The Top 10 Buddhist Temples in Kyoto, 京都府

Fresh reviews:

KIYOMIZU TEMPLEOur second stop in Kyoto and one of my favorite temples. We stopped by Tuesday, April 12th around 11am.Kiyomizu-dera is a Buddhist temple and sits on a hillside, so you get great views of Kyoto. I believe the entrance fee was something nominal like 400 yen. The temple has a large veranda with…

Elena N.

Kiyomizu Temple

RUKUON-JI /KINKAKU-JI TEMPLEOur seventh and last stop in Kyoto during our day of sightseeing. We got to the Kinkakuji Temple on Tuesday, April 12th around 4:30pm.Also known as the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, this is the famous gold temple. There is a ¥400 per person entrance fee and it’s totally worth it…

Elena N.

Rokuon-ji / Kinkaku-ji Temple

Eikando Zenrin-ji (永観堂禅林寺) is one of the famous & popular Japanese temple as the area of beautiful colored leaves in Autumn in Kyoto, Japan.However Spring is also wonderful season to visit here. You can see awesome contrast fresh green leaves and colored leaves.At the middle of April in every year (22 to…

Tetsuya S.

Zenrin-ji Eikando

There are a gazillion temples in Kyoto, with limited time we could only visit a few. This temple came highly recommended as a good representation of most of the temples in the area.Nanzenji is located not too far from the Imperial palace complex, so it was pretty easy to get to. There is no entrance fee to…