KYOTO Walking Tour [Customize Your Itinerary]

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Stop At: Kinkaku-ji, 1 Kinkakujichō, Kita-ku, 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-ku, 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, 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: 45 minutes

Stop At: Arashiyama, Togetsukyo, Saga, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 616-8383 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 30 minutes

Stop At: Nishiki Market Shopping District, 609 Nishidaimonjicho Tominokoji Dori Shijoagaru, Nakagyo, 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: Gionmachi, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0001 Kyoto Prefecture

Visit Gion - Kyoto's famous geisha district

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Ginkakuji Temple, 2 Ginkakujicho, Sakyo, 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: 50 minutes