Cultural assets
The more you learn, the more
the scenery reveals an even deeper radiance.
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Important Cultural Property
Kyoto Electric Railway Tram (Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau No. 2 Tramcar)
The quiet birthplace
of modern Japanese trainsLearn
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Registered Tangible Cultural Property
Great Torii Gate
Grand gateway to the Showa Era,
the intersection of tradition and technologyLearn
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South Garden (Minami Shin’en)
Garden of courtly culture
reflecting the elegance of bygone yearsLearn
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Yaebeni-Shidare Double-Petaled Weeping Cherry Trees
The memory of the weeping cherry tree
blooming again in KyotoLearn
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Choshintei Tea Room
Tea room in the sacred garden
steeped in the four seasonsLearn
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West Garden (Nishi Shin’en)
A garden unfolds
in an early-summer paletteLearn
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Middle Garden (Naka Shin’en)
A poem for the pond
woven by an old bridge and blooming flowersLearn
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Ori-zuru Irises
A single iris petal
reflecting Emperor Kōkaku’s heartLearn
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Jinushisha Shrine
Ohtokonushi-no-Kami
who wards off misfortune and bestows peaceLearn
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East Garden (Higashi Shin’en)
A waterside masterpiece framed
by a backdrop of weeping cherry blossoms
and the Higashiyama hillsLearn
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Taiheikaku
A tranquil bridge pavilion
where Japanese and Western styles harmonizeLearn
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Shobikan
Symmetrical beauty
transcending timeLearn