Walk past 1,001 Kannon
Sanjusangendo
Only in Kyoto
42 unique things to do, within 10 km7.5 mi. 163 in total
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Hear an android preach
Kodaiji Temple
The only one on Earth
Stand in a giant fire character
Mount Daimonji · Free
Eat gyōza at the very first Gyōza no Ōshō, Shijō-Ōmiya
Gyoza no Ohsho Shijo Omiya
The only one on Earth
Order fire ramen at the counter where it was invented
Menbaka Fire Ramen
The only one in Japan
Ride Japan's longest funicular up to Enryaku-ji, between two heritage stations
Cable Sakamoto Station
Climb Mt Atago overnight
Atago Shrine · Free · Seasonal
Watch silent masked plays
Mibu-dera Temple · Seasonal
Climb aboard a Gion Matsuri float on the evenings before the parade
Shijo Karasuma · Seasonal
The only one in Japan
Eat a Shōkadō bentō in the garden where the box was born
Kyoto Kitcho Shokado
Go through the 1890 Lake Biwa Canal tunnels by boat
Keage Boarding Area · Seasonal
Study netsuke with a loupe in Japan's only museum devoted to them
Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum
Watch geiko and maiko dance their district's annual public odori
Gion Kobu Kaburenjo · Seasonal
Meet 1,200 stone disciples, each carved by an ordinary pilgrim
Otagi Nenbutsuji
Eat on a deck over the river
Pontocho · Seasonal
The only one in Japan
Walk into the governor's office of Japan's oldest government building still in use
Kyoto Prefectural Government Old Main Building · Free
Follow the torches through Kurama
Yuki Shrine · Free · Seasonal
Place a candle among 8,000 stone Buddhas of the unclaimed dead, last weekend of August
Adashino Nenbutsu-ji Temple · Seasonal
The only one in Japan
The only one in Japan
Drink coffee in the first café in Japan registered as a cultural property
Salon de the Francois
See December's kaomise at Minamiza, under the hand-lettered name boards
Minamiza Theater · Seasonal
Lift a 150 kg rice cake
Daigo-ji Temple · Seasonal
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Viewpoints over Kyoto
Places to look at the city, the plains or the mountains from.
6 entries
Take in the city view from Yotsutsuji crossing on Mt Inari
Yotsutsuji Intersection · Free
Walk the Kyoto Station Skyway and Grand Staircase
Kyoto Station Building · Free
Go up Kyoto Tower's observation deck
Kyoto Tower
Watch a sea of fog at dawn
Kameoka Kiri no Terrace · Free · Seasonal
Look down on Togetsukyō
Horinji Temple
Landmarks in Kyoto
Worth stopping for, but a few minutes rather than an afternoon. Statues, murals, markers and monuments.
5 entries
See the Edison memorial at Iwashimizu Hachimangū
Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu
Walk the Kimono Forest
Randen Arashiyama Station · Free
Find the 1590 finials and the sword gash on Sanjō Ōhashi
Kamogawa River
See the Afro Buddha
Konkai Komyoji Temple
See the Yasaka pagoda from Yasaka-dōri
Yasaka Pagoda
More experiences in Kyoto
Not unique, and not pretending to be. Good things to do here that you could also do somewhere else.
110 entries
Walk blind under Kiyomizu
Kiyomizu-dera
Enter a giant wooden hall, free
Higashi Hongan-ji · Free
Sit in on the morning service at Nishi Hongwanji
Nishi Hongan-ji Temple · Free
See the twin-dragon ceiling at Kyoto's oldest Zen temple
Kenninji Temple
Visit Kōdai-ji
Kodaiji Temple
See Kūya spitting six tiny Buddhas at Rokuharamitsu-ji
Rokuharamitsuji Temple
Pray at the hexagonal hall where ikebana began
Chōhō-ji (Rokkaku-dō) Temple
Walk Eikandō in autumn
Eikando
Heian Jingū and its garden
Heian Shrine
Walk between Hōnen-in's sand mounds
Hōnenin Temple · Free
Ginkaku-ji
Ginkaku-ji Temple
Walk Hideyoshi's 1591 earthen rampart under 350 maples at Kitano Tenmangu
Kitano Tenman-gu · Seasonal
See Hirano Shrine's cherry varieties
Hirano Shrine
Visit Seimei Shrine, for the onmyōji Abe no Seimei
Seimei Shrine
Browse Kamigamo Shrine's handmade market on the 4th Sunday
Kamigamo Shrine
Visit Sanzen-in in Ohara
Sanzen-in
Visit Shisen-dō
Shisendo
Book the autumn slot at Enkō-ji
Enko-ji · Seasonal
Visit Manshu-in Monzeki
Manshuin Temple
Climb to Tanukidani-san Fudō-in, a cliff-hung temple above Ichijōji
Tanukidani-san Fudo-in
Tour the Shugakuin Imperial Villa's three tiered gardens on foot
Shugakuin Imperial Villa · Free
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