Visit to kyoto find hotel and restaurants feel the Japan
Kyoto city japan is tradition at Modern world, Nestled among mountains in Western Honshu, the Kyoto has a reputation worldwide as Japan's most beautiful city. However, visitors may be surprised by how much work they will have to do to see its beautiful side. Most visitors' first impressions will be of the urban sprawl of central Kyoto, around the ultra-modern glass-and-steel train station, which is itself an example of a city steeped in tradition colliding with the modern world.Nonetheless, the persistent tourist will soon discover Kyoto's hidden beauty in the temples and parks which ring the city center, and find that the city has much more than immediately meets the eye.
Tourism forms a large base of Kyoto's economy. The city's cultural heritages are constantly visited by school groups from across Japan, and many foreign tourists also stop in Kyoto. The city government announced that a record number of tourists had visited Kyoto for the sixth year in a row, and it was chosen as the second most beautiful city in Japan, in a regional brand survey.
Kyoto was the capital of Japan and the residence of the Emperor from 794 until the Meiji Restoration of 1868, when the capital was moved to Tokyo. During its millennium at the center of Japanese power, culture, tradition, and religion, it accumulated an unparalleled collection of palaces, temples and shrines, built for emperors, shoguns, and monks.
World Heritage at the kyoto Japan
The UNESCO World Heritage Site at Kyoto About 20% of Japan's National Treasures and 14% of Important Cultural Properties exist in the city proper. The World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) includes 17 locations in Kyoto, Uji in Kyoto Prefecture and Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture. The site has been designated as World Heritage: Kamigamo Shrine, Shimogamo Shrine, Tō-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Saihō-ji, Tenryū-ji, Kinkaku-ji, Ryōan-ji, Nishi Hongan-ji, Nijō Castle, Daigo-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Ninna-ji, Kōzan-ji.