{"id":68,"date":"2026-07-19T00:05:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T00:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/?touriza_city=kyoto"},"modified":"2026-09-17T14:19:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:19:38","slug":"kyoto","status":"publish","type":"touriza_city","link":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/?touriza_city=kyoto","title":{"rendered":"Kyoto"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why go<\/h2>\n<p>Kyoto was the imperial capital for over a thousand years and still behaves like one: guarded, formal, quietly proud. The famous sites are genuinely crowded between 9am and 5pm, which makes early mornings and the northern hills the whole strategy.<\/p>\n<h2>Five things to do<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"rule-list\">\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">01<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Fushimi Inari before 7am<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">The ten thousand gates, to yourself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">02<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Kaiseki in a machiya<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Twelve courses that track the season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">03<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Philosopher&#39;s Path in blossom<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Two kilometres of canal-side cherry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">04<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Nishiki market<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Five blocks of pickles, knives and tofu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:14px\"><span class=\"n\">05<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h4>Tea in Uji<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\" style=\"margin-top:4px\">Where matcha has been grown since the 12th century.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Neighbourhoods<\/h2>\n<div class=\"grid g2\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Higashiyama<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Kiyomizu-dera down to Gion, best walked at dawn.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Arashiyama<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Bamboo, monkeys and the Hozu river.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">Nishijin<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">Weaving workshops and machiya townhouses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<h4 style=\"border:0;padding:0;margin-bottom:6px\">\u014chara<\/h4>\n<p class=\"small muted\">A valley of moss temples an hour north by bus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Getting around<\/h2>\n<p>Buy the transport card on arrival \u2014 every city on this list has one, and it is cheaper than single fares within about four journeys. Walking covers more than the map suggests: most of the districts above are within thirty minutes of each other on foot.<\/p>\n<p>Taxis and ride apps are worth it late at night and when you are carrying luggage. Everything else is faster on the metro, the tram or the ferry, in that order.<\/p>\n<h2>Where to eat<\/h2>\n<p>The rule that holds in Kyoto is the rule that holds everywhere: eat at the busy place, at the hour the locals eat, and order the thing the kitchen makes most of. Reserve for dinner in the districts above; lunch rarely needs it.<\/p>\n<h2>Two days here<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Morning: Fushimi Inari before 7am<\/li>\n<li>Afternoon: walk Higashiyama<\/li>\n<li>Evening: Philosopher&#39;s Path in blossom<\/li>\n<li>Day two: Tea in Uji<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen hundred temples and the rules that keep them quiet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":316,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"touriza_continent":[2],"touriza_theme":[],"class_list":["post-68","touriza_city","type-touriza_city","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","touriza_continent-asia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/touriza_city"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/touriza_city\/68\/revisions\/199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"touriza_continent","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_continent&post=68"},{"taxonomy":"touriza_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touriza.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftouriza_theme&post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}