20 sights
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Temple
Ginkaku-ji
The Silver Pavilion: a Zen temple with a raked sand garden and a moss garden on the hillside.Search tickets and tours on KlookNeighborhood
Gion and Yasaka Shrine
Entry: Free; the shrine grounds stay open at nightNeighborhood
Gion Shirakawa
A willow-lined canal of old teahouses in Gion, prettiest in the evening.Entry: Free to visitFood
Kiyamachi-dori
A street of restaurants and bars along the narrow Takase River canal.Entry: Pay as you goTemple
Kiyomizu-dera
A hillside temple whose wooden stage looks out over the trees and the city.Entry: ¥[fee]Search tickets and tours on KlookTemple
Kōdai-ji
A Zen temple with landscaped gardens, tea houses and a small bamboo grove.Search tickets and tours on KlookFood
Kyoto Ramen Koji
A floor of ramen shops from around Japan, high up in the Kyoto Station building.Entry: Pay as you goMuseum
Nijō Castle
The shoguns' palace in Kyoto, with painted halls and floors that squeak underfoot like birdsong.Search tickets and tours on KlookMarket
Nishiki Market
Entry: Pay as you goNature
Philosopher's Path
A stone path along a cherry-lined canal between Ginkaku-ji and the Nanzen-ji area.Entry: Free to visitSearch tours on KlookFood
Pontochō
A narrow lantern-lit alley of restaurants and teahouses along the Kamo River.Entry: Pay as you goTemple
Ryōan-ji
A Zen temple famous for its rock garden of 15 stones set in raked gravel.Search tickets and tours on KlookTemple
Sanjūsangen-dō
A long wooden hall holding 1,001 statues of Kannon, the Buddhist figure of compassion.Search tickets and tours on KlookNeighborhood
Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka
Stone-paved lanes of old wooden shops and teahouses below Kiyomizu-dera.Entry: Free to visitFood
