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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 ...

Tale of Genji Museum

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Proud of its prominent role in the world’s oldest novel, Uji opened this dedicated museum in ...

Okumura Commemorative Museum

FREE
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Museum is too grand a name for a building that touts a ‘rest area’ as one of its main ...

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 ...

Osaka Castle

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

One of Japan’s best-known castles, Osaka-jo was built to flaunt the power of warlord Hideyoshi ...

National Museum of Art, Osaka

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

In 2004, Osaka razed its old National Museum of Art and replaced it with an eye-popping piece ...

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 ...

Daitoku-ji

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Like so much of Kyoto, Zen temple Daitoku-ji was destroyed in the Onin War (1467-77). The monk ...

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 ...

Ryozen Kannon

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts

FREE
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

What this museum lacks in depth, it makes up for in breadth, with introductions to every ...

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 ...

Gallery Maronie

FREE
Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

Three galleries and a select store make up this Tadao Ando-esque concrete complex. Each gallery ...

Kanjiro Kawai Memorial House

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

The former home and atelier of master potter and sculptor Kanjiro Kawai is a museum of his ...

Museums and Sights: overview

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 24 2009

Kyoto's most exciting attractions

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Byodo-in

Museums & Sights  |  Sep 22 2009

The temple etched into the back of every ¥10 coin has more national treasures than any temple ...

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