Kyoto Day Trip Temple Hopping 1

Kyoto is an ideal place to embrace the culture of Japan as it is known for temples, Geisha, and nature. We spent a day in Kyoto for temple hoping and generally, it was refreshing to see the different places of the Gods and emperors. 

We were able to maximize our trip to Kyoto because of the very efficient bus system intended for tourists. Click this link to know more about it and how to avail the Unlimited City Bus in Kyoto (for a day).

We visited 4 temples, 1 huge uhh...garden (?) of bamboos, and 1 market place. Here are the details in order of how we visited all of these. Note that you may change the order of places depending on your priority or "must visit" places but we recommend for you to follow our route to save time if you start from Kyoto Station.

1. Fushimi Inari-Taisha Temple- The temple that is dedicated to God of rice and sake or prosperity and success. There are stone foxes all throughout the shrine because it is believed that foxes serve as messengers to the Gods. This is the home of the famous red tori (shrine gates) and it is one of my favorite temple in Japan. We highly recommend for you to go to Inari Temple :) 

2. Kiyomizu-dera - Is a wooden temple that is located 13 meter high on the side of a mountain. The Japanese would say that it has the best sunset as it faces West of Kyoto-- a very auspicious place and romantic as well. Many tourists go to this place because it is known for the love temple or love match. There's a popular "love stone" located in Jishu-jinja Shrine and it is said that you will find your romantic partner if you can walk to the stone with your eyes closed. Lots of talismans and incense can be bought here.