Umekoji Park
Umekoji Park is an urban park located 1.2 km from Kyoto Station (about a 15-minute walk).The slide (14 meters high), rope jungle gym (6 meters high), and chin-chin train (operated on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays) are popular among children.....
Kitano Tenmangu Shrine
Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, along with Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, has the status of the head shrine of the more than 10,000 Tenmangu shrines in Japan.Kitano Tenmangu is dedicated to Sugawara Michizane, the god of learning, and many students visit the shrine every year.It is one of the best plum blossom v....
Kyoto Imperial Palace
The Kyoto Imperial Palace is approximately 450 m north to south, 250 m east to west, and 110,000 m2.It was used as the Imperial Palace where the Emperor resided until 1869, when the capital was moved to Tokyo.....
Myokakuji Temple
Myokakuji Temple is one of the sixteen head temples of Nichiren Shu in Kyoto.It was used as a lodging for Nobunaga Oda when he went to Kyoto, but was burned down again in the Honnoji Incident and moved to its present location.The autumn leaves are densely planted in the garden in front of the main h....
Awata Shrine
Awata Shrine is located at Awataguchi, one of the seven gates of Kyoto.Awata Shrine, located on a small hill, commands a panoramic view of the Otorii gate of Heian Shrine, the hall of Konkai Komyoji Temple, and Mount Hiei.Awata Shrine is a hidden spot for autumn foliage.The Awata Festival in October....
Anrakuji Temple
Anrakuji Temple was originally founded by Juren Shonin and Anraku Shonin, disciples of Honen Shonin, who built a hermitage in Shikagaya.The autumn foliage is beautiful, and the Buddhist foot stone can be seen in the precincts of the temple.Every year on July 25, a midwind spell, "Shikagatani Pumpkin....
Eikando Temple
Eikando is the head temple of the Seizan Zenrin School of the Jodo sect. The official name of the temple is "Zenrinji," which was given by Emperor Seiwa.Eikando is one of the most famous places in Kyoto for its autumn foliage, so much so that it is known as "Eikando of maple trees," and is a place t....
Kiyomizudera Temple
Kiyomizudera Temple, a World Heritage Site, is the head temple of the Northern Hōsō Sect, whose principal deity is the eleven-faced thousand-armed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.The famous "Kiyomizu no Butai" (stage of Kiyomizu) (National Treasure), famous for "jumping off the stage at Kiyomizu," is mad....
Kodaiji Temple
Kodaiji Temple was founded in 1606 by Kitanomandokoro (Nene), the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, to mourn his death.Entokuin (the place where Kitanomandokoro ended his life) is located on the west side of Koudaiji Temple across from Nene-no-michi.....
Konkai Komyoji Temple
Konkai Komyoji Temple is said to have originated when Honen Shonin established a small hermitage. Later, Emperor Go-Kogon bestowed upon the temple the two characters "Kin-Kai" and it became Konkai Komyo-ji Temple.It is locally known as "Kurotani-san".Konkai Komyoji Temple is associated with the Aizu....
