Kyoto Kiyomizu-dera Temple | Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine | Byodo-in Temple in Uji | Tale of Genji Museum Matcha Experience Day Trip | From Osaka

[08:40] ▼ Departure from National Cultural Theater [09:50] ▼ Departure from Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit [10:10] ▼ Kiyomizu-dera area (approx. 180 minutes, free tour, please pay your own admission fee) Kiyomizu-dera | Nijozaka [13:30] ▼ Fushimi Inari Taisha (approx. 70 minutes, free time) [15:10] ▼ Uji (approx. 90 minutes, free time) Byodo-in | Tale of Genji Museum | Uji Matcha Old Shop [16:40] ▼ After a fun day of tour, we headed back home. [18:00] ▼ Arrived in Shinsaibashi/Dotonbori area, tour ended ▼ Kiyomizu-dera National Treasure World Heritage Site World Cultural Heritage Site and popular tourist spot in Kyoto. Founded in 778, it is the oldest temple in Kyoto and a national treasure of Japan. Kiyomizu-dera Temple offers different views in each season. In spring, attractive cherry blossoms bloom among the green leaves. In summer, it is lush with greenery. In autumn, you can see colorful autumn leaves. In winter, the beautiful trees are in full bloom. Any time is ideal to visit. Kiyomizu-dera also holds light-up events in spring and autumn to show off the beauty of the temple. (Admission fee: 400 yen for adults, 200 yen for elementary and junior high school students) Please pay by yourself. ▼ A typical Kyoto landscape, a symbol of quiet Kyoto, take photos and check in at Nijozaka and Yasaka Pagoda Hokan-ji is a temple of the Kennin-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism located in Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture. This mountain is called "Reitaka Mountain". The main image is Yakushi Nyorai, and there is a legend that the founder was Prince Shotoku. The five-story pagoda is commonly known as "Yasaka Pagoda" and is a symbol of Higashiyama. ▼ Fushimi Inari Taisha is famous for its thousand torii gates, and many tourists from Japan and abroad visit it every year. In a survey conducted by the world's largest travel site, it has been ranked first for three consecutive years in "Japan's most popular tourist spots for foreigners". Let us pray for ourselves and our loved ones here. The votive plaques at Fushimi Inari Taisha are also unique. They are in the shape of a white fox, and you can doodle them with various expressions depending on your imagination. ▼Uji For matcha lovers, Uji is a gourmet paradise. The streets are filled with the finest matcha ice cream and cakes, and even the soba noodles are green matcha green. For literature lovers, it is an art paradise, as the last ten chapters of The Tale of Genji, a literary masterpiece known as Dream of the Red Chamber in Japan, are set in Uji. Anyone who has read The Tale of Genji will want to come here to follow the love, hate, and revenge of Japanese aristocrats. This is a shared tour and participants come from all over the world.

After taking photos, it's a 3-minute walk to the only Starbucks in the world where you can drink coffee on a tatami mat.

If you come to Kyoto, a city full of old-fashioned charm, you should definitely visit the popular check-in spot "Yasaka Koshin-do". The brightly colored balls here make your photos look unique, and many people take photos wearing kimonos. Although it is a small temple, its official name is Daikokusan Kongo-ji Yasaka Koshin-do, as it enshrines Shomen Kongo, one of the three Koshins in Japan. Next to the Shomen Kongo, there are three monkeys, messengers of the gods, representing "don't see, don't hear, don't speak" and "don't see, don't hear, don't speak anything indecent". Therefore, this place is also called Monkey Shrine.

It is a representative example of a stroll-style pond garden from the Heian period, and was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Its most famous feature is the Phoenix Hall. The building stretches out in two directions, giving the appearance of a phoenix spreading its wings and taking off. The temple grounds house the Seated Amitabha Buddha, a designated national treasure and also depicted on the 10 yen coin.