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  • May 29, 2017

    Higashiyama District inc. Yasaka Pagoda

    Located between Kiyomizudera and Yasaka Shrine, Higashiyama is one of Kyoto’s best-preserved historic districts. An enclave in which ‘old Kyoto’ lives on, the area retains the majority of its his...
  • May 28, 2017

    Yasaka (Gion) Shrine

    Located in eastern Kyoto and within easy walking distance of the always popular Higashiyama District and Kiyomizudera, Yasaka Shrine dates back to the 7th century and a place of imperial patronag...
  • May 27, 2017

    Maruyama Park

    Maruyama Park is a large public park located between the always popular Higashiyama District and Yasaka Shrine. Given its size, the park can be approached from multiple directions however most vi...
  • March 26, 2017

    Gion

    Situated between Yasaka Shrine and Kamoyawa (Kamo River), Gion is Kyoto’s most famous neighbourhood – known best for its traditional ‘ochaya’ (teahouses), ‘machiya’ (merchant houses) and attendan...
  • May 25, 2017

    Nanzen-ji

    Headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, Nanzen-ji is one of Kyoto’s most important temples. Established in late 13th century, Nanzen-ji includes multiple major structures and subtempl...
  • May 24, 2017

    Higashiyama Joshi-ji inc. Ginkaku-ji

    Established in the late-15th century, Ginkaku-ji or the ‘Silver Pavilion’ was the retirement villa of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. Modelled on Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion), the villa was repurp...
  • May 30, 2017

    Sanjusangendo

    Most commonly referred to as ‘Sanjusangendo’, the properly named Rengeo-in is the longest wooden structure and second largest temple in Japan. Founded by the cloistered Emperor Go-Shirakawa in 11...
  • May 22, 2017

    Fushimi Inari Taisha

    Fushimi Inari Taisha or ‘Fushimi Inari Shrine’ is one of Kyoto’s most popular and photographed destinations due to the thousands of ‘torii’ gates that lead from the shrine into the mountains. The...
  • May 20, 2017

    Kinkaku-ji

    Officially named ‘Rokuon-ji’, ‘Kinkaku-ji’ or the ‘Temple of the Golden Pavilion’ is one of the seventeen sites making-up Kyoto’s World Heritage-listing and perhaps the most recognisable attracti...