Best Tourist Spots In Kyoto-shi
Here're best Tourist Spots in Kyoto-shi. We released a ranking of reviews about Tourist Spots posted by travel influencers who have actually been to Kyoto-shi.
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Nanzen-ji Temple
18 ReviewAddress：Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：10 min walk from Keage Station. 25 min by bus from Kyoto Station to Nanzenji Eikando, then 10 min walk.
I visited Nanzenji Temple, a popular spot for autumn leaves, and Tenju-an Temple, which has two beautiful gardens, in kimono. The autumn leaves in the eastern garden were in full bloom, and it was a magnificent view that you could see forever while sitting on the porch. Another wonderful view that sighs is the autumn leaves in the south garden, which looks like a painting, cut out by the window frame of the Shoin. When I raised my face to buy a ticket at the entrance, I jumped into my eyes first and was fascinated.
Kiyomizu-dera Temple
14 ReviewAddress：1-294 Kiyomizu Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：By bus, 10 min from Kyoto Station to Gojōzaka, then 10 min walk. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.
Tel：075-551-1234
Hours：6:00-18:30
Kiyomizu Temple, an unmissable spot for sightseeing in Kyoto. During the special honor of visiting held three times in a year, the blue light goes through the sky in Kyoto. This light, they says, expresses the mercy of Kwannon.
Ruriko-in Temple
14 ReviewAddress：55 Higashiyama Kamitakano Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：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.
Tel：075-781-4001
The spring special visiting is opened till 6/15 in 2018. The relaxing room extends here. The table room, which has been a hot topic in SNS, you can see various reflections from different directions. And, it's so gorgeous and beautiful.
Toji Temple
13 ReviewAddress：1 Kujyo-cho Minami-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：15 min walk from Kyoto Station, or 10 min walk from Toji Station. By bus, 10 min from Kyoto Station to Toji-mae.
Tel：075-691-3325
Hours：5:00-17:00
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.
Jyonangu Shrine
12 ReviewAddress：7 Nakajimatobarikyu-cho Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：20 min by bus from Kyoto Station (Hachijo Exit). 15 min walk from Takeda Station. 10 min by car or taxi from Kyoto Station, and free parking area is available.
Tel：075-623-0846
Hours：9:00-16:30
As for plum blossom in Kyoto, Jyonangu Shrine is famous. The weeping plum blossoms all over the garden and fallen camellia flowers are beautiful, and make us feel spring has come. I feel spring when I visit here.
Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine
14 ReviewAddress：68 Fukakusayabunouchi-cho Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：Just near JR Inari Station, or 5 min walk from Keihan Fushimi Inari Station. By bus, 15 min from Kyoto to Inaritaisha, then 7 min walk. By car, 20 min from Kyoto Minami IC.
Tel：075-641-7331
Hours：8:30-16:30
When going through under Sembon Torii, you can feel like to come into the mysterious another world. Here's a great spot you can feel the exotic Japanese atmosphere.
Kifune Shrine
9 ReviewAddress：180 Kibune-cho Kurama Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：5 min from Kifune-guchi Station of Eizan Train to 'Kifune', then walk 5 min.
Kifune Shrine changes its appearance in each season. From spring to summer, you can see the lively scenery of fresh green.
Shōrin-ji Temple
14 ReviewAddress：15-795 Honmachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：7 min walk from Tofukuji Station. 1 min by car or taxi from Kyoto Station.
Tel：075-561-4311
Hours：9:00-17:00
We cannot always see this flower purification fountain (Chozusha: a place for purification of your hands and mouth before you enter shrines or temples). And the flowers change every season. If you have a good chance to visit, I want you to see it.
Keage Incline
12 ReviewAddress：Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：3 min walk from Keage Station. By car or taxi, 20 min from Kyoto Station.
Many famous tourist spots become snow landscape in Kyoto. But, Keage Incline hardly ever be covered with snow, and its snow landscape can be seen only when it snows so much. So, I was very excited to be able to take this pictures.
Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine
8 ReviewAddress：931 Bakuro-cho Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：30 min by bus from Kyoto Station. 5 min walk from Hakubai-cho Station. 25 min by car or taxi from Kyoto Station. Free parking area is available.
Tel：075-461-0005
Hours：5:00-18:00
Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine 'Momiji Garden' is well known as a beautiful place of scarlet maple leaves. There're about 350 trees of around 400 years old and the new green sceneries make people feel quiet and refreshed in May.
Yasaka Koshin-do Temple
8 ReviewAddress：390-1 Kin'en-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：By bus, 12 min from Kyoto Station to Kiyomizu-michi, then 3 min walk. By bus or taxi, 12 min from Kyoto Station, 7 min from Keihan Shijo Station.
Hours：9:00-17:00
I wrote my wish on a colorful ball at Yasaka Koshin-do Temple in Kyoto. It's a nice place my heart leaps up just looking at them. Your Instagram must be able to get many likes!
Sagano
7 ReviewAddress：Sagaogurayamatabushiyama-cho, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：10 min walk, from Arashiyama Station
Bamboo Forest is a must-visit place in Arashiyama. Even in summer, you can feel the cool air in the early morning, and have an excellent morning walk.
Fushimi Jikkoku-bune Boat
8 ReviewAddress：Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：5min walk from Keihan Chushojima Station. Ride a boat near Benten Bridge across the Horikawa River.
Jikkoku-bune boat of Kyoto Fushimi commands the particularly beautiful scene of cherry blossom in spring. What's more, the scenery of the boat going between the cherry blossom raft which appears when they're out of bloom on the water surface, is amazing! People can enjoy this scenery for a while even after the cherry blossoms fall.
Enko-ji Temple
9 ReviewAddress：13 Kotani-cho Ichijo-ji Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：35 min by bus from Kyoto Station to Ichijoji Sagari Matsu-cho, then 10 min walk. 15 min walk from Ichijoji Station. By car, 30 min from Kyoto Station.
Enko-ji Temple has become popular for its autumn colors. The beautiful green garden in summer becomes more beautiful with many colors in autumn. During the term of maple leaves falling, a red carpet will appear around the Jizo♡◎To take picture like a frame, you need to wait the timing people go away. But, the temple's attendant will tell you a good timing, so you can take picture like this!
Kinkakuji Temple
6 ReviewAddress：1 Kinkakuji-cho Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：By car, 25 min from Kyoto Higashi IC, 30 min from Kyoto Minami IC. By bus, 30 min from Kyoto Station to Kinkakuji Michi, then walk 5 min.
Tel：075-461-0013
Hours：9:00-17:00
A good sightseeing spot that you can appreciate the seasons and the history of Kyoto.
Kodaiji Temple
6 ReviewAddress：526 Shimo-Kawaramachi Kodaiji Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：15 min walk from Keihan Gion Shijo Station. 20 min by bus from Kyoto Station to Higashiyama Yasui, then 7 min walk. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.
Tel：075-561-9966
Hours：9:00-17:30
Beautiful weeping cherry tree (Shidare Zakura) standing on the white sands of Hojo Garden of Kodai-ji Temple. We can see the beauty of Japan and tasteful atmosphere of Kyoto. The admission fee is 600 yen. It would be illuminated in that season.
Eikando Zenrin-ji
6 ReviewAddress：48 Eikando-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：15 min walk from Keage Station. By bus, 25 min from Kyoto Station or 10 min from Sanjo-keihan Station to Nanzanji Eikando. Free parking area is available.
Tel：075-761-0007
Hours：9:00-17:00
Although Eikando could be very crowded with many tourists in the season of autumn leaves, you can see around calmly now in the fresh greens for there're fewer visitors. In the precinct of Eikando, you must see the beautifully curved Garyu-ro (Hallway Of Lying Dragon: named after its ceiling which is similar to a dragon's back).
Yodo Suiro Waterway
6 ReviewAddress：150-11 Yodoikegami-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：10 min walk from Yodo Station
You can see the early cherry blossom Kawazu Zakura in Kansai Region not only in Kawazu. If you travel in Kyoto, you're encouraged to visit Yodo Waterway to see Kawazu Zakura. They dyes pink along the river. It becomes at its best in the middle of March. Why don't you come to feel spring?
Kyoto Ohara Sanzen-in Temple
5 ReviewAddress：540 Ohara Koin-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：By bus, 60 min from Kyoto Station to 'Ohara Bus Stop', then 10 min walk. By car, 20 min from Mano IC. There's no parking area, you can use toll parking lot nearby.
Tel：075-744-2531
Hours：8:30-17:00
Sanzen-in Temple is located at Kyoto Ohara where has the beautiful nature in each season. Its garden is covered with moss and you can leave the daily life in front of the beautiful and comfortable scenery. A lovely Warabe Jizo (a stone image with child face) makes us feel at ease.
Furukawacho Shopping Street
6 ReviewAddress：Higashiyama, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：1 min walk, from Higashiyama Station
Once you step into a small shopping street, you will find lots of cute lanterns. There are many renovated shops here, there are inns, and you can walk while having fun.
Tenryu Temple
6 ReviewAddress：68 Sagatenryu-ji Susukinobaba-cho Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Tel：075-881-1235
Hours：8:30-17:30
In the cool air of the early morning in late autumn. Can you find the beauty of the natural garden and how you should be? It's not bad to look for something 'lovely', but let's stretch your back at a simple place once in a while.◎A famous picture of Daruma and a ceiling picture of Dragon are also interesting. Visiting in early morning, you can see them without congestion.
Yasaka Pagoda (Hokan-ji Temple)
5 ReviewAddress：388 Shimizuyasakakami-machi Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：By bus, 20 min from Kyoto Station to Higashiyama Yasui, then 5 min walk. 15 min walk from Keihan Shijo Station. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.
This slope where we can see Yasaka Pagoda, is very famous spot in Kyoto. It has the various atmosphere in each time. Specially, after the evening glow. many tourists get together to take pictures.
Garden of Fine Art Kyoto
6 ReviewAddress：Kitayama, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, Japan
Access：1 min walk, from Kitayama Station
Tel：075-724-2188
Hours：9:00-17:00
This museum is the first painting garden in the world. Michelangelo "The Last Judgment" is about 14m high! This place is a little far from Kyoto station.
Daigoji Temple
5 ReviewAddress：Daigohigashioji-cho Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Tel：075-571-0002
Hours：9:00-17:00,9:00-16:30
A famous spot for cherry blossom viewing in Kyoto. A festival 'Ho-taiko cherry blossom viewing parade' is held every year on the second Sunday in April. You shouldn't miss Sanboin's beautiful circuit style garden designed by Hideyoshi himself. Ho-taiko is an another name of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Reikan-ji Temple
6 ReviewAddress：12 Goshonodan-cho, Shishigatani, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：10 min by car or taxi from Jingu Maruta Machi Station
Tel：075-771-4040
Reikanji Temple in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto. From March 20th to April 4th, 2021, a special spring visit to enjoy beautiful camellias has begun. There are lots of highlights such as Hanatemizu, which has a cute contrast between dark pink and slightly pink near the entrance, and a lot of pink camellias spread on a carpet of green moss. The viewing period is limited, so if you are interested, please do so as soon as possible.
Gion Matsuri Festival
5 ReviewAddress：Gion-machi Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：8 min walk, from Gionshijo Station
Japanese Summer Festival Since 1150 Years Ago, For Which 200 Thousand People Get Together Every Year
You can enjoy Gion-bayashi (traditional festival music), Yamahoko floats that are hardly seen, and food stalls! The main Shijo Street becomes pedestrian precinct from Horikawa to Higashi-Oji.
Randen Arashiyama Station
4 ReviewAddress：Tsukurimichi-cho, Saga Tenryuji-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：Just near Randen Arashiyama Station
We'll fascinated with the beautiful Kyo-Yūzen designs in the daytime, and a forest of LED lights at night. It's a soft and elegant Kyoto world, so you're encouraged to visit once when you travel in Kyoto.
Address：59 Shimogamoizumikawa-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：By bus, 25 min from Kyoto Station to Shimogamo Shrine. 12 min walk from Keihan Demachiyanagi Station. By car or taxi, 20 min from Kyoto Station.
Tel：075-781-0010
Hours：6:30-17:00
Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori by TeamLab is very popular annual event which has been held three times. We never get tired of looking at the forest and egg-shaped objects that change colors one after another. The procession projected on the screen are also very fantastic. It's going to be held till 9/2 in 2019.
Chionin
4 ReviewAddress：400 Rinka-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Tel：075-531-2111
Hours：9:00-16:30
Kawai Shrine
4 ReviewAddress：59 Izumigawa-cho Shimogamo Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：10 min walk from Keihan Demachiyanagi Station. By bus, 30 min from Tadasu-no Mori, then 3 min walk. By car or taxi, 20 min from Kyoto Station.
Hours： 6:30-17:00
At Kawai Shrine, you can make up ema (votive picture tablet to write your wish) by your own cosmetics. They sell a beverage named 'Bijin Sui (Beauty Water)', it's nice place for people like beauty treatments. You can enjoy this lovely shrine even just looking around.
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Keage
Nanzen-ji Temple
18 ReviewAddress：Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：10 min walk from Keage Station. 25 min by bus from Kyoto Station to Nanzenji Eikando, then 10 min walk.
I visited Nanzenji Temple, a popular spot for autumn leaves, and Tenju-an Temple, which has two beautiful gardens, in kimono. The autumn leaves in the eastern garden were in full bloom, and it was a magnificent view that you could see forever while sitting on the porch. Another wonderful view that sighs is the autumn leaves in the south garden, which looks like a painting, cut out by the window frame of the Shoin. When I raised my face to buy a ticket at the entrance, I jumped into my eyes first and was fascinated.
Higashiyama
Furukawacho Shopping Street
6 ReviewAddress：Higashiyama, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：1 min walk, from Higashiyama Station
Once you step into a small shopping street, you will find lots of cute lanterns. There are many renovated shops here, there are inns, and you can walk while having fun.
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Yasaka Koshin-do Temple
8 ReviewAddress：390-1 Kin'en-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：By bus, 12 min from Kyoto Station to Kiyomizu-michi, then 3 min walk. By bus or taxi, 12 min from Kyoto Station, 7 min from Keihan Shijo Station.
Hours：9:00-17:00
I wrote my wish on a colorful ball at Yasaka Koshin-do Temple in Kyoto. It's a nice place my heart leaps up just looking at them. Your Instagram must be able to get many likes!
Kiyomizu
Kiyomizu-dera Temple
14 ReviewAddress：1-294 Kiyomizu Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：By bus, 10 min from Kyoto Station to Gojōzaka, then 10 min walk. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.
Tel：075-551-1234
Hours：6:00-18:30
Kiyomizu Temple, an unmissable spot for sightseeing in Kyoto. During the special honor of visiting held three times in a year, the blue light goes through the sky in Kyoto. This light, they says, expresses the mercy of Kwannon.
Kitanohakubaicho
Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine
8 ReviewAddress：931 Bakuro-cho Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：30 min by bus from Kyoto Station. 5 min walk from Hakubai-cho Station. 25 min by car or taxi from Kyoto Station. Free parking area is available.
Tel：075-461-0005
Hours：5:00-18:00
Kitano Tenman-gu Shrine 'Momiji Garden' is well known as a beautiful place of scarlet maple leaves. There're about 350 trees of around 400 years old and the new green sceneries make people feel quiet and refreshed in May.
Demachiyanagi
Address：59 Shimogamoizumikawa-cho Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：By bus, 25 min from Kyoto Station to Shimogamo Shrine. 12 min walk from Keihan Demachiyanagi Station. By car or taxi, 20 min from Kyoto Station.
Tel：075-781-0010
Hours：6:30-17:00
Light Festival in Tadasu no Mori by TeamLab is very popular annual event which has been held three times. We never get tired of looking at the forest and egg-shaped objects that change colors one after another. The procession projected on the screen are also very fantastic. It's going to be held till 9/2 in 2019.
Arashiyama
Sagano
7 ReviewAddress：Sagaogurayamatabushiyama-cho, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Access：10 min walk, from Arashiyama Station
Bamboo Forest is a must-visit place in Arashiyama. Even in summer, you can feel the cool air in the early morning, and have an excellent morning walk.
