Kyoto 🇯🇵
京都 · 48 places · 2 neighbourhoods
Walk it slowly or you will miss all of it.
Neighbourhoods
A city is too big to plan an evening around
Landmarks in Kyoto
The ones worth the crowd
Fushimi Inari Taisha
Ten thousand gates up the side of a mountain.
Kiyomizu-dera
A wooden stage on the hillside, built without nails.
Kyoto Station Building
The building Kyoto argued about for thirty years.
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
Four hundred metres of bamboo, and the noise it makes.
Togetsukyō Bridge
The moon-crossing bridge under Arashiyama.
Kinkaku-ji
The gold pavilion, on the pond, with everyone else.
Culture in Kyoto
Shrines, palaces and quiet rooms
Philosopher's Path
Two kilometres of canal, cherry trees and small temples.
Kurama to Kibune
A two-hour mountain crossing between two villages.
Gion Shirakawa
The quiet half of Gion, along a willow-lined canal.
Hōnen-in
A thatched gate, two sand mounds, and almost nobody.
Yasaka Shrine
Four hundred lanterns, lit every night of the year.
Maruyama Park
The weeping cherry that Kyoto plans April around.
Food in Kyoto
Markets, counters and late kitchens
Cafés in Kyoto
Long sits and good coffee
% Arabica Kyoto Arashiyama
A latte on the river bank at the foot of the mountains.
Ippodo Tea
Three hundred years of tea, and a room to drink it in.
Sarasa Nishijin
A 1930s bathhouse, tiled wall to ceiling, serving coffee.
Weekenders Coffee Tominokoji
A wooden hut at the back of a car park.
Uji Byōdō-in Omotesandō
The best matcha in Japan, on one short street.
Anime in Kyoto
Frames you can stand inside
Shopping in Kyoto
Vintage, design and everything odd
Quieter corners of Kyoto
13 places most visitors walk past
