Itinerary
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Stop At: Kinkaku-ji, 1 Kinkakujichō, Kita Ward, Kyoto, 603-8361, Japan
Visit Kinkakuji Temple - The Golden Pavilion - a Zen Temple which was a retirement villa of the Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Kiyomizu-dera, 1-chōme-294 Kiyomizu, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto, 605-0862, Japan
Visit Kiyomizudera - Pure Water Temple - is best known for its wooden stage that just out from its main hall, 13 meters above the hill side below. The main hall which together with the stage as built without the use of nails , house the temple's primary object of worship, a small statue of the eleven faced, thousand armed Kannon. In 1944, the temple was added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Sannenzaka Ninenzaka, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0001 Kyoto Prefecture
Visit Sanneizaka and Ninenzaka preserved districts.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Yasaka Shrine, 625 Giommachi Kitagawa, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0073 Kyoto Prefecture
Visit Yasaka Shrine (Gion Shrine) which is well known for its summer festival (the Gion Matsuri) which is celebrated every July. Gion Matsuri is the most famous festival in the whole country.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine, 68 Fukakusa Yabunouchicho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto 612-0882 Kyoto Prefecture
Visit Fushimi Inari Shrine - the Ultimate Torii Gate Experience - an important Shinto shrine famous for its thousand of vermillion Torrid fates which straddle a network of trails behind its main building.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Arashiyama, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 616-0007 Kyoto Prefecture
Visit Arashiyama - the second most sightseeing district in Kyoto since Heian Period filled with temples, shrines and bamboo gives.
1. Bamboo Forest
2. Tenryuji Temple - Kyoto's five Zen Temples founded in 1339. UNESCO World Heritage Site.
3. Togetsu Bridge - Moon crossing bridge - built during the Heian Period reconstructed recently in 1930s
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Nishiki Market Shopping District, Nakauoyacho, Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto 604-8054 Kyoto Prefecture
Visit Nishiki Ichibe - a narrow, five block long shopping street lined bemire than one hundred shops and restaurants known as Kyoto's kitchen.
Duration: 40 minutes
Stop At: Gion, Kyoto 605-0074 Kyoto Prefecture
Visit Gion - Kyoto's famous geisha district
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ginkakuji Temple, 2 Ginakuji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8402 Kyoto Prefecture
Visit Ginkakuji - the Silver Pavilion - built by Yoshimitsu's grandson, Ashikaga Yoshima, on the other side of the City a few decades after Kinkakuji.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Sanjusangendo Temple, 657 Sanjusangendo Mawaricho, Higashiyama-Ku, Kyoto 605-0941 Kyoto Prefecture
Sanjusangendo (三十三間堂, Sanjūsangendō) is the popular name for Rengeo-in, a temple in eastern Kyoto which is famous for its 1001 statues of Kannon, the goddess of mercy. The temple was founded in 1164 and rebuilt a century later after the original structure had been destroyed in a fire.
Measuring 120 meters, the temple hall is Japan's longest wooden structure. The name Sanjusangendo (literally "33 intervals") derives from the number of intervals between the building's support columns, a traditional method of measuring the size of a building. In the center of the main hall sits a large, wooden statue of a 1000-armed Kannon (Senju Kannon) that is flanked on each side by 500 statues of human sized 1000-armed Kannon standing in ten rows. Together they make for an awesome sight.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Kyoto Imperial Palace, 3 Kyoto-Gyoen, Kamigyo-Ku, Kyoto 602-0881 Kyoto Prefecture
The Kyoto Imperial Palace (京都御所, Kyōto Gosho) used to be the residence of Japan's Imperial Family until 1868, when the emperor and capital were moved from Kyoto to Tokyo. It is located in the spacious Kyoto Imperial Park (京都御苑, Kyōto Gyoen), an attractive park in the center of the city that also encompasses the Sento Imperial Palace and a few other attractions.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Nijo Castle, 541 Nijo-jo-cho, Horikawa-nishi-iru, Nijo-jo-dori, Nakagyo-Ku, Kyoto 604-8301 Kyoto Prefecture
Nijo Castle (二条城, Nijōjō) was built in 1603 as the Kyoto residence of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first shogun of the Edo Period (1603-1867). His grandson Iemitsu completed the castle's palace buildings 23 years later and further expanded the castle by adding a five story castle keep.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Eikando Zenrinji Temple, 48 Eikandocho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8445 Kyoto Prefecture
Eikando (永観堂, Eikandō), formally known as Zenrinji Temple, belongs to the Jodo sect of Japanese Buddhism. Located just north of the large temple complex of Nanzenji, Eikando is very famous for its autumn colors and the evening illuminations that take place in fall. The temple has a long history, and there are a variety of buildings and a pond garden that visitors can explore.
A court noble of the Heian Period (710-1185) donated his villa to a priest, who converted it into a temple under the name Zenrinji (lit. "temple in a calm grove"). At its founding, Zenrinji was part of the Shingon sect and its first head priest was a disciple of the great Kobo Daishi, the sect's founder.
Duration: 45 minutes