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.....
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.....
Kenkun Shrine
Kenkun Shrine（建勲神社） is a shrine dedicated to Oda Nobunaga.Officially, the shrine is called “Take Isao Jinja,” but locals call it “Kenkun Jinja.From Funaokayama (120 meters above sea level), where Kenko Shrine is located, you can see Kyoto city and the Daimonji and Left Daimonji of the Gozan Okuribi ....
Shoseien
Shoseien takes its name from a poem by Chinese poet Tao Yuanming.It is planted as a hedge and is also called trifoliate orange (kikokutei) because of its trifoliate orange (kara-tachi).In the past, the garden had a borrowed view of the mountain, but the mountain is hardly visible because of the tall....
Daihoonji Temple
Daihoonji Temple is more often called Senbon Shakado, which derives from the fact that the east side of the temple site used to be located on Senbon Street.The main hall (National Treasure) is the oldest Buddhist temple structure in Kyoto City, retaining the early Kamakura period remains of the inne....
Nijo Castle
Nijo Castle includes the grounds (total area of 275,000 square meters), Ninomaru Goten (National Treasure), East Main Gate (Important Cultural Property), and Ninomaru Garden (Special Place of Scenic Beauty)The castle tower was moved from Fushimi Castle in 1626, but was destroyed by lightning in 1750....
Hirano Shrine
Hirano Shrine was moved from Yamato to this location with the relocation of the capital to Nagaoka-kyo and then to Heian-kyo.Hirano Shrine is one of the best cherry blossom viewing spots in Kyoto. It has been famous since the Edo period (1603-1867) as "Hirano no Yozakura" (night cherry blossoms at H....
Honpouji Temple
Honpouji Temple is one of the head temples of Nichiren Shoshu.In 1587, it was moved to its present location by order of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.The Tomoe garden in front of the shoin was created by Honami Koetsu.The garden of ten (tsushinaniwa) is named after the nine stones and the will of the heart (sh....
Kyoto City Zoo
The Kyoto Zoo was the second zoo to open in Japan in 1903.About 150 species of animals, including western gorillas, are kept here.The 40,000-square-meter area includes a Ferris wheel and other facilities for children to play. Baby strollers and wheelchairs are available for rent, allowing everyone f....
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....
