[Kyoto] Enjoy the charming city! Recommended sightseeing spots in Kyoto by rental car

Recommended sightseeing spots in Kyoto

As the name suggests, it is home to many traditional buildings, including historic temples, gardens, imperial palaces, imperial palaces, and shrines, and attracts tourists from all over the world in search of the exotic atmosphere.

In addition to traditional cuisine, you can also enjoy fresh seafood as it faces the Sea of ​​Japan.

In this article, we will introduce recommended sightseeing spots in Kyoto Prefecture that you should visit and recommended rental cars that can be rented in the area.

• Table of Contents
• Amanohashidate
• Kyoto Railway Museum
• kyoto tower
• Yasaka Shrine

Amanohashidate

Amanohashidate is a scenic spot in northern Kyoto, and is a mysterious landform created by nature over thousands of years due to earthquakes and ocean currents.

There are many ways to enjoy the sunny season, such as admiring the rare view of about 6,700 pine trees growing on a sandbar with a total length of about 3.6 km from the observatory, walking through Amanohashidate, riding a boat, and swimming at the beach. The snow season is also very beautiful.

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Kyoto Railway Museum

The fan-shaped garage, which has been designated as a national important cultural property, displays steam locomotives that were active from the Meiji to Showa periods. There is a turntable in the main part of the fan, and you can watch the SL dynamically rotate and change direction.

You can also see valuable vehicles such as the SL Steam train, where you can ride a passenger car pulled by a steam locomotive, and the Twilight Express, so even if you are not a train buff, you can have a lot of fun.

The former Nijo station building, designated as a tangible cultural property by Kyoto City, was said to be one of the oldest wooden station buildings in Japan during its active days, and currently houses a museum shop.

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kyoto tower

In 1964, the year of the Tokyo Olympics, it was built as a tower observation room with an original structure that did not use any steel frames, the first in Japan at the time, and even now, more than 50 years later, it still illuminates the city of Kyoto as a ``lighthouse in the city''. .

The observation deck, located 100 meters above the ground, is the highest in the city and offers a 360-degree view of the city surrounded by mountains, allowing you to enjoy the spectacular view of the ancient capital where you can feel the changing seasons.

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Yasaka Shrine

Yasaka Shrine is famous for the Gion Festival, one of Japan's three major festivals, and it is also where Susano-onomikoto, known from the Kojiki, is enshrined. Furthermore, there is a legend that there is a dragon cave inhabited by a blue dragon, which pacifies the east of Heiankyo, and its Feng Shui location also gives it a sense of bottomless power.

A number of buildings have been designated as national important cultural properties, and the main shrine was designated as a national treasure in December 2020.

During the Heian period, prayers were offered to the temple to eliminate epidemics, but it is also said to have blessings for beauty, entertainment, marriage, and encounters, as believed by the maiko of Gion.

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