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Kifune-jinja Shrine

4.5

710 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kuramakibunechou 180

This shrine in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City, is the head shrine for the Kifune-Shrines in Japan which number almost 500 shrines. Long been known for the god of rain it has also gained faith from the chefs, cooking industry, and water industries of Japan. Therefore, unlike the regional name of Kibune, the name of the shrine is read as Kifune. The middle shrine located between the main shrine and the rear shrine enshrines the goddess Iwanaga-hime, a goddess of marriage and matchmaking, and is therefore popular amongst young couples.

I hiked to Kifune across the mountain from Kurama, walking a beautiful and well-kept forest path. Many shinto shrines on the way, placed into power spots. The shrine is in a narrow valley, and...
Kurama-dera Temple

4.5

402 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kuramahonchou 1074

A Buddhist temple whose origin dates back to 770 when Gantei (Jiàn zhēng) shonin, the leading disciple of the Chinese priest Ganjin (Jiàn zhēn) wajyo, enshrined a statue of Bishamonten (Vaisravana: the guardian god of Buddhism) here. Thereafter, in 796, Chief of Temple Construction Fujiwara no Isendo had an additional temple building constructed here enshrining a figure of Senju Kannon (Thousand-armed Buddhist Goddess of Mercy). The temple is known for its legends regarding a tengu (long-nosed goblin) and Ushiwakamaru (young Minamoto no Yoshitsune), and there are sites along the mountain trail leading to the inner sanctuary from behind the main temple building connected to him. The “path of 99 bends,” which famed author and court lady Sei Shonagon described as being “short yet long” in her Pillow Book, extends for approximately one kilometer between the main temple gate and the main temple building, but visitors may also ride a cable car up to the temple’s two tier pagoda. A renowned “power spot,” this popular site is visited by great numbers of people each year.

Beautiful walk up the mountain. You pass shinto shrines, and Buddhist temples in which the priests chant the Heart Sutra, up to the main complex with beautiful view over the green valley. If you have...
Jissoin Temple

3.5

110 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Iwakuragurachou 121

This is an independent temple of the Jimon School of the Tendai Buddhist sect. Also known as Iwakura Monseki, it is a temple that flourished with support from the imperial household. The fusuma-e (painting on a sliding screen) by artists of the Kano School are a must-see. Also, the front rock garden and the mountains behind blend with the sansui garden (a garden with small, artificial hills and a pond), and are reflected in the Takinoma floorboards, making for a beautiful sight.

It is a Monzeki (related to imperial family) temple, which has almost 800 years of history. Beside Iwakura Tomomi’s residence, it is the major tourist attraction in Iwakura. The reflection of green...
Rengeji Temple

4.0

87 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kamitakanohachimanchou 1

Rengeji Temple is known for its distinctive Rengeji-style garden lanterns, once loved by tea ceremony masters. The pond garden created by Jozan Ishikawa with walking path is surrounded by maple trees, and the pond’s reflection of green in early summer and red in autumn are sights to behold.

This is a small temple with a beautiful garden on the edge of Kyoto.Bus stop Karasuma Matsubara to Kanbashi. Make sure you take the correct bus, the one that follows the Kamo River and the Takano...
Yuki-jinja Shrine

4.0

72 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kuramahonchou 1073

A historic Shinto shrine established in 940 located in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City. The shrine is also located on the grounds of the Kurumadera temple. The shrine is famous for the Kurama Fire Festival held here each year on October 22, one of Kyoto’s three most unique festivals. The main shrine and front shrine were rebuilt in 1607 by Toyotomi Hideyori. The front shrine is unusually bisected by a central passageway is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property. A great cedar tree 53 meters tall believed to be some 800 years old stands on the grounds and gives off an ethereal atmosphere. In recent years, it has come to attract a large number of visitors as a mystical power spot.

鞍馬駅から徒歩10分ほど。 940年に鞍馬寺の鎮守社として創建。祭神は由岐大明神(大己貴命、少彦名命)。現社殿は豊臣秀頼(秀吉の子)により1607年に再建されたもの。鳥居のすぐ先にある建物が拝殿(国重要文化財)。「割拝殿」という変わった形をしており、中央に石段状の通路が設けられている。通常の神社は拝殿前で参拝を行うが、この神社ではその通路を抜けて本殿前で参拝を行う。本殿前には樹齢約800年の御神木...
Kyoto International Conference Center

Life / Living / Hospital

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Iwakuraosagichou 422

An international conference center which was built as Japan's first national conference facility. Used as a space by many for exchange and gatherings, in addition to the main building and an event hall, the facility is also adjoined by a hotel. The facility also has a Japanese garden on the grounds surrounded by lush natural beauty which is dedicated to the theme of people gathering and talking in nature.
Kurama Onsen

4.5

14 Reviews

Accommodations / Hot Spring

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kuramahonchou 520

A hot spring bath facility located at the foot of Mt. Kurama, known as Kyoto’s parlor. In addition to a spacious large bath, visitors can enjoy the secluded atmosphere of the open-air bath while enjoying the rich greenery of the surrounding mountains. The dining hall’s famous local chicken and mountain vegetable rice steamed in an iron pot and the winter-only miniature boar meat hot pot are particularly popular. Also equipped with a relaxing resting room for use after your bath, the facility is perfect for a day trip. There is also an adjoining inn. Kurama Station on the Eizan Electric Railway is the closest station to the bath house.

We travelled to Kibune on the train on October 27 2018. Railway now open but walk over top of mountain seemed to be closed due to storm damage. We walked up to Kibune from Kibuneguchi Station. Walked...
Myomanji Temple

4.0

30 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Iwakurahataedachou 91

Myomanji, located in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward, is the chief temple of the Kempon Hokke sect of Buddhism, and the Buddha Shaka Tahobutsu is enshrined there. The temple is famous for its so-called Snow Garden, which was designed and cultivated by the early haiku poet Matsunaga Teitoku. There is also a cherry blossom garden and a rhododendron garden, so visitors can enjoy all sorts of flowers throughout the four seasons.

Myoman-ji Temple is the headquarters of Hokkeshu sect. Its premises is quite large and buildings are splendid. This temple, now located near Eiden Kino station, used to be in downtown area. So, the...
Komyoji Temple Rurikoin

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kamitakanohigashiyama 55

This is the “Lapis Lazuli Garden” which shows the world of the Pure Land and shines in lapis lazuli blue. A sukiya style building with a number of highlights including a shoin (drawing room) that looks out over the garden, and the autumn changing leaves are particularly beautiful. It is not currently open to the public all year round, but special viewing periods in spring and autumn are prepared in advance.
Hakuryuen

4.5

25 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kuramaninosechou 106

Hakuryu Garden is located about seven minutes' walk from Ninose Station on the Eizan Electric Railway in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward. It is owned by Aono Co., Ltd. and is not usually open to the public, but every year in the spring and fall, there are special opening hours in which 100 people per day are allowed inside. Its scenery is wonderful all year round, and its many visitors appreciate it as an uncrowded spot for viewing cherry blossoms and autumn leaves.

Seeking red leaves and few tourists, we found Hakuryuen moss garden. This is truly a special place. It’s expensive; it’s not that easy to get to; it limits the number of visitors to 100 in the...
The Former Retreat of Tomomi Iwakura

4.0

25 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Iwakuraaguracho 100

日本の近代史に登場し、様々に影響を及ぼした公家で政治家の岩倉具視が幕末に幽閉生活を送った住居と関連資料展示館です。公武合体の立場をとり皇女和宮と徳川幕府第14代将軍家茂の縁組を推し進めたことについて、尊王攘夷派から排斥されて辿り着いた洛北での田舎生活の一端が、大河ドラマ「晴天を衝け」の中で触れられたことは記憶に新しく、一度はと思い訪問しました。公家育ちにしては狭い母屋と控えの間が渡り廊下で繋が...
Hirobun

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kuramakibunechou 87

A restaurant and traditional inn just a minute's walk away from a sub shrine belonging to the Kifune-jinja Shrine famed as a power spot which brings luck with love. The inn has a total of eight rooms available to parties of two or larger. The inn takes particular pride in its highly seasonal cuisine, and diners can enjoy “riverbed cuisine” while listening to the murmurs of a stream fed by the Kifune River in summer. In winter, the inn serves wild boar hot pot rich in collagen and nutrients said to give beauty and good health. No matter what season you visit, you are sure to find unique seasonal charms.
Miyake Hachimangu-jinja Shrine

4.0

20 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kamitakanomiyakechou

Miyake Hachimangu is a shrine located in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward, two minutes' walk from the Hachiman Mae Station on the Eizan Railway. It is dedicated to the 15th Emperor, Ojin. It is also supposed to be a good place for praying to the god who guards children's health, the god who drives away insects, and others. The local people affectionately call this shrine Mushi Hachiman, or Insect Hachiman. On the way to the shrine is a tea shop called Sokyudo whose specialty is a sweet rice cake called hato mochi.

知人のリクエストにより参詣、今年は少なくても３０回は参詣している。なお、寺院は「参拝」、神社は「参詣」と使い分けしている。ここは幼少時から通算すると３０００回では収まらないほど来ている神社、地域の氏神さんではないが、全国的にも有名な子供の「疳の虫封じ」の神様です。全国から参詣者がありますが、今は昔、寂れようは筆舌に尽くせないほどのものがある。本日も参詣者は私達３人のみ、帰りがけになってようやく観光...
Mt. Kurama

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City Sakyo Ward

This 584-meter high mountain is located in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto. Known as a sacred mountain, it flourished as the site of Japanese mountain asceticism practiced by esoteric Buddhism. The area around the mountain has a lot of indigenous vegetation, and bustles in the spring and autumn with people coming to see cherry blossoms and the changing leaves. Currently, it is even gaining popularity as a power spot.
Takaragaike Yubasen

4.0

50 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Iwakuraminamimiyakechou 70-1

This restaurant offers a French style dining experience for the traditional Kyoto food of yuba and is located around a five-minute walk from subway Karasuma Line Kokusaikaikan Station. The warm wood of the interior gives off a relaxed atmosphere. The yuba (tofu skin) on offer is made at their in-house workshop with domestic soybeans, and is distinctive for its “melt in your mouth” tastiness. The French-style course featuring fresh drawn yuba and other seasonal ingredients is particularly popular. The drawn yuba has an especially simple yet tender taste, served warm with grated ginger and diluted soy sauce.

I had never been to a restaurant specializing in Yuba dishes before, so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was certainly not disappointed. The Yuba (dried tofu skin), prepared in various forms, was...
Sanson Toshi Koryu no Mori

3.5

2 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Hanaseyamasuchou 250

"This forest park is located close to the ""Hanase Koryu no Morimae"" bus stop. The park's vast 1,000 hectare grounds encompass the Katsura River and Ado River headwater basin and visitors can enjoy seasonal outdoor activities like playing in one of the rivers and building a snowman. The park also has lodging facilities. The park center has tennis and volleyball facilities and is also used for concerts. Barbecuing is permitted in the park on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays and during the summer vacation period. There are many scenic destinations in the area such as the Bujoji Temple and a famous trio of majestic cedar trees known as the Hanase Sanbon Sugi, the tallest trees in Japan, and visitors can enjoy trekking as well. The park also holds guided tour events."

京都市左京区内ですが、京都の中心部から車で約一時間。鞍馬峠と花背峠を越えると現れる、素朴なリゾート空間です。特に夏は、市内でありながら、京都中心部より2~3度気温が低く、川の水は清涼で、公園内の川では川遊びができます。敷地内には、「森愛館」という木造のイベント会場もあり、いろんなイベントも開催されます。自然の中で自然を感じてリフレッシュできる場所です。ただ冬は、いち早く冬景色に囲まれます。「翠峰荘...
Entsuji Temple

Travel / Tourism

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Iwakurahataedachou 389

This Rinzai Buddhist temple is in Iwakura Hataeda-cho. It was originally Hataeda Palace, a mountain villa belonging to the Emperor Go-Mizunoo, and its dry landscape garden known as karesansui garden in Japan (National Place of Scenic Beauty) was created about that time. Emperor Go-Mizunoo was a person of culture, and it's said he discovered this area after a 12-year search for the most beautiful spot to view Mt. Hiei. The temple's dry landscape garden incorporates borrowed scenery with an unparalleled vista of Mt. Hiei rising behind the garden's huge cedar and cypress trees. It's like a painting on a single folded screen, especially in autumn when the foliage turns color.
Kifune Club

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kuramakibunechou 72

A café located on the road approaching Kifune-jinja Shrine in Kyoto City. The shop’s knotted Japanese cedar wood, antique chairs, Nestor Marting wood heater gives it a retro atmosphere. The windows covering one wall gives customers the chance to enjoy the verdant scenery of the Kifune area. The shop’s menu includes matcha lattes and coffee as well as sweets such as matcha parfaits and warabi mochi dumplings. From April to October, the café also serves light Japanese meals such as yuba (tofu skin) donburi rice bowls and kamameshi rice. Kifune Club also makes a perfect place to stop and have lunch in the middle of a stroll.
Yoshuji

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Kuramahonchou 1074

A restaurant which serves traditional vegetarian Buddhist cuisine located in front of the Mountain Gate of the Kurumadera temple in Kyoto City. The folksy appearance of the shop blends in with the quiet surrounding neighborhood located at the foot of a mountain. The food is also served on craft dishes from areas throughout Japan. Making maximum use of simple flavors, the restaurant’s hearty and healthy cuisine includes mountain vegetables with rice, seasonal mixed dish platters, tri-colored rice dumplings, and pickled vegetables. Diners are encouraged to try the restaurant’s famed sweet warabi mochi dumplings and coffee made with water from the spring under the Kurumayama Kannon figure. Be sure to stop by when visiting the Kurumadera temple, famed for being a site of mystical energy.
Main Dining ITO-ZAKURA

4.5

3 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoto-shi Sakyo-ku Iwakurahataedacho 1092-2 The Prince Kyoto Takaragaike 1F

The restaurant overlooks the courtyard of the Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto, where you can enjoy lunch buffets and dinner courses prepared by the chef using fresh local ingredients such as Kyoto vegetables, and incorporating Japanese elements based on French cuisine. The restaurant is equipped with large windows, allowing diners to enjoy their meals while gazing at the beautiful scenery of the four seasons.

平日のランチに友人と行きました。３０００円のランチは、メインを選び、その他の前菜、スープ、デザートコーヒー紅茶はビュッフェでというスタイルでした。メインにガレットを選んだのですが、そば粉の生地がちょっと硬すぎて、ん？という感じでした・・・以前もディナーで伺ったことがあり、美味しいレストランの印象だったので、すこし驚きましたが他はホテルメイドの味でした。落ち着いた雰囲気、外の日本庭園が見えるのもポ...

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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.