Kansai region
Kyoto 京都府
11 guides for Kyoto — places to visit and dishes to look for.
Where to go in Kyoto
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Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto 17 Sites across Kyoto and Shiga
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto is a UNESCO World Heritage Site of 17 temples, shrines and a castle…
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Amanohashidate — the 3.6 km sandbar in Miyazu, Kyoto
Amanohashidate is a 3.6-km bay-mouth sandbar in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, counted among Japan’s Three Views…
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Arashiyama Riverside, Temples and Mountain Trails in Kyoto
Arashiyama is a 382 m mountain and district in Kyoto known for the Togetsukyo Bridge, temples and cherry and…
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Former Kaya Town Hall — 1929 Spanish Mission-style town hall in Yosano
Former Kaya Town Hall (旧加悦町役場庁舎) is a 1929 two-storey wooden Spanish Mission–style town hall on Chirimen…
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Chirimen Street Yosano Historic Chirimen Textile Street in Kyoto
Chirimen Street (ちりめん街道) is the 700‑metre north–south stretch in Yosano, Kyoto Prefecture, designated an…
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Kitano Tenmangū National Treasure shrine and plum garden in Kyoto
Kitano Tenmangū in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward enshrines Sugawara no Michizane as Tenjin, contains a National…
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Odoi historic earthwork encircling Toyotomi's Kyoto city
Odoi is the earthen embankment Toyotomi Hideyoshi built around Kyoto; surviving sections remain in the city…
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Shōsei Garden — Higashi Hongan-ji's Detached Garden in Kyoto
Shōsei Garden is Higashi Hongan-ji’s mid-17th‑century detached garden in Kyoto; it covers 3.4 hectares,…
What to eat in Kyoto
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Bara-zushi Tango-style saba oboro scattered sushi
Bara-zushi is a Tango (northern Kyoto) dish that scatters saba oboro over sushi rice; a celebratory regional…
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Konoshiro-zushi Kumihama whole-fish okara preserved sushi
Konoshiro-zushi is a sugata-zushi from Kumihama (Kyotango, Kyoto): whole konoshiro (20–25 cm) stuffed with…
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Cuisine of Kyoto Refined Seasonal and Elegant Japanese Cooking
Cuisine of Kyoto is the name for a refined, lightly seasoned branch of Japanese cooking from Kyoto that…
Elsewhere in Kansai
- Mie 三重県 2
- Shiga 滋賀県 2
- Osaka 大阪府 —
- Hyogo 兵庫県 2
- Nara 奈良県 3
- Wakayama 和歌山県 —