Located at the east end of Shijo Street, Yasaka Shrine is visited by worshippers from all over Japan. The shrine was founded in 656, the second year of Emperor Saimyo's reign. This shrine is the head office of all other Yasaka shrines (about 2,300) throughout Japan whose deity is Susanoo-no-Mikoto. It is said praying here is beneficial for good health and warding off bad luck. There is also Okuninushi Shrine where the Okuninushi-no-Kami is enshrined and Bigozen Shrine where the goddess of beauty and health is enshrined.

The head temple of the Jodo sect, it is said to have originated in 1175 when Honen, the founder of the Jodo sect, bound Soan to the land of Yoshimizu. The large precincts of the temple include the Sanmon Gate and Mikado Hall, both designated as national treasures. The corridor of the Mikado Hall is called the "warbler-covered corridor" because it sounds like a warbler's call when you walk along it.

Rokuharamitsuji Temple was founded by Kuya Shonin; it is also known as the 17th of 33 sacred temples in Western Japan. During the late Heian period (794-1185), the area around the temple flourished as the residence of the Heike clan, called Rokuharadono, and there were more than 5,200 residences belonging to the Heike family, including Taira-no-Kiyomori and Taira-no-Shigemori. It is also popular as a power spot with a wish-fulfilling "Ichigan Ishi" stone and special handwritten fortunes.

Kodaiji Temple was built by Kitamasho (Nene), Toyotomi Hideyoshi's main wife, to mourn his death. Nene's Path leads to the precincts of Kodaiji Temple and is also called the Kitchen Slope. There are many trees along the sides of the narrow path and the leaves are beautiful from summer to autumn when they go from a lush green to bronze and crimson. When lit up at night in spring and autumn, the vast garden is illuminated brilliantly.

Built in 1632, Entoku Temple is the final resting place of Nene Kitamasho, the wife of Hideyoshi Toyotomi. The sliding door paintings by Hasegawa Tohaku, an important cultural property, are on display here. The north garden of the North Shoin was transferred from the garden in front of Fushimi Castle's Make-up Palace, and the dynamic stonework and waterfall stones in the Tsukiyama area show the garden style of the Momoyama period.

This museum displays the treasures and collections of Kodaiji Temple and its related temples, as well as items related to Hideyoshi and Kitamasa. The main collection of Kodaiji Temple is the Kodaiji maki-e lacquerware and many other representative maki-e furnishings from the Momoyama period, some of which are masterpieces designated as Important Cultural Properties.

Throughout the Meiji, Taisho, Showa, and Heisei eras, this has been a shopping street in Kyoto that has a mix of old and new charm. A leisurely stroll here while soaking up the atmosphere is recommended.

Nishiki Market is known as the kitchen of Kyoto. The 400-meter-long arcade is lined with about 130 stores selling fresh seafood, vegetables, side dishes, sweets, and a variety of other foods and dishes. Be sure to pick up some of Kyoto's unique products as souvenirs.

The Kyoto International Manga Museum is housed in a closed elementary school building. Fifty-thousand manga books published since the 1970s are distributed on the "Manga Wall," and can be read freely. Permanent and special exhibitions related to manga, as well as workshops and events, are also held here.