The Perfect Kyoto Trip

Travel Onion · 2:17

Five stops, a thousand years of beauty. In Kyoto you can walk through Fushimi Inari's ~10,000 vermilion torii gates (each one paid for by a person or company, their name on the back), stand on Kiyomizu-dera's wooden stage — built on 168 pillars with no nails — wander Gion's lantern-lit geisha streets, lose yourself in the Arashiyama bamboo grove, and see the Golden Pavilion, sheathed in gold leaf (the one standing today is a rebuild — a monk burned the original down in 1950). Save this for the day you go. Follow for more places worth the trip. 📍 PLAN YOUR VISIT — KYOTO ✈️ Getting there: fly to Osaka (KIX) or shinkansen from Tokyo (~2h15); get around by bus/train + on foot 📅 Best time: spring (cherry blossoms) or autumn (maples); go early to beat the crowds 🎯 The route: Fushimi Inari · Kiyomizu-dera · Gion · Arashiyama Bamboo Grove · Kinkaku-ji