Important Cultural Property

Kyoto Electric Railway Tram (Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau No. 2 Tramcar)

The quiet birthplace
of modern Japanese trains

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Registered Tangible Cultural Property

Great Torii Gate

Grand gateway to the Showa Era,
the intersection of tradition and technology

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South Garden (Minami Shin’en)

Garden of courtly culture
reflecting the elegance of bygone years

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Yaebeni-Shidare Double-Petaled Weeping Cherry Trees

The memory of the weeping cherry tree
blooming again in Kyoto

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Choshintei Tea Room

Tea room in the sacred garden
steeped in the four seasons

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West Garden (Nishi Shin’en)

A garden unfolds
in an early-summer palette

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Middle Garden (Naka Shin’en)

A poem for the pond
woven by an old bridge and blooming flowers

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Ori-zuru Irises

A single iris petal
reflecting Emperor Kōkaku’s heart

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Jinushisha Shrine

Ohtokonushi-no-Kami
who wards off misfortune and bestows peace

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East Garden (Higashi Shin’en)

A waterside masterpiece framed
by a backdrop of weeping cherry blossoms
and the Higashiyama hills

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Taiheikaku

A tranquil bridge pavilion
where Japanese and Western styles harmonize

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Shobikan

Symmetrical beauty
transcending time

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