Yasaka Shrine Attractions: 37 Best Places, Ranked

1.Yasaka Shrine
★ 4.4(34,070)

shrines

Yasaka Shrine sits at the end of Kawaramachi Street in Gion, Kyoto, and has a vermilion gate and main hall. It…
2.Sannenzaka
★ 4.4(17,109)

Sannenzaka is a traditional street that continues down from Kiyomizu-dera, lined with traditional houses, tea …
3.Ninenzaka
★ 4.5(11,935)

Ninenzaka is a tourist spot in Kyoto lined with traditional buildings and shops, running from Gion to Kiyomizu…
4.Kenninji Temple
★ 4.5(9,457)

temples

Kenninji is a Buddhist temple in the Gion district of Kyoto. Visitors walk through several Japanese-style gard…
5.Kōdaiji Temple
★ 4.4(10,018)

Kodaiji is a temple near Ninenzaka and Nene no Michi in Kyoto, where visitors see a garden and a bamboo grove …
6.Hōkan-ji Temple (Yasaka Pagoda)
★ 4.6(5,859)

temples

Hokanji is a Buddhist temple located between Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka in Kyoto. It has a five-story wooden pag…
7.Maruyama Park
★ 4.4(6,866)

parks

Maruyama Park is an old city park in Kyoto, next to Yasaka Shrine, with cherry blossoms and walking paths. The…
8.Gion Corner
★ 4.2(2,784)

Gion Corner (Kyoto Traditional Performing Arts Center) presents Japanese traditional performing arts in the mi…
9.Shirakawa Canal
★ 4.7(1,035)

Gion Shirakawa in Kyoto is a sightseeing spot where a small canal runs alongside traditional wooden houses. At…
10.Chikurin
★ 4.4(781)

gardens

Chikurin is a garden in Arashiyama, Kyoto, where visitors walk through a bamboo grove. Because there are many …
11.Kyoto-Kawaramachi Station
★ 4.0(971)

Kyotokawaramachi is the terminal station of the Hankyu Kyoto Line, which runs from Osaka into Kyoto, and sits …
12.Shijō Bridge
★ 4.6(207)

Shijo Ohashi is a bridge over the Kamo River that connects Kawaramachi and Gionmachi, a short walk from Kawara…
13.Tatsumi-jinja Shrine (Tatsumi Dai-myojin)
★ 4.4(253)

shrines

Tatsumi Shrine sits beside Tatsumi Bridge in Shirakawa, Gion, Kyoto. Its name comes from Tatsumi, meaning the …
14.Kiyamachi-dori Street
★ 4.4(239)

Kiyamachidori Street runs alongside the Takase River in central Kyoto, a walking route lined with narrow alley…
15.Ishibe kōji road
★ 4.6(176)

Ishibe Koji is a narrow stone path lined with traditional wooden machiya and teahouses, located on the route f…
16.South Tower Gate
★ 4.4(225)

shrines

The Romon Gate stands at the south of Yasaka Shrine in Kyoto, directly in front of the main hall, as the shrin…
17.Reigen-in Temple
★ 4.3(221)

temples

Enyuan is a Buddhist temple in the southeastern part of the Kennin-ji grounds in Kyoto. Its dry garden depicts…
18.Kyoto Museum of Photography
★ 4.2(249)

art-museums

Kyoto Museum of Photography stands in front of Heian Shrine, about a five-minute walk from Higashiyama Station…
19.Chion-in Mieido (Founder’s Hall)
★ 4.6(135)

temples

The Miedo hall is the main hall of Chion-in, the head temple of the Jodo sect, reached through the south gate …
20.Dai-un-in
★ 4.1(242)

Daiunin is a Jodo sect temple in the Gion area of Kyoto, dedicated to the memorials of Oda Nobunaga and his so…
21.Kodaiji Park
★ 4.3(133)

parks

Kodai-ji Park is a small park at the entrance of Nene-no-Michi in Kyoto, near Kodai-ji. In cherry blossom seas…
22.Dannō Hōrin-ji Temple
★ 4.1(168)

temples

Jogyang-san Zendan Oen Fumyo Horin-ji is a Jodo sect temple in Kyoto where visitors can see a black lucky cat …
23.Maruyama Park Japanese Garden
★ 4.5(76)

gardens

Maruyama Park Japanese Garden is a public garden with a pond and bridges in Higashiyama, Kyoto, behind Yasaka …
24.Yuzenen Garden
★ 4.2(72)

gardens

Ji Eun Won Woo Seon Won is a circuit-style Japanese garden with a pond and a dry landscape garden, located bes…
25.Bukkoji Park
★ 3.8(109)

parks

Butsukoji Park sits along the Kamo River in Kyoto, a five-minute walk from Hankyu Kawaramachi Station. Cherry …
26.Yanagikoji Street
★ 4.4(48)

historic-sites

Yanagikoji Street is a roughly 70-meter stone-paved alley lined with restaurants and shops, near Shinkyogoku s…
27.Chion-in Hojo Teien (Garden of Abbot's Quarters)
★ 4.3(53)

gardens

The Hojo Garden at Chion-in in Kyoto is a landscape garden with a pond and arranged stones. It combines trimme…
28.Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku-jinja Torii Gate
★ 4.6(34)

shrines

Nino Torii is a stone torii gate at the entrance to Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine, where Ninenzaka meets the Road…
29.Flower Corridor
★ 4.5(37)

Kkotui Hoerang is a walking path of flowers and trees along the east bank of the Kamogawa, running between San…
30.Shijo Kawaramachi
★ 4.1(49)

Shijokawaramachi is a bus stop in central Kyoto, close to Hankyu Kyoto Kawaramachi Station and Keihan Gion-Shi…
31.Kodaiji Sho Museum
★ 3.3(103)

art-museums

Kodaiji Sho Museum displays treasures from Kodaiji and related temples, a short walk from Kodaiji in Kyoto. Th…
32.Kawazu-zakura (Sanjō Ōhashi West Side)
★ 4.6(18)

historic-sites

Kawazu-zakura bloom early along the Kamo River below Sanjo Ohashi, on the west side of the bridge in Kyoto. Th…
33.Chionin Kuromon (Black Gate)
★ 4.0(33)

A black gate in the style of a castle gate stands in Higashiyama, Kyoto, north of the Sanmon of Chion-in where…
34.Shirakawa River
★ 4.6(16)

Shirakawa River is a walking spot in Kyoto that follows a waterway flowing from Gion to the Kamo River. The pa…
35.Art Spot Korin
★ 4.4(16)

art-museums

Art Spot Korin is a contemporary art gallery inside a machiya in an old alley in Kyoto. It is a small white-cu…
36.先斗町
★ 4.3(8)

Pontocho is a tourist area in central Kyoto where bars, restaurants, and entertainment venues line a narrow al…
37.Kyoto Gion Lamp Museum
★ 3.5(10)

art-museums

Kyoto Gion Lamp Museum is a private museum in Gion, Kyoto, displaying oil lamps from the Meiji era. Old lamps …