KAMIGAMO SHRINE: The Kamo Shrines (Kamigamo and Shimogamo) are among the most important in Kyoto. Kamigamo Shrine is often ranked in importance after the Ise and Izumo Shrines (these latter being ...

It was a little more than 25 years ago that I first walked the streets of Gion, the centuries-old geisha district of Kyoto ... of red torii gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine that led up a wooded ...

Sometimes in dense rows and other times more staggered, the gates are all engraved ... visit the Fushimi Inari Shrine's website. A trip to Kyoto and Osaka in one day PERFECT KYOTO 1-Day Bus ...

Fushimi Inari Taisha is famous for the vermillion shrine gates that line mountain paths. As the head Inari shrine, it has 30,000 subordinate shrines throughout Japan. Since its foundation in 711 ...

To get to Sanjusangendo Hall, take bus No. 100, 206 or 208 from Kyoto Station to the Hakubutsukan-Sanjusangendo-mae stop. Alternatively, you can take the Keihan subway line to Shichijo Station ...

KYOTO--Cultural treasures usually ... Higashiyama Ward is home to Chion-in temple's Sanmon gate and its Ohojo and Kohojo guesthouses, Yasakajinja shrine, Chishaku-in temple and Sennyuji temple's ...

Yoshida Jinja shrine protects Kyoto at the "demon's gate" in the northeast with a ritual in which the "shaman" wears a four-eyed mask. Discover how Kyotoites pray for a peaceful life.