Kyoto
Japan
Kyoto, officially Kyoto City , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu. As of 2020, the city had a population of 1.46 million, making it the ninth-most populous city in Japan. More than half (56.8%) of Kyoto Prefecture's population resides in the city. The city is the cultural anchor of the substantially larger Greater Kyoto, a metropolitan statistical area home to approximately 3.8 million people. It is also part of the even larger Keihanshin metropolitan area, along with Osaka and Kobe.
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Things to do in Kyoto
- Kyoto Sumo Entertainment Show with Chicken Hot Pot and Geisha · 2 h · from $104.31 · 4.9/5 (331 reviews)
- Hiroshima & Miyajima Tour From Hiroshima, Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka · 12 h · from $117.34 · 4.9/5 (499 reviews)
- PERFECT KYOTO 1-Day Bus Tour · 9 h · from $127.04 · 4.9/5 (17,668 reviews)
- From Kyoto / Osaka: Kyoto Must-see Spots & Nara Park One Day Tour · 9 h · from $54 · 4.8/5 (1,144 reviews)
- Award-Winning Authentic Ramen Making Experience in Kyoto · 1 h 30 min · from $129.08 · 5.0/5 (2,766 reviews)
- Kyoto Gion Geisha District Walking Tour - The Stories of Geisha · 2 h · from $24 · 4.9/5 (2,297 reviews)
Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+9 · 15 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Main language
- Japanese
- On the map
- 35.01° N, 135.77° E
Near Kyoto
- Otsu · 8 km away
- Uji · 14 km away
- Nara · 36 km away
- Osaka · 43 km away
- Takashima · 45 km away
- Kobe · 63 km away
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Where to stay
BnA Alter Museum
9.8/10 · 1543 reviews
NOHGA HOTEL KIYOMIZU KYOTO
9.6/10 · 5056 reviews
Sotetsu Fresa Inn Kyoto-Kiyomizu Gojo
9.6/10 · 4885 reviews
MIMARU Kyoto Shinmachi Sanjo
9.6/10 · 1612 reviews
Cross Hotel Kyoto
9.6/10 · 364 reviews
hotel kanra kyoto
9.4/10 · 811 reviews
Hotel Vischio Kyoto by GRANVIA
9.4/10 · 211 reviews
THE BLOSSOM KYOTO
9.3/10 · 5005 reviews
Hotel Emion Kyoto
9.3/10 · 4275 reviews
Richmond Hotel Premier Kyoto Ekimae
9.3/10 · 3326 reviews