Costume Museum

This museum is like a vast doll’s house, built with a staggering eye for detail. Palm-sized dolls dressed in period costume recreate scenes from Japanese history, often with reference to The Tale of Genji, the thousand-year-old story of imperial courtships. The displays are created by tailors to Kyoto’s monks, priests and nuns. Every six months, they unveil a new scene, scrupulously crafted with details of the era. Visitors can don costumes and pose for pictures.