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Kyoto International Manga Museum

Recommended
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

You don’t need to be a manga fan to be charmed by this vast but endearing museum, with a ...

Raku Museum

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Tea master Sen no Rikyu was one of the early admirers of raku-yaki, the ceramics of the Raku ...

Museums and Sights: overview

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 24 2009

Kyoto's most exciting attractions

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Ujigami Jinja

FREE
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Uji’s other World Heritage site plays second fiddle to the more dazzling Byodo-in, but it’s ...

Kasuga Taisha

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

To appreciate just how powerful the Fujiwara family was during the eighth century, head first ...

Suntory Yamazaki Whisky Distillery

FREE
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Japanese whisky has been booming in the last decade, winning medals and market share worldwide. ...

Miho Museum

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

One of the tenets of the ‘new religion’ Church of World Messianity is that art and beauty can ...

Jojakuko-ji

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

On autumn evenings, when the long ascent to this temple is framed by maple leaves and lit by ...

Taizo-in

Recommended
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Ryoan-ji

Recommended
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Insho Domoto Museum of Fine Arts

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Painter and sculptor Insho Domoto (1891-1975) built his own museum in 1966, and he clearly ...

Kyoto Municipal Zoo

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

It may be Japan’s second largest zoo, but it’s rather a sorry home for around 700 beasts. The ...

Eikan-do

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Eikan-do calls itself ‘the Temple of Maple Leaves’, but that’s a little modest for a complex ...

Ryozen Kannon

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Kodai-ji’s next-door neighbour is a 24m-high concrete bodhisattva that towers over a small ...

Namikawa Cloisonné Museum of Kyoto

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

The main reason to visit the old home of Yasuyuki Namikawa (1845-1927) is to see examples of ...

Kyoto Museum of Contemporary Art

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Check the artwork in the entrance to see whether the current exhibition at this five-floor ...

Galerie 16

Recommended FREE
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

One of the city’s best contemporary art spaces, Galerie 16 has been running since 1962. In ...

Chion-in

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

The entrance to Chion-in, the head temple of Buddhism’s Jodo sect, is as imposing as it is ...

Nijo Jinya

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

A treat for fans of ninja films, this former inn is packed with hidden passages, secret ...

Nijo Castle

Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

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