KYOTO—Sixteen shrines and temples here are now granting access to their private statues and architecture for a spring ...

In the dark of night, completely empty, we explore the gates of Kyoto's Fushimi inari Shrine. While its famously said to have 10,000 torii gates that wind up the mountain, the real number is north ...

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 ... For more information, visit the Fushimi Inari Shrine's website. PERFECT KYOTO 1-Day Bus Tour (8848 reviews ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...