto built itself an enormous shrine, complete with a 24m-high ...

While Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion lives up to its dazzling name, Ginkaku-ji (the Silver ...

It’s less mesmerising than most of its World Heritage peers, but this shrine is historic ...

Built during the 12th century for emperor-turned-monk Go-Shirakawa, Sanjusangen-do has several ...

Kyoto’s most iconic structure is a three-storey pavilion that literally dazzles visitors when ...

If you only visit one temple in Kyoto, make it this World Heritage behemoth. From the balcony ...

Built in 1603 as the Kyoto stronghold of shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa, Nijo Castle occupies vast ...

Although Kyoto held the imperial seat for more than a millennium, the ‘Old Imperial Palace’ ...

From the outside it’s an eyesore, and inside it’s even worse, but the Kyoto Tower, opposite ...

This temple, south-west of Kyoto Station, boasts one of Japan’s top-rated Zen gardens, as well ...

Perhaps the greatest garden in Kyoto. As you stroll through the 7ha site, an enchanting ...

You may have seen the photographs of Fushimi Inari, but you won’t be prepared for the scale of ...

Free of fences or cages, this animal-friendly park has almost 200 wild macaques (snow monkeys) ...

The oldest and most famous of Myoshin-ji’s sub-temples is renowned for its tranquil gardens. A ...

Crypto-Christian artworks and the Jesuit bell of Kyoto’s first church are the unlikely ...

The Ryoan-ji complex occupies 50 ha at the foot of the Kitayama mountains, but it’s famous for ...

A political conflict saw Heian period statesman Sugawara no Michizane demoted to a menial ...

A big, grey box designed by Pritzker Prize-winner Fumihiko Maki is the unbecoming home of ...

Japan loves to rank its attractions, and since the 14th century Nanzen-ji has been rated the ...