Videos / Music / Books Spots in City Center Area

  • PARALLAX RECORDS
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Sakuranocho 407-1
    A five-minute walk from the Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station on the Tozai Line. A record shop in the Uta-no-Koji Building just passing the bustling Shinkyogoku Shopping Arcade. With records paving the floor and cassette tapes filling the walls this long-standing shop is sure to catch the eye. They mainly focus on avant-garde genres of music including electronic music and experimental music and always have over 2000 records, cassettes, and CDs in stock. The shop itself has an installation art piece feel to it and once you step inside it's hard to pull yourself away.
  • Koizumi Instruments
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Teramachi Dori Aneyakoji Agaru Shimohonnojimaecho 518
    This world-folk-music instrument specialty shop is on the Teramachi street shopping arcade off Oike-dori street, just two minutes' walk from Karasuma line Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Station. They have a wide selection of instruments, with stringed instruments like erhu and Mongolian morin khuur; wind instruments like iwabue stone flutes and Andean quena flutes; as well as Tibetan singing bowls and Australian didgeridoos. They also offer enthusiast classes in the harder to start instruments, and the shop is popular as well for its professional guidance in getting closer to these folk instruments. In addition, they bring folk instrument performers from all over the world for concerts, and also offer repairs and maintenance for their instruments.
  • UNSODO
    Shopping
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Teramachi 2 Jominami Iru Myomanjimaecho 459
  • BOOKOFF PLUS ( Book-Off Plus ) Kawaramachi Opa
    Shopping
    Kyoto Kyoto Nakagyo Kawaramachi Dori 4 Jo Kawaramachi 8
  • Tower Records Kyoto
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Kawaramachidori 4-jo Agaru Kawaramachi OPA 9F
  • JEUGIA Sanjo Main Store
    Leisure / Hobbies
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku
  • Furuhon Ichiba Nishijin
    Shopping
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Kamigyo-ku Omiya-dori Imade Kawa Sagaru Yakushicho 226-2
  • ENISHI PHOTOWEDDING
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Ryogaemachi-dori Aneyakoji Sagaru Kakimotocho 417
  • Village Vanguard Shinkyogoku
    Shopping
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Shinkyogoku Dori Takoyakushi Sagaru Higashigawacho
  • Ogaki Book Store Nijo Sta.
    Shopping
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Nishinokyotoganoochou 1-6 BiVi 2-jo 1F
  • Ogaki Book Store Karasuma Sanjo
    Shopping
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Karasuma-dori Sanjo Agaru Mikuracho 85-1 Karasuma Building 1F
  • 100000t Alone Toko
    Shopping
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nakagyou-ku Kamihonnoujimaechou 488 Maurice Building 2F
  • Ogaki Book Store Kotochika Oike
    Shopping
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Torayacho Chisaki Kotochika Oike Uchi
  • Hoho Ho za sanjohashi
    Shopping
    Kyoto Kyoutoshi Nakagyou-ku Ishiyachou Kiyamachi Street 126-1
  • STUDIOARC Kyoto
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Karasuma-dori Oike Sagaru Torayacho 566-1 Imon Meiji Yasuda Life Building B1F
  • SferaArchive
    Shopping
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Higashiyama-ku Nawate Dori Shimbashi Agaru West side Benzaitencho
  • Kotobatofuku
    Style / Fashion
    Kyoto Pref. Kyoutoshi Nakagyou-ku Nishinokyoushokushichou 67-151/8bldg.4B
  • Tazaki Photo Office
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Nishinokyododacho 48 ABOX
  • Weekendstudio
    Life / Living / Hospital
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Nishinokyododacho 48 ABOX 123
  • Melon Books Kyoto
    Shopping
    Kyoto Kyoto-shi Nakagyo-ku Enpukujimaecho 279 COAST 21 Building 45F

Kyoto Areas

around-area-map

Its wooden tea houses, shuffling geisha, and spiritual sights have seen Kyoto hailed as the heart of traditional Japan, a world apart from ultramodern Tokyo. Despite being the Japanese capital for over a century, Kyoto escaped destruction during World War II, leaving behind a fascinating history which can be felt at every turn, from the fully gold-plated Kinkakuji Temple down to traditional customs such as geisha performances and tea ceremonies, which are still practiced to this day.

Kyoto Photo Album

Browse Interests