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If you go to only one place in all of Japan, Kyoto should be it. Not only is it the most historically significant town in the nation, this former capital was also the only major Japanese city spared from the bombs of World War II. As such, it's rife with temples, shrines, imperial palaces, and traditional wooden homes. In nearby Nara, another former capitalone even more ancient than Kyotois Japan's largest bronze Buddha and more historic temples.
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HotelsKyoto Hotel Okura
Kawaramachi-Oike, Nakagyo-ku
Kyoto 604-8558 Map Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class:
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AttractionsHeian Shrine
Nishi Tennocho, Okazaki
Kyoto, Japan Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: Although it dates only from 1895, Kyoto's most famous shrine was built in commemoration of... Read More
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Kinkakuji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
Kinkakuji-cho
Kyoto, Japan Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center) Description: One of Kyoto's best-known attractionsand the inspiration for the Temple of the Silver... Read More
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Kiyomizudera
Higashiyama-ku
1-294 Kiyomizudera Kyoto 605-0862 Japan Distance: 0.0 mi. (from destination center)
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