There is no denying Kyoto is a beautiful city with amazing old architecture, serene temples and shrines as well as great food and important history. There is always something interesting to see and do – a festival, cherry blossoms,...
There is no denying Kyoto is a beautiful city with amazing old architecture, serene temples and shrines as well as great food and important history. There is always something interesting to see and do – a festival, cherry blossoms, autumn leaves or sprinkling of snow on the old buildings that feels almost magical. Who wouldn’t want to visit? And while Kyoto receives record numbers of over 50 million visitors every year and the main tourist sights like Fushimi Inari, Kinkaku-ji and Arashiyama bamboo forest are crowded you may find yourself asking – is Kyoto worth visiting? It all may, of course, depend on many factors, one of them being your level of anxiety in crowded places. From my experience (visited in 2015 and spent 4 weeks in 2019) it’s all about balance. Kyoto definitely should be on everyone’s itinerary. The only thing I would recommend is to balance out the extremely popular with the less crowded and not so obvious. Here’s my list (in no particular order) of places I found worthwhile. You may want to consider them on your next Kyoto visit. 1. Hike to Kurama-dera Temple Spend a day hiking and visiting temples in the northern mountains of […]
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