Wandering Night Sightseeing Spot in Kyoto【Fushimi-inari shrine・Yasaka tower・Miyagawacho・Yasaka shrine・Pontocho】

There are many beautiful sightseeing spots in Kyoto, but most of them are closed at night.

I will introduce beautiful sightseeing spots you can visit in night time.

Fushimi-inari shrine, Yasaka tower and the old street, Miyagawacho, Yasaka shrine, Pontocho and others.

Map

Fushimi-inari shrine

• time：20 min〜
• Cost：Free
• Recommendation：90%
• Comment：One thousand torii

No.1 on the map is Fushimi-inari shrine.

It is the head temple of 30,000 Inari shrines in Japan.

There are many lightings in the shrine and you can visit at night.

Romon gate

Under Romon gate

Main hall

Senbon torii, one thousand torii.

Yasaka tower

• Time：20 min〜
• Cost：Free
• Recommendation：100%
• Comment：One of the most popular photo spot in Kyoto

Yasaka tower and its surroundings is one the most popular photo spot in Kyoto.

You can feel what the old Kyoto was like here.

This is Sanneizaka at No.2 on the map.

Yasaka tower from around No.3 on the map.

Yasaka tower from No.4 on the map.

Nineizaka around No.5 on the map.

Miyagawacho

• time：15 min〜
• Cost：Free
• Recommendation：80%
• Comment：Geisha area

No.6 on the map is Miyagawacho.

This is one of the geisha areas in Kyoto.

You can spend some time with a geisha in a Japanese style restaurant here.

Because of the corona virus, there are less people in this area at the end of May, 2020.

Yasaka shrine

• Time：15 min〜
• Cost：Free
• Recommendation：80%
• Comment：National treasure

No.7 on the map is Yasaka shrine.

It was founded in 656 and its main hall is a national treasure.

I only took a photo of the West Oumon gate, but you can visit the shrine in night time and there are many beautiful lanterns in the shrine.

Pontocho

• Time：15 min〜
• Cost：Free
• recommendation：80%
• Comment：Geisha area

No.8 on the map is Pontocho.

It is one of the geisha areas in Kyoto.

You can spend some time with geishas in Japanese style restaurants around here.

Now there are many small restaurants and bars for foreigners.

Usually there are many tourists in this small street, but there were less people at the end of May, 2020.

Summary

Because of the corona virus, there were less people in Kyoto in 2020, especially in night time.

Usually you can see many people wearing kinomo and geishas.

Please enjoy Kyoto not only in daytime but also in night time.

This is a map marked with my recommendation spots in Kyoto.

If you click the mark, there is the link of blog article.