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Kiyomizu-dera Temple: Kiyomizu-dera is a historic temple that was established in 778, even before Kyoto became the capital of Japan. This is specified as the world cultural heritage. A cherry tree and autumnal leaves are wonderful.

Kodai-ji Temple: Kodai-ji is a temple opened by Mrs. Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The garden can enjoy the weeping cherry blossoms in spring and autumn leaves. Especially, autumn leaves reflected in the pond by night light up are mysterious and beautiful.

Yasaka Shrine and Maruyama park: Yasaka_jinjya is a famous shrine for Gion festival, one of the three biggest festivals in Japan. Maruyama Park is the oldest park in Kyoto City and has an area of about 8600m2.

Chion-in Temple: Chion-in is connected to H?nen (1133-1212), the founder of the J?do Sh? (Pure Land Sect) of Buddhism. In the precincts, about 250 Yoshino cherry trees and mountain cherry trees direct the spring of the temple.

Nanzen-ji Temple: Nanzenji is Japan's first imperial zen temple and has the highest standard among all Zen temples in Japan. In the precincts there is an exotic brick hydrophobic bridge.

Eikan-do Temple: It is a temple of the Jodo Buddhism Nishiyama Zenbunji school headquarters, commonly known as "Eiken temple". It is famous for the scenery of autumnal leaves, special nightly worship is carried out.

Heian-jingu Shrine: Heian-jingu Shrine is a relatively recent addition to Kyoto's collection of sacred places, but is still a very impressive shrine which features elegant, richly-colored buildings surrounded by large gardens in the four cardinal directions.

Shorenin-monzeki Temple: Shoren-in temple is one of the five Monzeki temples of the Tendai sect in Kyoto; the head priests at these temples originally belonged to the imperial family.

Ginkaku-ji(Jisho-ji) Temple: It is a temple of Rinzai Shogunatei school which is representative of Higashiyama culture flourished in the late Muromachi period. Muromachi Shogunate 8th generation general Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa imitated the Kinkakuji Temple.

Tetsugaku-no-michi Street: Spring is a flower tunnel with cherry blossoms on both sides, a flower villa scattered on the river side is also a single atmosphere.

Konkai Komyo-ji Temple: It is a temple that is familiar as "Mr. Kurotani" at the headquarters of Jodo sect. Cherry trees dignifiedly bloomed in front of the quiet garden gate.
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Kinkaku-ji(Rokuon-ji) Temple: Kinkaku used as the origin of a common name "the Kinkakuji Temple" is formally called Syari-den in the building which pushed gold leaf.

Ryouan-ji Temple: This temple is well known as having a dry landscape garden "The Rock Garden".
This is specified as the world cultural heritage.

Ninna-ji Temple: Ninna-ji is popular in the sightseeing spot in Kyoto, and is registered into world heritage as "a cultural property of ancient city Kyoto."

Arashiyama Park: In Arashiyama, there is an impression of region where Togetsu-kyo Bridge was made a center. Scenery around Togetsu-kyo Bridge createsup the image that represents Kyoto. It is beauty with elegance at each four seasons.

Tenryu-ji Temple: The temple was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1339 to honor the emperor Godaigo, and Muso Soseki served as its first chief priest.

Myoshin-ji Temple: Myoshin-ji is the temple of the Myoshinji Sect of the Rinzaishu head temple in Hanazono Ukyo-ku Kyoto and the principal image is Shaka Nyorai.

Jojakko-ji Temple: Jojakko-ji is the Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in Sagano in Kyoto-shi, Kyoto.

Nison-in Temple: Nison-in Temple belong to the Sanmon school of the Tendai sect of Buddhism.

Rokuo-in Temple: It is the Zen temple which "Rokuo-in temple" has in Saga Kitabori-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi.

Genko-an Temple: Genko-an temple is the temple of the Soto sect in the Takagamine Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi.

Koetsu-ji Temple: The Koetsu temple is the temple of the Nichiren sect in theTakagamine, Kita-ku, Kyoto-city.

Takao area: Takao Area is the famous place of leading autumnal leaves also in Kyoto, and the middle of November becomes the best time to see of autumnal leaves.
(Jingo-ji,Saimyo-ji,Kozan-ji)

Hirano-jinja Shrine: Hirano Jinja in Hirano Miyamoto-cho, Kita-ku is known as a famous place of the leading cherry tree in Kyoto.

Daikaku-ji Temple: This temple is the head temple of the Daikaku-ji school of the Shingon sect of Buddhism.
It is also called as Sagagosho.

Nijo castle: Nijojo Castle was built in 1603.
This castle was a demonstration of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu's prestige and to keep an eye on the movements of the Imperial Cort.

Nishi Hongan-ji: The common name is called "Nishi-Honganji" although the name as "Ryukokusan-Hongan-ji" and a religious corporation is "Hongan-ji" formally.

To-ji Temple: The 5-story 57 meter high pagoda has long served as a city landmark and a vibrant center for spiritual and community life.

Ohara Area: Sanzen-in Temple is the main attraction in Ohara, a lovely village just north of Kyoto known for its pickled cucumbers and its proud maintenance of tradition.

Kurama-dera Temple and Yuki Shrine: Kurama-dera Temple is a mountain temple with a long history and a unique atmosphere. It is considered by some to contain special spiritual energy, and over the years many famous people have come here to meditate.

Kifune-jinja Shrine: Kifune-jinja Shrine is an ancient shrine located in a village in the mountainous area north of Kyoto and is actually a complex of three shrines located in different positions up a hillside.

Shisen-do Temple: The images of the 36 Chinese poets was painted by Kano Tanyu(1602-1674). It is hanging on the wall in the Shisen-no-ma Hall.

Enko-ji Temple: Enko-ji is the temple of the Rinzai sect Nanzen-ji group in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi Ichijo-ji.

Kyoto Botanical Garden: It opened as first public botanical garden in Japan in 1924.
About 12000 kinds and about 120,000 plants are planted in the vast site with an area of 24ha inside the garden.

Tofuku-ji Temple: Tofuku-ji Temple is the head temple of the Tofuku-ji Temple branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism and number three of the Five Mountains of Rinzai Zen in Kyoto. The mountain name of Tofuku-ji Temple is "Enichi-zan"

Bishamon-do Temple: Bishamon-do Temple is the temple of the Tendai sect of Buddhism in Yamashina-ku, Kyoto-shi.
The principal image is the one god of warriors of Seven Lucky Gods.

Daigo-ji Temple: Daigo-ji Temple, a World Heritage Site, spreads across Daigo-san Mountain and is well-known as the "Temple of Flowers".

Kanju-ji Temple: Kanshu-ji is the Shingon sect of Buddhism Sankai group head temple in the monseki temple in Yamashina-ku, Kyoto-city.

Fushiminari-taisha Shrine: Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine is the total head office of the Inari shrine which has about 40,000 companies all over the country in the shrine in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto-city.

Mimuroto-ji Temple: Mimurodo-ji is the amulet-issuing office of the Saigoku-Kannon circuit of No. 10, and is special Honzan of the Honzan-syukensyu.

Uji Area: In Uji, Byodo-in of a world cultural heritage and Kosyo-ji famous for autumnal leaves are located.

Otokuni-dera Temple: Although it will move from a capital to Kyoto in only ten years, production of grand Miyakonojo was advanced, and the capital calmed the Otokuni temple, and importance was quieted and attached to it.

Nagaoka-tenmangu Shrines: Nagaoka Tenman-gu is located in Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto. When the Michizane Sugawara public is relegated to Dazaifu, the Michizane public is deified as a ground on which vestiges were reluctanted.