About Kyoto
Why travelers love it here
Kyoto is where Japan kept its soul when the rest of the country raced toward modernity. Geisha districts, bamboo groves, golden pavilions, and tea ceremony rooms that have barely changed in five centuries. Visit in spring for cherry blossoms or autumn for the fiery maple canopy — both will leave you breathless.
Best timeMarch–May (cherry blossom) or October–November (fall foliage)
CurrencyJPY (¥)
LanguageJapanese
TimezoneAsia/Tokyo (UTC+9)
Fushimi Inari's thousands of torii gates
Arashiyama bamboo grove
Gion district at dusk
Tea ceremony in a historic machiya
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