Best Illuminations In Kyoto
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You can go to Toji Temple from the Kyoto station on foot. The fivefold pagoda is highest in Japan and a popular sightseeing spot in Kyoto. Moreover, you can see a Shidare Zakura, a weeping cherry tree in spring. Illuminated cherry blossoms at night are very fantastic.
Name
Toji Temple
Address
1 Kujyo-cho Minami-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-691-3325
Hours
5:00-17:00
How to get there
15 min walk from Kyoto Station, or 10 min walk from Toji Station. By bus, 10 min from Kyoto Station to Toji-mae.
Parking
Parking area is available
Kiyomizu-dera is one of the most famous spots for autumn leaves in Kyoto. I visited several places to light up the autumn leaves, but this place is a spot for autumn leaves that can only be said to be true.
Name
Kiyomizu-dera Temple
Address
1-294 Kiyomizu Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-551-1234
Hours
6:00-18:30
Fee
Adult 400 yen、Child 200 yen
How to get there
By bus, 10 min from Kyoto Station to Gojōzaka, then 10 min walk. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
The event has held for more than 20 years in late summer. Along the Atado old main street from Seiryo-ji Temple to Atado Shrine, big, small and various lanterns are lightened and fantastic. They light the street softly.◎8/23-8/25 every year together with memorial ceremony of Adashino-nembutsu-ji Temple. As many as 800 lanterns drawn by students of art school and the local children are impressive.
Name
Atago Shrine
Address
1 Saga Atago-cho Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
Parking
Toll parking area is available
Anyone can take pictures of beautiful reflections at Ruriko-in Temple. It gets very crowded on weekends, but it has worth visiting once in your life. The bus is available though, the train is better.
Name
Ruriko-in Temple
Address
55 Higashiyama Kamitakano Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-781-4001
Fee
Adult 2000 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
5 min walk from Yase Hieizan-guchi Station, 5 min walk from Yase Station. By bus, 50 min from Kyoto Station to Yase Station, then 7 min walk.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Many people visit Byodoin Temple during the autumn color light-up event. The weather was perfect and there was no winds, I could see this amazing reflections of Phoenix Hall (Hou-ou-dou) on the water.◎Autumn Color Light Up in 2018: Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays & National Holidays during November 17th to December 2nd. You need to choose daytime or evening.
Name
Byodoin Temple
Address
116 Renge Uji, Uji-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
0774-21-2861
Hours
8:30-17:30
How to get there
10 min walk from Uji Station. By car, 40 min from Kyoto City.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
The autumn foliage of Arashiyama. Hogon-in Temple is usually closed, but it admits you to the garden only in spring and autumn. The autumn colored trees are lightened up at night and show us the different scenes from daytime.
Name
Hogo-in Temple
Address
36 Sagatenryu-ji Susukinobaba-cho Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-861-0091
Hours
9:00-17:00
How to get there
Limited for only 100 people to enter, the night special visiting was held for the first time in 2016. A tunnel of fall foliage worth seeing even in the daytime becomes indescribably beautiful by the illuminations at night. I want this special visiting to be held in and after 2017.
Name
Rokuo-in Temple
Address
24 Saga Kitabori-cho Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-861-1645
Hours
9:00-17:00
How to get there
5 min walk from JR Saga Arashiyama Station. 3 min walk from Araden Rokuouin Station. By bus, 40 min from Kyoto Station to Shimo Saga, then 3 min walk. By car or taxi, 30 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Free parking area is available
