Discover Kyoto

Fushimi Inari-Taisha shrine is famous for its thousands of bright orange-red torii gates, which line a multi-hour trail up the sacred Mount Inari and were donated by businesses as offerings in honor of the rice god.

The “Golden Pavilion” Kinkaku-ji is covered in real gold leaf and reflects picturesquely in a surrounding pond, set within a carefully designed Japanese garden from the Muromachi period.

The historic geisha district of Gion, with its dark wooden houses and narrow alleys, remains home to traditional geiko and maiko, who can occasionally be spotted in the evening in their elaborate kimonos on their way to teahouses.

The Arashiyama Bamboo Grove lets visitors walk through a dense, towering bamboo tunnel, whose characteristic rustling in the wind is counted among the “100 Soundscapes of Japan.”

The Shinkansen high-speed train connects Tokyo with Kyoto in about two and a half hours directly into the center. From Osaka the journey by local train takes only about 30 minutes.

Fushimi Inari-Taisha shrine is famous for its thousands of bright orange-red torii gates, which line a multi-hour trail up the sacred Mount Inari and were donated by businesses as offerings in honor of the rice god.

The “Golden Pavilion” Kinkaku-ji is covered in real gold leaf and reflects picturesquely in a surrounding pond, set within a carefully designed Japanese garden from the Muromachi period.

The historic geisha district of Gion, with its dark wooden houses and narrow alleys, remains home to traditional geiko and maiko, who can occasionally be spotted in the evening in their elaborate kimonos on their way to teahouses.