Travel articles, sights and food guides about Shrines & Temples — Japan Travel Guide
A 2026 guide to Ninna-ji, Kyoto’s late-blooming Omuro cherry and Edo-period five-story pagoda, covering history, t
A 2026 guide to Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto covering its must-see sights, transport, tickets, night special openings, seasona
A complete 2026 guide to Kitano Tenmangu in Kyoto, covering worship tips for the god of learning, the Plum Garden and Pl
Kennin-ji is Kyoto’s oldest Zen temple, home to the National Treasure Fujin Raijin-zu screens and three Zen garden
A 2026 guide to Tenryu-ji in Arashiyama, Kyoto: Sogenchi Garden’s borrowed scenery, the Cloud Dragon, ticket price
A complete guide to Ohara’s Sanzen-in: ¥700 cash-only admission, bus and subway routes, the Amida Triad and moss g
A complete 2026 guide to Sanjusangendo, officially the Rengeo-in Main Hall in Kyoto, with its 1,001 National Treasure Th
Take the Eizan train from Demachiyanagi to Kurama-dera, hike the Kinone Michi tree-root path and descend to Kifune Shrin
A complete 2026 guide to Nanzen-ji in Kyoto: Suirokaku, the Sanmon gate and the Hojo garden, plus access, tickets, hours
A 2026 guide to Ginkakuji (Jishoji) covering its wabi-sabi beauty, Higashiyama culture, ¥1,000 admission, access by subw
A complete guide to Jingoji in Kyoto’s Takao: ¥1,000 admission, 09:00-16:00 hours, JR Bus and City Bus routes, the
A 2026 guide to Yasaka Shrine, Gion’s head shrine: key worship spots, access, nearby sights, long-established rest
Kinkaku-ji, officially Rokuon-ji, is a World Heritage Site whose gold-leaf Shariden glitters over Kyoko-chi pond. This g
Fushimi Inari Taisha is one of Kyoto’s best-known shrines, famous for thousands of vermilion torii gates. This gui
A complete guide to Kyoto’s Kodaiji Temple: tickets and the Entokuin combined pass, night light projections, Garyu
A complete 2026 guide to Tofuku-ji, Kyoto’s best-known autumn leaves temple, covering Tsutenkyo Bridge, access, ti
Kyoto’s oldest sake shrine, Matsunoo Taisha, offers a sake barrel wall, Mirei Shigemori’s three Shofuen gard
A complete 2026 guide to Toji Temple in Kyoto: its five-story pagoda, the monthly Kobo-ichi market, the Lecture HallR
A complete 2026 guide to Kifune Shrine: water fortune slips, the Honden, Yui-no-Yashiro and Okumiya route, summer kawado
A complete 2026 guide to Ryoanji’s rock garden of 15 stones, wabi-sabi meaning, ¥600 admission, hours, access, hig
A complete 2026 guide to Heian Jingu in Okazaki, Kyoto: the great torii, Outenmon, Taikyokuden and the Shinen garden thr
A complete 2026 guide to Chion-in in Kyoto: Japan’s largest wooden Sanmon gate, the 70-ton New Year’s Eve be
Shimogamo Shrine, formally Kamomioya Shrine, is one of Kyoto’s oldest World Heritage Sites, set in the ancient for
Saihoji (Kokedera) is a reservation-only World Heritage moss garden in Kyoto. This guide compares online and postcard bo