Kyoto Culture and Sights

The "Golden Pavilion" reflects in the water on clear days . The most photographed building of Kyoto is called “Golden Pavilion”. The walls of the two upper floors of the three-story building are really ...

Mysterious Kyoto's Shogun residence with finesse . Due the logic of power, the seat of the Shogun is not far from the palace. At the beginning of the 17th century, Tokugawa Ieyasu had the pompous comple...

Temple near Kyoto with the heaviest bell of Japan . The ultimate temple. Where priest Honen fasted until he died, the religious Jodo School founded by him has a religious center since 1234; it is the mo...

Served as Japan's political and cultural hub for more than a millenium. Built in A.D. 794 on the model of the capitals of ancient China, Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan from its foundation unti...

It is perhaps not the most beautiful sight, but because it is difficult to access for the Japanese, is it them as something special. The present structure, in which occasional visitors state the night...

End of the 15th Jhs. by a shogun as an elegant mansion and built a secret hideaway, the "Silver Pavilion" with silver leaf actually overdrawn. If this is not done, these gardens and temples but for th...

Known for its collection of contemporary Japanese ceramics and painting. Temporary exhibitions. Tue-Sun 9.30-17 clock, admission ¥ 420, extra special shows, Okazaki-enshoji-cho, Sakyo-ku, www.momak.go...

Osttempel (Higashi Hongan-ji): Even though this huge building after a 1895 fire artistically impressive little has been rebuilt, also offers his highlight: a rope, made from the hair of female followe...

This temple complex in the northwest of Kyoto is an important center of the Rinzai Zen school, albeit a bit too commercialized. Visitors are eight of the 24 temples, including the venerable main templ...