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[2025 Edition] Ranking of popular tourist spots in Kyoto! best 30

[2025 Edition] Ranking of popular tourist spots in Kyoto! best 30

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Category: 歴史
Area: Kyoto

Kyoto is one of Japan's leading tourist destinations, and is dotted with many temples, shrines, and historical buildings that are registered as World Heritage Sites. There are also plenty of spots where you can experience Japanese culture, such as traditional crafts, art, and food.

Kiyomizu-dera Temple (清水寺)
Kiyomizu-dera Temple, founded in 778, is a World Heritage site representing Kyoto, famous for "jumping off the Kiyomizu stage." The temple is famous for the spectacular view from the stage and Otowa F
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Kinkaku-ji Temple (金閣寺)
Kinkakuji (Rokuonji) is a World Heritage site representing Kyoto, with its dazzling gold leaf Shariden (relic hall) reflecting on the water surface. Its beautiful gardens, which are a collection of th
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Fushimi Inari Taisha, the main shrine
This is Fushimi Inari Taisha, the main shrine of 30,000 "Oinari-san" in Fushimi, Kyoto. It has a history of 1300 years.
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Arashiyama and Togetsukyo Bridge (嵐山)
Togetsukyo Bridge is a scenic bridge spanning the Katsura River and is a symbol of Arashiyama. The view of the bridge, combined with Arashiyama behind it, shows its beauty in every season, and is espe
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Byodo-in Temple, a World Heritage Site (平等院)
Hō-ō-dō (Phoenix Hall) in Byōdō-in Temple is a Japanese national treasure and a Buddhist temple established during the Heian period. It is located in Uji and Kashihara cities, Nara Prefecture, and is
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Amanohashidate, one of the three most scenic spots in Japan
Amanohashidate is one of Japan's three most scenic views, alongside Matsushima and Miyajima. It is a sandbar with a 3.6km long row of pine trees stretching across the sea, creating a spectacular view.
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Kitano Tenmangu Shrine (北野天満宮)
Kitano Tenmangu Shrine is located in Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto City, and is the head office of the approximately 12,000 Tenmangu shrines and Tenjin shrines nationwide. It was built in the first year of Tenr
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Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社)
Yasaka Shrine is the head shrine of all Gion shrines in Japan, located in Gion, Higashiyama, Kyoto. It is known for the Gion Festival, one of the three major festivals in Japan, and the beautiful verm
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Ginkaku-ji Temple (銀閣寺)
Ginkakuji Temple is a World Heritage Site that represents Higashiyama culture. Its highlights include the elegant gardens and the Kannon Hall, a national treasure.
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Uguisu-bari - Nijo Castle (二条城)
Nijo Castle is a historic castle located in the ancient capital of Japan, Kyoto, and is a place that plays an important role in Japanese history and culture.
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Chion-in, the head temple of the Jodo sect
Chion-in Temple is the head temple of the Jodo sect of Buddhism, located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, and is known as a central presence in Japanese Buddhist culture and history.
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Nanzen-ji Temple (南禅寺)
Nanzenji is a temple of the Rinzai sect located in the Higashiyama Ward of Kyoto City, which holds a special place in Japanese Zen culture and history. It is one of the highest Zen temples in Japan.
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Ichinenzaka and Ninenzaka (二寧坂)
Ichinenzaka and Ninenzaka are part of the approach to Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City. It is a popular sightseeing spot where you can feel the atmosphere of Kyoto with its cobbled
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Kamomioya Shrine (Shimogamo Shrine)
Shimogamo Shrine (Kamomioya Shrine), a World Heritage Site in Kyoto, is one of the oldest shrines in Kyoto and is surrounded by the vast Tadasu Forest. Known for its blessings in matchmaking and beaut
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Sagano Bamboo Forest Road (竹林の小径)
The Arashiyama Bamboo Grove Path is a famous bamboo forest path in Arashiyama that is often featured in TV commercials and the media. With tall bamboos that cover the sky, creating a fantastical sight
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Jishu Shrine, the God of Matchmaking
Jishu Shrine, which is popular as a power spot for love, is a small shrine located near Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, but its existence is known to many people as a place to pray and make wishes related t
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Kyoto City Zoo
Kyoto City Zoo is one of the historical zoos in Japan, located in Sakyo Ward, the center of culture and history in Kyoto. Junior high school students and younger are free.
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Tenryu-ji Temple, Founded by Ashikaga Takauji (天龍寺)
Tenryu-ji Temple was founded in 1345 by Ashikaga Takauji and is the head temple of the Tenryu-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism, located in the scenic area of Arashiyama. The beautiful borrow
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Maiko's Hanamikoji
Hanamikoji is a street that runs through the center of Gion in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. Traditional wooden townhouses are lined up over a total length of about 1km.
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Kyoto Nishiki Market Shopping Street
Nishiki Market, located in Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, is one of Kyoto's most famous tourist spots, famous as "Kyoto's Kitchen." Lined with long-established stores that have been in bu
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Ninna-ji Temple (仁和寺)
Ninna-ji Temple was founded by Emperor Uda in 888, in the early Heian period, and is the head temple of the Omuro school of Shingon Buddhism. It is a monzeki temple whose head priests have been succes
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Heian Jingu Shrine
Heian Jingu Shrine is a shrine located in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, and is known as an important place where you can feel the history and culture of Japan.
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Famous for Its Karesansui Garden (龍安寺)
Ryoan-ji Temple, which is famous for its Karesansui Hojo garden, is registered as a World Heritage Site as a cultural property of ancient Kyoto.
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Eikando Zenrinji Temple
Eikando Zenrinji is the head temple of the Seizan Zenrinji School of Jodo Buddhism, located in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. The mountain name is Shojuraigozan. The principal object of wor
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Popular with women! Nonomiya Shrine
The god of matchmaking and fertility, quietly nestled among the bamboo forest paths of Arashiyama, is an ancient shrine with a long history that even appears in The Tale of Genji, and is a quiet power
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Kenninji Temple (建仁寺)
Kennin-ji is a Rinzai sect temple located in Kyoto City, and is an important place where you can experience Japan's Zen sect culture and history. It is also known as one of Kyoto's five historic mount
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Rengeo-in Sanjusangendo
Sanjusangendo Temple at Rengeo-in Temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto City, is an ancient temple with a spectacular national treasure, the Thousand-Armed Kannon Seated Statue, and a thousand standing statues
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Imamiya Shrine
Imamiya Shrine, located in Murasakino, Kita Ward, Kyoto City, is a historic shrine founded in 994 that has long been known as the god of plague.
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Suirokaku, an elegant red brick building (水路閣)
Suirokaku is an aqueduct bridge over the Lake Biwa Canal, located in Nanzenji Temple, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. Completed in 1912, the arched bridge piers made of red brick and granite
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Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art
The Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art is a popular art museum located within Okazaki Park in Okazaki, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. It hosts a variety of special exhibitions, focusing on mo
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Ryoma Sakamoto's Kyoto Sacred Mountain Gokoku Shrine
This shrine, a historic site where patriots from the end of the Edo period rest, is home to the graves of Ryoma Sakamoto and Shintaro Nakaoka, and is a must-see power spot for history fans, as it brin
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