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Mount Kurama
Known as a sacred mountain, with hiking trails leading to temples and shrines.
- Nature
- Culture
- Hiking
Rating: 4.84.8/ 5
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Kyoto Botanical Gardens
A vast botanical garden displaying a wide variety of plants, including exotic species, in a quiet setting.
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Garden
- Nature
Rating: 4.44.4/ 5
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Yoshida Shrine
A shrine founded in 859, known as the burial place of Yoshida Kanetomo.
- History
- Culture
- Shrine
- Anime Pilgrimage
Rating: 4.34.3/ 5
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Higashi Honganji
A quiet temple with a 76-metre-wide frontage on Goei-do Hall.
- Wheelchair Accessible
- History
- Architecture
- Temple
Rating: 4.54.5/ 5
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Yojiya Cafe
- Food
Rating: 4.04.0/ 5
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Arashiyama Park
A protected park along the river in a gorge, thick with beautiful trees, with an observation deck and a children's play area.
- Nature
- Park
- Open at Night
- Observation Deck
Rating: 4.44.4/ 5
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Kurama Station
- Railway
- Wheelchair Accessible
Rating: 4.34.3/ 5
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Kennin-ji Temple
A venerable Buddhist temple with traditional dry gardens, a tea house, and vividly colored sliding-screen paintings.
- Garden
- History
- Architecture
- Culture
- Temple
- Art
Rating: 4.54.5/ 5
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Kyoto Aquarium
This modern aquarium has nine zones featuring giant salamanders, penguins, seals, and a dolphin program.
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Aquarium
Rating: 4.24.2/ 5
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Kyoto Tower Salon
This tower has an observation deck with binoculars and a touch-screen tourist information guide, as well as restaurants and a lounge.
- Landmark
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Architecture
- Open at Night
- Observation Deck
Rating: 4.24.2/ 5
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Nishi Honganji
A Buddhist temple established in the 16th century and the head temple of the Hongwanji branch of Jōdo Shinshū.
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Garden
- History
- Architecture
- Temple
Rating: 4.44.4/ 5
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Nanzen-ji Suirokaku Aqueduct
- Architecture
- Open at Night
- Anime Pilgrimage
Rating: 4.64.6/ 5
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Kyoto Tower Building North Annex
- Wheelchair Accessible
- Open at Night
- Food
Rating: 4.24.2/ 5
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Mount Hiei
A renowned scenic mountain with temples, a garden museum, a hotel, hiking trails, and two cable cars.
- History
- Nature
- Culture
- Hiking
Rating: 4.44.4/ 5
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Honno-ji Temple
The Buddhist temple where the warlord Oda Nobunaga met his end in 1582; the current buildings are reconstructions.
- History
- Culture
- Temple
Rating: 4.14.1/ 5
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Bread, Espresso & Arashiyama Garden
- Food
Rating: 4.14.1/ 5
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Umenomiya Shrine
A quiet, secluded shrine known for its beautiful flower garden, pond, teahouse, and resident cats.
- Garden
- History
- Culture
- Shrine
Rating: 4.14.1/ 5
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Shogoin
A historic temple known for its many Buddhist statues, fusuma paintings, and plants.
- History
- Culture
- Temple
Rating: 4.24.2/ 5
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Fujinami Sannenzaka Main Store
- Food
Rating: 4.44.4/ 5
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Kagizen Yoshifusa Main Store
A charming confectionery shop serving traditional Japanese sweets and matcha in a spacious interior.
- History
- Food
Rating: 4.44.4/ 5
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