Kyoto Attractions

Kyoto: attractions 75 places, ranked by rating and review count.

Fushimi Inari Taisha

★ 4.6(91,871) attractions

Fushimi Inari Shrine sits directly in front of Inari Station in Kyoto, with red torii gates lining the mountai…
Kiyomizu-dera

★ 4.6(72,845) attractions

Kiyomizudera is a Buddhist temple at the end of Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka in Kyoto, registered as a Japanese na…
Kinkaku-ji

★ 4.6(70,648) attractions

Kinkaku-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto where visitors walk around a three-story pavilion over a pond and a J…
Nijō Castle

★ 4.4(43,108) attractions

Nijo Castle in central Kyoto was built as the residence of the Tokugawa shogunate. Visitors walk through the w…
Yasaka Shrine

★ 4.4(33,911) attractions

Yasaka Shrine sits at the end of Kawaramachi Street in Gion, Kyoto, and has a vermilion gate and main hall. It…
Senbon Torii (Thousand Torii Gates)

★ 4.7(14,181) attractions

Senbon Torii is a path of red torii gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto. The gates form a tunnel, and some …
Arashiyama Bamboo Forest

★ 4.4(25,249) attractions

Arashiyama Chikurin is a bamboo forest attraction in Arashiyama, Kyoto, where visitors walk among tall, straig…
To-ji Temple

★ 4.5(19,663) attractions

Toji (Kyoogokokuji) is a Shingon Buddhist temple founded in 796, a 15-minute walk from Kyoto Station. It holds…
Ginkaku-ji

★ 4.5(18,076) attractions

Ginkaku-ji, formally named Jisho-ji, is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto that is visited together with the Philosoph…
Kimono Tea Ceremony MAIKOYA Nishiki

★ 4.9(7,259) attractions

Kimono Tea Ceremony MAIKOYA Nishiki is a traditional experience space in Nishiki, Kyoto, where visitors wear k…
Sannenzaka

★ 4.4(17,038) attractions

Sannenzaka is a traditional street that continues down from Kiyomizu-dera, lined with traditional houses, tea …
Heian-jingū Shrine

★ 4.4(16,075) attractions

Heian Shrine in Kyoto is a large shrine entered through a big red torii gate. Behind the shrine is a garden wi…
Nanzen-ji

★ 4.5(12,467) attractions

Nanzenji is a large Buddhist temple in Higashiyama, Kyoto, with a massive mountain gate standing at its entran…
Ninenzaka

★ 4.5(11,881) attractions

Ninenzaka is a tourist spot in Kyoto lined with traditional buildings and shops, running from Gion to Kiyomizu…
Eikan-dō Temple

★ 4.6(9,625) attractions

Zenrinji is a temple in Kyoto known for autumn foliage, visited together with the walk down from Ginkakuji. Vi…
Ryōan-ji

★ 4.5(11,294) attractions

Ryoanji is a Buddhist temple a 10-minute walk from Ryōan-ji Station in Kyoto. Its central feature is a karesan…
Tōfuku-ji Temple

★ 4.5(11,181) attractions

Tofukuji is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto. It has wooden buildings constructed in 1236 and four gardens, each…
Nidec Kyoto Tower

★ 4.2(18,400) attractions

Kyoto Tower stands directly in front of Kyoto Station and looks down over the city of Kyoto. From the observat…
Kenninji Temple

★ 4.5(9,457) attractions

Kenninji is a Buddhist temple in the Gion district of Kyoto. Visitors walk through several Japanese-style gard…
Kōdaiji Temple

★ 4.4(10,018) attractions

Kodaiji is a temple near Ninenzaka and Nene no Michi in Kyoto, where visitors see a garden and a bamboo grove …
Arashiyama

★ 4.5(7,368) attractions

Arashiyama in Kyoto is a sightseeing area that combines the Katsura River, mountains, a bamboo forest, and a t…
Hōkan-ji Temple (Yasaka Pagoda)

★ 4.6(5,859) attractions

Hokanji is a Buddhist temple located between Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka in Kyoto. It has a five-story wooden pag…
Ninna-ji

★ 4.4(7,857) attractions

Ninna-ji is a Buddhist temple founded in 888 and the head temple of the Omuro branch of Shingon Buddhism, loca…
Waterway Pavilion

★ 4.6(5,111) attractions

Suikokaku is a red-brick arched aqueduct located right next to Nanzenji in Kyoto. It was built during the Meij…
Kyoto Botanical Gardens

★ 4.4(7,472) attractions

Kyoto Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in Kyoto where visitors can view flowers and trees. It contains …
Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art

★ 4.4(7,344) attractions

Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art sits next to Heian Shrine and the zoo in Kyoto. The building combines a moder…
Maruyama Park

★ 4.4(6,866) attractions

Maruyama Park is an old city park in Kyoto, next to Yasaka Shrine, with cherry blossoms and walking paths. The…
Togetsukyō Bridge

★ 4.5(5,571) attractions

Togetsukyo is a 155-meter bridge over the Katsura River in Arashiyama, Kyoto. The river and mountain ridges ar…
Kyoto National Museum

★ 4.3(8,311) attractions

The Kyoto National Museum stands across from Sanjusangendo in Kyoto and displays Japanese art and historical a…
Umekōji Park

★ 4.2(10,202) attractions

Umekoji Park is a large city park about a 15-minute walk from Kyoto Station, with lawns, a playground, and wal…
Nishi Hongan-ji Temple

★ 4.4(5,873) attractions

Nishi Honganji is a large temple near Kyoto Station where visitors can see Japanese Buddhist heritage. It is a…
Philosopher's Path

★ 4.6(3,339) attractions

The Path of Philosophy is a roughly 2 km walking path along a canal that connects Ginkaku-ji and Nanzen-ji in …
Uzumasa Kyoto Village

★ 4.0(10,929) attractions

Toei Uzumasa Eigamura in Kyoto is a theme park built around Edo-period film sets. Indoors it has Kamen Rider, …
Arashiyama Park Nakanoshima Area

★ 4.4(4,249) attractions

Arashiyama Park Nakanoshima District is a riverside park in western Kyoto, in front of Togetsukyo Bridge. Cher…
Jonangu

★ 4.3(4,909) attractions

Jonangu is a shrine in southern Kyoto where plum and camellia blossoms can be seen together. Weeping plum blos…
Okazaki Shrine

★ 4.4(3,967) attractions

Okazaki Shrine Rabbit Shrine is near Heian Shrine in Kyoto, where rabbit carvings and charms are displayed. Om…
Kyoto Tower Building

★ 4.2(5,802) attractions

Kyoto Tower Building is a viewing tower about 100 meters tall in front of Kyoto Station, looking down over cen…
Nishiki Tenmangu Shrine

★ 4.3(4,653) attractions

Nishiki Tenmangu is a small shrine located at the end of Nishiki Market. Each amulet has an English explanatio…
Go-ō Shrine

★ 4.3(3,941) attractions

Koo Shrine sits west of Kyoto Gyoen and takes the wild boar as its symbol, protecting the health of feet and l…
Okochi Sanso Garden

★ 4.7(1,894) attractions

Okoshi Sanso Garden is a privately owned garden reached from the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove path in Kyoto. Denjir…
Keage Incline

★ 4.4(3,135) attractions

Keage Incline in Kyoto is a historic site where you walk along the traces of an old railway. Cherry blossoms r…
Daitoku-ji

★ 4.3(2,953) attractions

Daitokuji is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. It is a place for walking quietly among Japanese-style gardens and ba…
Hōnenin Temple

★ 4.5(2,041) attractions

Honenin is a small Buddhist temple located between the Philosopher's Path and Jishoji in Kyoto. It has a moss-…
Kyoto Imperial Palace

★ 4.6(1,697) attractions

Kyotogyosho in central Kyoto is a historic site where visitors walk through the palace and gardens where the e…
Yōkoku-ji Temple (Yanagidani Kannon)

★ 4.3(2,359) attractions

Yokokuji is a Buddhist temple in the mountains on the outskirts of Kyoto, about a 15-minute taxi ride from Nis…
Gion Corner

★ 4.2(2,784) attractions

Gion Corner (Kyoto Traditional Performing Arts Center) presents Japanese traditional performing arts in the mi…
Shisendo Jozan-ji

★ 4.4(1,775) attractions

Shisen-do is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto that takes almost an hour by bus from Kyoto Station. It is a small, qu…
Shugakuin Imperial Villa

★ 4.5(1,466) attractions

Shugakuin Rikyu is a historic villa managed by the Japanese imperial household, about 1 km from the Shugakuin …
Kyoto Sento Imperial Palace

★ 4.4(1,677) attractions

Kyoto Sento Gosho is a historic site in Kyoto Gyoen where visitors tour the residence and garden of a retired …
Shirakawa Canal

★ 4.7(1,035) attractions

Gion Shirakawa in Kyoto is a sightseeing spot where a small canal runs alongside traditional wooden houses. At…
Mount Inari

★ 4.6(1,197) attractions

Inariyama San is a mountain trail in Kyoto that continues from Fushimi Inari Shrine, with torii gates and smal…
Byōdō-ji (Inaba-dō) Temple

★ 4.4(1,593) attractions

Heian-ji (Inbendo) is a temple near Nishiki Market in Kyoto that sells amulets and related goods for the healt…
Miyako Messe (Kyoto International Exhibition Hall)

★ 3.8(4,986) attractions

Kyoto City Kangyokan Miyakomesse is an exhibition hall next to Heian Shrine that hosts academic conferences, b…
Kawai Kanjiro's House

★ 4.7(873) attractions

The Kawai Kanjiro Memorial Museum in Kyoto opens the house and workshop where the potter Kawai Kanjiro lived a…
Kimono Forest

★ 4.1(2,265) attractions

Kimono Forest is an outdoor installation of pillars covered in kimono fabric patterns, located inside Randen A…
Kiyomizu-dera Hondo (Main Hall)

★ 4.6(921) attractions

Kiyomizu-dera Honden is a Buddhist temple main hall in Kyoto, visited together with Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka. …
Kamogawa Delta

★ 4.6(921) attractions

Kamogawa Delta sits in a quiet neighborhood in Kyoto. During cherry blossom season, it is a good place to picn…
Arashiyama Yusai-Tei Gallery

★ 4.4(1,159) attractions

Arashiyama Yusai-tei is an art museum in Arashiyama, Kyoto, where visitors view the scenery. Its tables reflec…
Saga-Arashiyama Station

★ 4.2(1,173) attractions

Saga-Arashiyama Station in Kyoto is the JR station that connects to Arashiyama and the bamboo grove. It is the…
Garden of Fine Arts Kyoto

★ 4.3(935) attractions

Kyoto Prefectural Garden of Fine Art is an open-air painting exhibition space designed by Tadao Ando, located …