Your guide for sightseeing in Kyoto

Your trip to Japan isn’t complete without taking a supplementary trip to the town of Kyoto. Japan’s seventh largest city and also one of the oldest, Kyoto is quite literally a dive into the country’s pool of an incredibly rich past. Shimmering in pretty landscapes, well-manicured gardens, aesthetically pleasing shrines, age old Buddhist temples and several priceless historical structures, Kyoto, despite all the modernity, has done well to keep an entire era alive. Wandering through the town speckled in cultural treasures leaves you with an unforgettable experience of the old world charm that is exquisitely dipped in traditional culture preserved down the ages. For all its unabashed awesomeness, the town enjoys an unprecedented popularity status as one of THE places to visit when travelling to Japan. So you can expect a healthy crowd in many of its attractions but for all the historic and architectural charisma that it comes laced with - Kyoto should definitely be high up there in your must visit list of places in Japan! Here is a guide of the best places of Kyoto giving a taste of this delightfully impressive town: