Kita Ward Attractions: 9 Best Places, Ranked

1.Kinkaku-ji
★ 4.6(71,034)

Kinkaku-ji is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto where visitors walk around a three-story pavilion over a pond and a J…
2.Daitoku-ji
★ 4.3(2,953)

temples

Daitokuji is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. It is a place for walking quietly among Japanese-style gardens and ba…
3.Shōden-ji Temple
★ 4.6(464)

temples

Shodenji is a Buddhist temple in the northern outskirts of Kyoto, in Kita Ward, and it holds a karesansui gard…
4.Kyoto Prefectural Insho-Domoto Museum of Fine Arts
★ 4.2(410)

art-museums

The Kyoto Prefectural Tomoto Insho Museum of Fine Arts displays works and temporary exhibitions by Tomoto Insh…
5.Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University
★ 4.2(246)

museums

Ritsumeikan University International Peace Museum in Kyoto is a university-affiliated history museum that cove…
6.Koryo Museum
★ 4.5(145)

art-museums

Goryo Misulgwan in Kyoto exhibits Korean artifacts. Korean businessman Jeong Jomun, who lived in Japan, privat…
7.Funaokayama
★ 4.1(230)

historic-sites

Funaokayama is in Nishijin, Kita Ward, Kyoto, and combines medieval castle ruins with a park. Ouchi Masahiro b…
8.Jeongsuwon
★ 3.7(13)

temples

Jeongsuwon is a Buddhist temple in Kita Ward, Kyoto. Only mourners visit, and it does not admit tourists. The …
9.Okitayama Park
★ 3.0(8)

parks

Okitayama Park in Kyoto contains the site of a former crematorium. Before the central crematorium was built, t…