A path through towering green bamboo in western Kyoto, which creaks and rustles in the wind. Next to it, the Tenryū-ji temple has one of Kyoto's finest Zen gardens. The Togetsukyō bridge crosses the river, and the Iwatayama Monkey Park is on the hill above.
The grove is very crowded from mid-morning; go at sunrise. The Sagano Romantic Train and boats down the Hozu River are scenic ways to arrive.
A Zen temple whose top two floors are covered in gold leaf, reflected in a pond surrounded by pine trees and gardens.
The Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shoguns, who ruled Japan from 1603 to 1867.
The palace where Japan's emperors lived until the capital moved to Tokyo in 1868.
A Buddhist temple on a wooded hillside in eastern Kyoto, famous for its wooden stage, built without nails, jutting out over the valley, with views ov…
The head shrine of Inari, the god of rice and business, famous for its thousands of bright vermilion torii gates, donated by businesses, which form t…
Japan's first permanent capital, where more than 1,000 tame sika deer roam the park; buy deer crackers and they will bow to you.
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