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Koke-dera (Saiho-ji)

Recommended Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

This major league attraction doesn’t make things easy for visitors. You’ll need to apply in ...

Heian Jingu

Recommended Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Ginkaku-ji

Recommended Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Shimogamo Jinja

Recommended FREE Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Sanjusangen-do

Recommended Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Kinkaku-ji

Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Kiyomizu-dera

Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Nijo Castle

Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Kyoto Gosho

FREE Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Kyoto Tower

Major venue
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Tofuku-ji

Recommended
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Katsura Rikyu

Recommended FREE
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Fushimi Inari Taisha

Recommended FREE
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Monkey Park Iwatayama

Recommended
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

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 ...

Shunko-in

Recommended
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

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 ...

Kitano Tenmangu

Recommended FREE
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto

Recommended
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

Nanzen-ji

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Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

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