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Kyoto is old Japan writ large: quiet temples, sublime gardens, colourful shrines, postcard-perfect streetscenes and geisha scurrying to secret liaisons. While Osaka's grey concrete jungle is no match in terms of beauty, this fast-paced, brash city cloaked in dazzling neon packs a punch with its excellent food and nightlife scene, and locals full of personality.
This is one of the worlds most impressive religious monuments. The image of Kyoto's gold-plated pavilion rising over its reflecting pool is the kind that burns itself into your memory.
Kyoto & Osaka Top Sights
Gion is Kyoto's famous entertainment and geisha quarter on the eastern bank of the Kamo-gawa. The best way to experience it is with an evening stroll around the atmospheric streets lined with 17th-century traditional restaurants and teahouses.
Kyoto & Osaka Top Sights
With seemingly endless arcades of vermilion torii (shrine gates) spread across a thickly wooded mountain, this vast shrine complex in Kyoto is a world unto its own.
Kyoto & Osaka Top Sights
This Zen temple in Kyoto has it all: a fine little kare-sansui (dry landscape) garden, soaring main halls, great gardens and an incredibly scenic location.
Kyoto & Osaka Top Sights
One of Kyoto's most popular temples has attracted pilgrims since the 8th century AD. Wander the halls admiring fine Buddhist images and buy a prayer plaque at the shrine to assure success in romance.
Kyoto & Osaka Top Sights
Kyotos famed Silver Pavilion is an enclosed paradise of ponds, thick moss, classical Japanese architecture and swaying bamboo groves.
Kyoto & Osaka Top Sights
Referred to as Kyoto no daidokoro (Kyotos Kitchen) by locals, this is one of the city's highlights and is the place to discover all of the ingredients that go into Kyoto cuisine.
Kyoto & Osaka Top Sights
A collection of soaring buildings and spacious courtyards, Chion-in is the most popular pilgrimage temple in Kyoto and it's always a hive of religious activity.
Kyoto & Osaka Top Sights
Highly photogenic Dtombori is Osaka's liveliest night spot, with billboards glittering off its waters and dozens of restaurants jostling for attention with the most outrageous signage.
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Although no longer operating as the emperor's residence, this park and palace recall the city's proud heritage as the seat of the imperial court for over 1000 years.
Kyoto & Osaka Top Sights
A stunning monument to the power of the warlords who effectively ruled Japan for centuries, Kyoto's Nij-j has superb interiors and the grounds contain expansive gardens that are perfect for a stroll.
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Although the present structure is a reconstruction, Osaka-j is an imposing castle and is nonetheless quite a sight, looming dramatically over the surrounding park and moat.
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