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Yoshuji Restaurant Kurama
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Yoshuji is the nicest place to eat in Kurama, full stop. You can choose from sets of Buddhist vegetarian cuisine or simpler bowls of noodles. Halfway up the steps on your right just before you enter
Read MoreYudofu Sagano Restaurant Arashiyama
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Yodofu Sagano is a great place to try that great Arashiyama Buddhist specialty: yudo (chunks of tofu simmered in broth). Arashiyama was originally a temple district, owing to the existence of Tenryu-
Read MoreZenkashoin
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
For some wonderful Japanese takes on Western pastries paired with excellent green tea, check out this gallery/café on Muramachi, a short walk northwest of downtown. If you've had your fill of chain c
Read MoreFunaoka Onsen Kyoto
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Funaoka Onsen, which is actually a sento, is the best public bath in Kyoto. It's well worth a trip across town to relax in this beautiful bath house. Located in northwest Kyoto, Funaoka Onsen is the
Read MoreFunaoka Onsen
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Funaoka Onsen, which is actually a sento, is the best public bath in Kyoto. It's well worth a trip across town to relax in this beautiful bath house. Located in northwest Kyoto, Funaoka Onsen is the
Read MoreGoko Yu Sento Kyoto
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Goko-yu Sento is a large public bath on the southwest side of Downtown Kyoto. It's a "destination sento" with a wide variety of baths spread over two floors. Goko-yu (the name means "Water of Five Fr
Read MoreKinosaki Onsen Guide And Map
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Kinosaki Onsen is a picturesque village on the Japan Sea Coast, two and a half hours north of Kyoto by direct train. It's one of the best places to enjoy an onsen (hot spring) within easy distance of
Read MoreKurama Onsen
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
The best onsen (hot spring) in the Kyoto area, Kurama Onsen is an easy 30-minute train trip north of Kyoto. Sitting in the outdoor tub surrounded by forested mountains is pure onsen bliss.  is a small museum in southern Kyoto that showcases the history and products of Kyocera Corporation and also hosts ever-changing shows of art. If y
Read MoreKyoto Municipal Museum Of Art Northern Higashiyama
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
The Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art (formerly Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art) is the best museum in Kyoto (it's only eclipsed by the Kyoto National Museum when the National is holding a special exhibi
Read MoreKyoto Museum Traditional Crafts Fureaikan Northern Higashiyama
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
The Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design (formerly Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts or Fureaikan) is a small free museum that showcases the main traditional crafts of Kyoto. It's a great rainy day acti
Read MoreKyoto Railway Museum
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
The Kyoto Railway Museum is one of the best railway museums anywhere in the world. It's a must for train fans and families with children. Formerly the Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum, this superb mus
Read MoreKyoto Station Building
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
The gateway to Kyoto is far more than just a train station: It's an attraction in its own right and it's packed with shops, restaurants and things to see. ![Kyoto Station. Editorial credit: Sean Pavo
Read MoreKyoto Tower
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
A tacky rocket poised for liftoff on the doorstep of Kyoto Station, this pinnacle of bad taste affords a great view of the city. ![Kyoto Tower. Editorial credit: Korkusung / Shutterstock.com](https:/
Read MoreMinamiza Kabuki Theatre
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Few theatrical spectacles are as visually stimulating and just plain bizarre as kabuki, and Kyoto's Minamiza Kabuki Theatre is the best place in Japan to see kabuki. ![Kabuki theatre Minamiza. Editor
Read MoreNational Museum Of Modern Art Northern Higashiyama
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Kyoto's National Museum of Modern Art is a reasonably interesting museum that occasionally holds worthwhile special exhibits. ![National Museum Of Modern Art, Kyoto](https://photos.smugmug.com/photos
Read MoreNene No Michi Lane
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Nene-no-Michi Lane is a wonderful flagstone walkway that links some of the most important sights in the Southern Higashiyama area. ![Nene-no-Michi walkway. Editorial credit: Pabkov / Shutterstock.com
Read MoreNew Home Ancient Treasures Heisei Chishinkan Wing Kyoto National Museum
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
The Kyoto National Museum is the best museum in Kyoto. The permanent collection is mediocre and indifferently displayed, but the special exhibits regularly held here are often superb. ![The Thinker s
Read MoreNishiki Market Downtown Kyoto
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Known to locals as "Kyoto's pantry", Nishiki Market is easily the best traditional food market in the city. Running between Teramachi and Shinmachi, one block north of Shijo, Nishiki Market is Kyoto'
Read MoreOkazaki Museum District
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Okazaki-koen, located in Kyoto's Northern Higashiyama district, is home to two of Kyoto's best museums, a concert hall, a major shrine (Hiean-jingu Shrine) and some great park space. It's a great plac
Read MoreRobert Mangold Gallery
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
For serious collectors of Japanese art and antiques, a visit to Robert Mangold's Kura Monzen Gallery is a must. The gallery carries a wide range of work, from Jomon to contemporary, with ceramics, tea
Read MoreRobert Yellin Gallery
- Kyoto
- 29 Aug, 2025
Located a short walk from Ginkaku-ji Temple, the Robert Yellin Yakimono Gallery is a carefully curated gallery of Japanese pottery in a lovely traditional Kyoto house. Robert Yellin is one of the lea
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