Kyoto » Kyoto Gosho, Nishijin, Kitano
The Kyoto Gosho, Nishijin, and Kitano areas are located directly north of Kyoto Station. The Kyoto Gosho and Kitano Tenmangu Shrine are the most popular sightseeing courses. The area is also dotted with stores and cafes, making it perfect for walking around town.
Kyoto Gosho, Nishijin, and Kitano are home to the Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kinkakuji Temple, Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, Nishi Honganji Temple, Higashi Honganji Temple, Daitokuji Temple, Kami Shichiken, and other tourist spots.
Kaiseki cuisine, Demachi Futaba, and other local delicacies are also recommended.
Kinkakuji Temple, officially called Hokusan Rokuon Zenji, is a temple with grounds of more than 40,000 square meters.The temple is generally called "Kinkakuji Temple" because of its famous "Kinkaku (Golden Pavilion)," which is a two or three-story building covered in gold leaf and enshrined with the...»
The Gion Festival is a festival that began about 1,100 years ago as a prayer to ward off an epidemic. The festival lasts about one month. The climax of the festival is the Yamaboko procession on the 17th and 24th. Both floats are decorated with beautiful tapestries, spelling weaving, Nishijin brocad...»
The shrine is dedicated to Sugawara Michizane, known as the god of learning. This shrine is the head shrine of all Tenmangu shrines in Japan. The main shrine and worship hall, both national treasures, are representative of Momoyama culture. Remnants of the shrine's original moat can be seen in the s...»
The Kyoto Imperial Palace is located in the center of Kyoto City. The Kyoto Gosho is a vast area measuring approximately 700 meters from east to west and 1,300 meters from north to south, and during the Edo period (1603-1867), it was an official town with more than 200 residences of various sizes.In...»
Kamigamo Shrine is one of the oldest shrines in Kyoto with a history dating back to 677.Its official name is Kamowakeikazuchi-jinja, and together with Kamo-gozo-jinja (Shimogamo-jinja), also located in Kyoto City, it is called Kamo-jinja. On the shrine grounds, the main hall and gonden, rebuilt in ...»
The Kyoto Gyoen is located in the center of Kyoto City. The Kyoto Gyoen area, which stretches approximately 700 meters from east to west and 1,300 meters from north to south, was a lord's town with more than 200 mansions of various sizes during the Edo period (1603-1868).In 1869 (Meiji 2), after the...»
This temple was built by Hosokawa Sansai (Tadaoki), one of Sen no Rikyu's seven great philosophers, whose wife was Lady Galacha. There are many camellias and a shoin (study room) that was moved from the residence of Sen no Rikyu. In the garden of the main hall, there are lantern tombs of Tadaoki and...»
Shokokuji Temple is the head temple of the Shokokuji School of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism and the center of Zen Buddhism administration and Gozan literature. The coiling dragon painted on the ceiling of the Dharma Hall is known as the "Narukiryu (crying dragon). The Jotenkaku Art Museum houses ...»
Seimei Shrine is located in Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto. The shrine enshrines Abe no Seimei, an Onmyoji (astronomer) of the mid-Heian period, and is visited by many people as a power spot steeped in numerous Seimei legends.Seimei, who served six emperors, established his own "Onmyo-do" based on the astronomic...»
The "bamboo grove path" from Nomiya Shrine to Okochi Sanso Garden, the Watarigetsu Bridge, the foot of the mountains, the waterfront, and the surrounding area, as well as the natural and historical cultural heritage of Saga and Arashiyama, will be transformed into a fantastic space with approximatel...»
Tetsubachi are the round metal bowls used by mendicant monks to receive food inside. All bowls except for some made of ceramic can be piled up into one bowl with a lid to cover everything, which signify function and Japanese aesthetics put together. Tetsubachi originate in India, imported to Japan d...»