Arashiyama – Togetsu Kyo [Bridge] One of the most popular scenic spots for tourists the whole year round. The Mifune Matsuri (festival) which reenacts the leisure boating of the Heian nobles takes place in May.		Matsunoo Taisha [Shrine] The shrine which boasts the oldest lineage of the many, many shrines located in Kyoto. It is well known nationwide as the home of the god of brewing.
Kegon Ji [Temple] (Suzumushi Dera) Worshippers from all over the country come to this famous temple to hear the monks, known for their ample character, preaching Buddhism. Also famous as a place where the chirping of the suzumushi (bell crickets) can be heard all the year round.		Jizoin [Temple] (Take no Tera) The young Zen priest Ikkyu apprenticed at Jizoin, also known as the Take no Tera (The Bamboo Temple) because of the beauty of its moso and Japanese bamboo. The copper Kannon with one thousand arms statue here was created during the Kamakura era. The dry garden in front of the head priest's residence is known as "The garden of the sixteen Luohans (Arhats or 'enlightened ones')".
Shouji Ji [Temple] (Hana no Tera) Shouji Ji is said to have been founded by Buddhist ascetics and revived by Saicho. Shouji Ji is famous as the place where the Heian-era monk Saigyo, renowned as a poet, ended his hermitage and where he planted and admired the cherry trees. This temple is visited by large numbers of people every spring to see the "Saigyozakura." Also beautiful in autumn, it is a wonderful site to behold.		Oharano Jinja [Shrine] Oharano Jinja began sharing the spirit enshrined here with Nara's Kasuga Taisha in the 3rd year of the Enryaku era (784), when Emperor Kammu transferred the capital to Nagaokakyo. Also famous for being the place where Ariwara no Narihira composed the line "Behold the mountain chains of Ohara and Koshio The fresh image of the age of gods still comes to mind". Also famous for its cherry blossoms and the autumnal changing or the leaves.
Yoshimine Dera [Temple] The temple was founded in the second year of the Chogen era (1029), when the founder Saint Genzan built his hermitage here. Numerous temples were burned to the ground in the Onin War; however, it was rebuilt thanks to a contribution by the Edo era Keishoin, one of Shogun Iemitsu’s concubines. Yoshimine Dera is famous for its weeping cherry trees, its 600-year-old Japanese white pine "Yuryumatsu," and hydrangea during the rainy season.		Komyo Ji [Temple] This is the head temple of Nishiyama Jodo, founded in the Kamakura era. The corridors of this temple and the Amitabha Temple are connected as if to symbolize paradise. Also famous as having the most beautiful autumn scenery in all Kyoto, the stone-tiled entryway covered from end to end with fallen leaves is a site that you will never forget once you see it.
Nagaokatenmangu [Shrine] Nagaokatenmangu was founded when Michizane Sugawara was exiled to Dazaifu. He visited this area in his sadness and carved a wooden idol, which was then enshrined here. A number of several-hundred-year-old Rhododendron grow here, and their beauty is known throughout Japan.