8 New Year at Heian Jingu Shrine Cathy Cawood See kimonos, buy a snack from a food stall, and check your fortune for the New Year at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto.
11 New Year stalls at Fushimi Inari Cathy Cawood Many food stalls spring up around Fushimi Inari at New Year, selling delicious snacks to the crowds of New Year visitors.
10 Snow at Rokusho Shrine Cathy Cawood Snow brought extra beauty to this local Yamashina shrine at the start of a trail into the Higashiyama Hills in Kyoto.
14 Culture Kizakura Kappa Museum Cathy Cawood Sake Brewery in Fushimi, Kyoto has a small museum with Japanese water goblin artifacts and a collection of artwork featuring the..
9 A Painting of Autumn Leaves Takako Sakamoto Enjoy the splendid Garden of Jugyu at Enkoji Temple in Rakuhoku, Kyoto, at their special early morning openings during the peak..
9 Soothing Scenery of Enkoji Takako Sakamoto Beautiful autumn leaves surround the belfry, and the smiling faces of adorable jizo statues bring happiness to visitors of Enkoji..
Activities Monkey Park Iwatayama Kaitlynn Scannell Iwatayama Monkey Park is located in Arashiyama in Kyoto, Japan. On top of Mount Arashiyama on the same side of the Oi River is..
8 Konpukuji: Sacred Temple of Haiku Takako Sakamoto Konpukuji Temple in Kyoto is famous for the haiku poets Matsuo Basho and Yosano Buson, as well as for the heroine of a histori..