Higashiyama Ward Attractions — Open now

1.Kiyomizu-dera
★ 4.6(73,278)

Kiyomizudera is a Buddhist temple at the end of Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka in Kyoto, registered as a Japanese na…
2.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…
3.Sannenzaka
★ 4.4(17,109)

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

Ninenzaka is a tourist spot in Kyoto lined with traditional buildings and shops, running from Gion to Kiyomizu…
5.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…
6.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 …
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.Kyoto National Museum
★ 4.3(8,311)

The Kyoto National Museum stands across from Sanjusangendo in Kyoto and displays Japanese art and historical a…
9.Kawai Kanjiro's House
★ 4.7(873)

art-museums

The Kawai Kanjiro Memorial Museum in Kyoto opens the house and workshop where the potter Kawai Kanjiro lived a…
10.Kiyomizu-dera Hondo (Main Hall)
★ 4.6(957)

temples

Kiyomizu-dera Honden is a Buddhist temple main hall in Kyoto, visited together with Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka. …
11.Chikurin
★ 4.4(781)

gardens

Chikurin is a garden in Arashiyama, Kyoto, where visitors walk through a bamboo grove. Because there are many …
12.Koyasu-no-to Pagoda
★ 4.5(449)

Cheongsu-sa Jaan-tap is a wooden pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, reached by following the path to the right …
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.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…
15.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…
16.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…
17.Okunoin
★ 4.6(145)

temples

Okunoin is a Buddhist temple located deep within the grounds of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto, directly above the Oto…
18.Imahie-jingū Shrine
★ 4.0(295)

Imahie Jingu is a shrine in Higashiyama, Kyoto, east of Chishakuin and Sanjusangendo, up the hill from Higashi…
19.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…
20.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…
21.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…
22.Taesansa
★ 4.1(56)

temples

Taesansa is a Buddhist temple on the southern high ground within the Kiyomizu-dera precinct, where people pray…
23.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…
24.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…
25.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 …