List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Kyoto)

This list is of the Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan located within the Urban Prefecture of Kyōto.

National Places of Scenic Beauty

As of 1 January 2021, sixty-two Places have been designated at a national level (including fourteen *Special Places of Scenic Beauty).

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
*Konchi-in Gardens 金地院庭園 Konchiin teien	Kyōto	subtemple of Nanzen-ji		35°00′36″N 135°47′27″E	1	[1]
*Ginkaku-ji Gardens 慈照寺（銀閣寺）庭園 Jishōji (Ginkakuji) teien	Kyōto	also a Special Historic Site		35°01′36″N 135°47′54″E	1	[2]
*Kinkaku-ji Gardens 鹿苑寺（金閣寺）庭園 Rokuonji (Kinkakuji) teien	Kyōto	also a Special Historic Site		35°02′23″N 135°43′43″E	1	[3]
*Jōruri-ji Gardens 浄瑠璃寺庭園 Jōruri-ji teien	Kizugawa	also a Historic Site		34°42′56″N 135°52′24″E	1	[4]
*Saihō-ji Gardens 西芳寺庭園 Saihōji teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		34°59′33″N 135°41′04″E	1	[5]
*Daisen-in Shoin Gardens 大仙院書院庭園 Daisen-in shoin teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site; subtemple of Daitoku-ji		35°02′41″N 135°44′44″E	1	[6]
*Daitoku-ji Hōjō Gardens 大徳寺方丈庭園 Daitokuji hōjō teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		35°02′38″N 135°44′46″E	1	[7]
*Daigo-ji Sanbō-in Gardens 醍醐寺三宝院庭園 Daigoji Sanbō-in teien	Kyōto	also a Special Historic Site		34°57′07″N 135°49′10″E	1	[8]
*Amanohashidate 天橋立 Amanohashidate	Miyazu	one of the Three Views of Japan; within Tango-Amanohashidate-Ōeyama Quasi-National Park		35°34′11″N 135°11′30″E	3, 8, 11	[9]
*Tenryū-ji Gardens 天龍寺庭園 Tenryūji teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		35°00′57″N 135°40′23″E	1	[10]
*Nijō-jō Ninomaru Gardens 二条城二之丸庭園 Nijō-jō ninomaru teien	Kyōto			35°00′49″N 135°44′57″E	1	[11]
*Hōkongō-in Seijō-no-taki - Goisan 法金剛院青女滝附五位山 Hōkongō-in Seijō-no-taki tsuketari Goi-san	Kyōto			35°01′09″N 135°42′58″E	1, 10	[12]
*Hongan-ji Ōshoin Gardens 本願寺大書院庭園 Honganji ōshoin teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		34°59′27″N 135°45′05″E	1	[13]
*Ryōan-ji Hōjō Gardens 龍安寺方丈庭園 Ryōanji hōjō teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		35°02′04″N 135°43′05″E	1	[14]
Maruyama Park 円山公園 Maruyama kōen	Kyōto			35°00′14″N 135°46′49″E	1	[15]
Entsū-ji Gardens 円通寺庭園 Entsūji teien	Kyōto			35°03′52″N 135°46′08″E	1	[16]
Ennan Gardens 燕庵庭園 Ennan teien	Kyōto			34°59′27″N 135°45′18″E	1	[17]
Mount Kasagi 笠置山 Kasagi-yama	Kasagi	also a Historic Site; in Kasagiyama Prefectural Natural Park		34°45′24″N 135°56′38″E	5, 6	[18]
Entoku-in Gardens 旧円徳院庭園 Entokuin teien	Kyōto			35°00′02″N 135°46′46″E	1	[19]
Gyokuhō-in Gardens 玉鳳院庭園 Gyokuhōin teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site; subtemple of Myōshin-ji		35°01′21″N 135°43′18″E	1	[20]
Kotohiki Beach 琴引浜 Kotohiki-hama	Kyōtango	also a Natural Monument		35°42′14″N 135°02′47″E	8	[21]
Keishun-in Gardens 桂春院庭園 Keishunin teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		35°01′29″N 135°43′21″E	1	[22]
Kohō-an Gardens 孤篷庵庭園 Kohōan teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		35°02′35″N 135°44′23″E	1	[23]
Omuro 御室（サクラ） Omuro (sakura)	Kyōto			35°01′47″N 135°42′48″E	3	[24]
Kōdai-ji Gardens 高台寺庭園 Kōdaiji teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		35°00′03″N 135°46′55″E	1	[25]
Konnichi-an Gardens 今日庵（裏千家）庭園 Konnichian (Urasenke) teien	Kyōto	Urasenke tea room		35°02′04″N 135°45′14″E	1	[26]
Shūon-an Gardens 酬恩庵庭園 Shūonan teien	Kyōtanabe			34°49′15″N 135°45′28″E	1	[27]
Shōsei-en 渉成園 Shōsei-en	Kyōto			34°59′29″N 135°45′47″E	1	[28]
Shōfuku-ji Gardens 照福寺庭園 Shōfukuji teien	Ayabe			35°17′47″N 135°18′52″E	1	[29]
Shinju-an Gardens 真珠庵庭園 Shinjuan teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		35°02′39″N 135°44′48″E	1	[30]
Sugimoto Family Gardens 杉本氏庭園 Sugimoto-shi teien	Kyōto			35°00′10″N 135°45′21″E	1	[31]
Jōju-in Gardens 成就院庭園 Jōjuin teien	Kyōto	subtemple of Kiyomizu-dera		34°59′46″N 135°47′05″E	1	[32]
Seifūsō Gardens 清風荘庭園 Seifūsō teien	Kyōto			35°01′45″N 135°46′34″E	1	[33]
Taizō-in Gardens 退蔵院庭園 Taizō-in teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site; subtemple of Myōshin-ji		35°01′19″N 135°43′09″E	1	[34]
Daisen-in Gardens 大仙院庭園 Daisen-in teien	Kyōto	subtemple of Daitoku-ji		35°02′40″N 135°44′44″E	1	[35]
Ōsawa Pond-Nakoso Falls Site 大沢池附名古曽滝跡 Ōsawa-ike tsuketari Nakoso-no-taki ato	Kyōto	in the grounds of Daikaku-ji		35°01′42″N 135°40′49″E	1	[36]
Chisaku-in Gardens 智積院庭園 Chisaku-in teien	Kyōto			34°59′20″N 135°46′33″E	1	[37]
Tekisu-en 滴翠園 Tekisu-en	Kyōto	in the grounds of Nishi Honganji		34°59′27″N 135°45′08″E	1	[38]
Tōkai-an Shoin Gardens 東海庵書院庭園 Tōkai-an shoin teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site; subtemple of Myōshin-ji		35°01′22″N 135°43′14″E	1	[39]
Nanzen-in Gardens 南禅院庭園 Nanzen-in teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		35°00′36″N 135°47′37″E	1	[40]
Nanzen-ji Hōjō Gardens 南禅寺方丈庭園 Nanzenji hōjō teien	Kyōto			35°00′40″N 135°47′39″E	1	[41]
Hakusasonsō Gardens 白沙村荘庭園 Hakusansō teien	Kyōto			35°01′37″N 135°47′37″E	1	[42]
Fushin-an (Omotesenke) Gardens 不審庵（表千家）庭園 Fushin-an (Omotesenke) teien	Kyōto			35°02′03″N 135°45′13″E	1	[43]
Heian Jingū Gardens 平安神宮神苑 Heian Jingū jinen	Kyōto			35°00′58″N 135°46′57″E	1	[44]
Byōdō-in Gardens 平等院庭園 Byōdō-in teien	Uji	also a Historic Site		34°53′21″N 135°48′30″E	1	[45]
Honpō-ji Gardens 本法寺庭園 Honpōji teien	Kyōto			35°02′06″N 135°45′10″E	1	[46]
Myōshin-ji Gardens 妙心寺庭園 Myōshinji teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		35°01′19″N 135°43′12″E	1	[47]
Murin-an Gardens 無鄰庵庭園 Murin-an teien	Kyōto			35°00′42″N 135°47′14″E	1	[48]
Arashiyama 嵐山 Arashiyama	Kyōto	also a Historic Site		35°00′35″N 135°40′03″E	1, 2, 4, 6	[49]
Rurikei 琉璃溪 Rurikei	Nantan			35°02′09″N 135°24′17″E	5, 6	[50]
Ryōan-ji Gardens 龍安寺庭園 Ryōanji teien	Kyōto			35°02′00″N 135°43′07″E	1	[51]
Reiun-in Gardens 霊雲院庭園 Reiun-in teien	Kyōto	also a Historic Site; subtemple of Myōshin-ji		35°01′23″N 135°43′09″E	1	[52]
Reitō-in Gardens 霊洞院庭園 Reitō-in teien	Kyōto	subtemple of Kennin-ji		34°59′57″N 135°46′31″E	1	[53]
Narabigaoka 雙ヶ岡 Narabigaoka	Kyōto			35°01′16″N 135°42′49″E	11	[54]
Manshu-in Shoin Gardens 曼殊院書院庭園 Manshu-in shoin teien	Kyōto			35°02′56″N 135°48′11″E	1	[55]
Tairyūsansō Gardens 對龍山荘庭園 Tairyūsansō teien	Kyōto			35°00′39″N 135°47′24″E	1	[56]
Jukō-in Gardens 聚光院庭園 Jukō-in teien	Kyōto	subtemple of Daitoku-ji		35°02′38″N 135°44′43″E	1	[57]
Shōkadō and Shoin Gardens 松花堂及び書院庭園 Shōkadō oyobi shoin teien	Yawata			34°52′45″N 135°42′06″E	1	[58]
Tōfuku-ji Honbō Gardens 東福寺本坊庭園 Tōfukuji honbō teien	Kyōto			34°58′36″N 135°46′28″E	1	[59]
Uji Mountains 宇治山 Uji-yama	Uji			34°53′33″N 135°48′46″E	10	[60]
Chion-in Hōjō Gardens 知恩院方丈庭園 Chion-in hōjō teien	Kyōto			35°00′21″N 135°47′04″E	1	[61]
Ninna-ji Palace Gardens 仁和寺御所庭園 Ninnaji gosho teien	Kyōto			35°01′46″N 135°42′46″E	1	[62]

This list is complete and up to date as of January 2021.

Prefectural Places of Scenic Beauty

As of 1 May 2020, twenty Places have been designated at a prefectural level.

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Ryōsoku-in Gardens 両足院庭園 Ryōsokuin teien	Kyōto	subtemple of Kennin-ji		35°00′00″N 135°46′28″E		[63]
Yōkoku-ji Gardens 楊谷寺庭園 Yōkokuji teien	Nagaokakyō			34°54′51″N 135°39′09″E		[64]
Yūrin-an Shoin Gardens 養林庵書院庭園 Yūrinan shoin teien	Uji	subtemple of Byōdō-in		34°53′19″N 135°48′25″E		[65]
Shōbō-ji Gardens 正法寺庭園 Shōbōji teien	Yawata			34°52′13″N 135°42′04″E		[66]
Anao-ji Gardens 穴太寺庭園 Anaoji teien	Kameoka			35°00′23″N 135°32′58″E		[67]
Hōjō-ji Gardens 法常寺庭園 Hōjōji teien	Kameoka			35°00′54″N 135°26′39″E		[68]
Ryōtan-ji Gardens 龍潭寺庭園 Ryōtanji teien	Kameoka			35°01′37″N 135°32′30″E		[69]
Shōreki-ji Gardens 正暦寺庭園 Shōrekiji teien	Ayabe			35°17′32″N 135°15′46″E		[70]
Kongō-in Gardens 金剛院庭園 Kongōin teien	Maizuru			35°28′34″N 135°26′51″E		[71]
Kōsai-ji Gardens 江西寺庭園 Kōsaiji teien	Miyazu			35°32′52″N 135°09′06″E		[72]
Myōen-ji Gardens 妙円寺庭園 Myōenji teien	Miyazu			35°36′07″N 135°13′08″E		[73]
Mikami Family Gardens 三上家庭園 Mikami-ke teien	Miyazu			35°32′17″N 135°11′28″E		[74]
Sōun-ji Gardens 宗雲寺庭園 Sōunji teien	Kyōtango			35°36′07″N 134°53′12″E		[75]
Saikō-ji Gardens 西光寺庭園 Saikōji teien	Yosano			35°30′04″N 135°05′29″E		[76]
Jōsei-ji Gardens 常栖寺庭園 Jōseiji teien	Yosano			35°29′59″N 135°06′48″E		[77]
Ueno Family Gardens 上野家庭園 Ueno-ke teien	Maizuru			35°26′44″N 135°12′57″E		[78]
Kōshō-ji Gardens 興聖寺庭園及び琴坂 Kōshōji teien oyobi Kotosaka	Uji			34°53′24″N 135°48′50″E		[79]
Tateiwa 立岩 Tateiwa	Kyōtango	also a Prefectural Natural Monument		35°44′38″N 135°06′20″E		[80]
Kanbayashi Shunshō Family Gardens 上林春松家庭園 Kanbayashi Shunshō teien	Uji					[81]
Nakamura Tōkichi Family Gardens 中村藤吉家庭園 Nakamura Tōkichi-ke teien	Uji					[82]

This list is complete and up to date as of January 2021.

Municipal Places of Scenic Beauty

As of 1 May 2020, forty-four Places have been designated at a municipal level.

Site	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Shōden-ji Gardens 正伝寺庭園 Shōdenji teien	Kyōto			35°03′44″N 135°44′13″E		[83]
Iwasa Family Gardens 岩佐家庭園 Iwasa-ke teien	Kyōto			35°03′20″N 135°45′19″E		[84]
Nishimura Family Gardens 西村家庭園 Nishimura-ke teien	Kyōto			35°03′27″N 135°45′16″E		[85]
Tōji-in Gardens 等持院の庭 Tōji-in no niwa	Kyōto			35°01′54″N 135°43′24″E		[86]
Shōkoku-ji Inner Hōjō Gardens 相国寺裏方丈庭園 Shōkokuji ura hōjō teien	Kyōto			35°02′00″N 135°45′43″E		[87]
Daishō-ji Gardens 大聖寺庭園 Daishōji teien	Kyōto			35°01′51″N 135°45′32″E		[88]
Honmyō-in Gardens 本妙院庭園 Honmyōin teien	Kyōto	subtemple of Myōren-ji (妙蓮寺)		35°02′05″N 135°44′58″E		[89]
Ryūhon-ji Gardens 立本寺庭園 Ryūhonji teien	Kyōto			35°01′29″N 135°44′19″E		[90]
Kankyū-an Gardens 官休庵（武者小路千家）庭園 Kankyūan (Mushakōjisenke) teien	Kyōto	Mushakōjisenke tea room		35°01′41″N 135°45′18″E		[91]
Kōun-ji Gardens 光雲寺庭園 Kōunji teien	Kyōto	subtemple of Nanzen-ji		35°01′01″N 135°47′43″E		[92]
Sanzen-in - Yūsei-en and Juheki-en 三千院有清園庭園及び聚碧園庭園 Sanzenin Yūsei-en teien oyobi Juheki-en teien	Kyōto			35°07′11″N 135°50′04″E		[93]
Shirakawa-in Gardens 白河院庭園 Shirakawain teien	Kyōto	see Hosshō-ji		35°00′50″N 135°47′16″E		[94]
Ichō Family Gardens 鴨脚家庭園 Ichō-ke teien	Kyōto			35°02′02″N 135°46′19″E		[95]
Saiō-in Roji 西翁院露地 Saiōin roji	Kyōto	subtemple of Konkaikōmyō-ji		35°01′06″N 135°47′16″E		[96]
Nakai Family Gardens 中井家の庭 Nakai-ke no niwa	Kyōto					[97]
I-en 怡園 I-en	Kyōto			35°00′50″N 135°47′28″E		[98]
Reikan-ji Gardens 霊鑑寺の庭 Reikanji no niwa	Kyōto			35°01′15″N 135°47′47″E		[99]
Mibu-dera Gardens 壬生寺庭園 Mibudera teien	Kyōto			35°00′07″N 135°44′37″E		[100]
Horinouchi Family Chōsei-an Gardens 堀内家長生庵庭園 Horinouchi-ke Chōsei-an teien	Kyōto			35°00′51″N 135°45′23″E		[101]
Kōsei-in Gardens 廣誠院庭園 Kōsei-in teien	Kyōto			35°00′43″N 135°46′13″E		[102]
Yōgen-in Gardens 養源院庭園 Yōgen-in teien	Kyōto			34°59′16″N 135°46′25″E		[103]
Sokushū-in Gardens 即宗院庭園 Sokushū-in teien	Kyōto			34°58′38″N 135°46′31″E		[104]
Shimizu Family Jūgyū-an Gardens 清水家十牛庵庭園 Shimizu-ke Jūgyū-an teien	Kyōto			34°59′59″N 135°46′46″E		[105]
Namikawa Family Gardens 並河家庭園 Namikawa-ke teien	Kyōto			35°00′36″N 135°46′53″E		[106]
Kajū-ji Gardens 勧修寺庭園 Kajūji teien	Kyōto			34°57′40″N 135°48′27″E		[107]
Zakke-in Gardens 雑華院庭園 Zakke-in teien	Kyōto	subtemple of Myōshin-ji		35°01′25″N 135°43′16″E		[108]
Rokuō-in Gardens 鹿王院庭園 Rokuō-in teien	Kyōto			35°01′00″N 135°41′04″E		[109]
Ikkō-an Gardens 遺香庵庭園 Ikkō-an teien	Kyōto	in the grounds of Kōzan-ji		35°03′36″N 135°40′43″E		[110]
Gokuraku-ji Gardens 極楽寺庭園 Gokurakuji teien	Kyōto			34°59′09″N 135°42′25″E		[111]
Jōjū-ji Gardens 淨住寺の庭 Jōjūji no niwa	Kyōto			34°59′20″N 135°41′10″E		[112]
Fushimi Inari Taisha Matsunoshitaya 伏見稲荷大社松の下屋 Fushimi Inari Taisha Matsunoshitaya	Kyōto			34°57′59″N 135°46′23″E		[113]
Sumiya Gardens 角屋の庭 Sumiya no niwa	Kyōto			34°59′32″N 135°44′35″E		[114]
Goshiki Beach Surroundings 五色浜周辺 Goshiki-hama shūhen	Kyōtango			35°40′33″N 134°58′10″E		[115]
Matsunoo-dera Gardens 松尾寺庭園 Matsunoo-dera teien	Maizuru			35°29′51″N 135°28′09″E		[116]
Koto Falls 琴滝 Koto-taki	Kyōtamba			35°08′22″N 135°26′16″E		[117]
Ide Tamagawa Embankment 井手の玉川堤の山吹 Ide no Tamagawa-tsutsumi no yamabuki	Ide	also a Municipal Historic Site and Natural Monument		34°47′56″N 135°48′31″E		[118]
Ujitawara Great Falls 大滝 Ō-taki	Ujitawara			34°50′29″N 135°54′21″E		[119]

Registered Places of Scenic Beauty - National

As of 1 January 2021, zero Monuments have been registered (as opposed to designated) as Places of Scenic Beauty at a national level.

Registered Places of Scenic Beauty - Prefectural

As of 1 April 2020, one Monument has been registered (as opposed to designated) as a Place of Scenic Beauty at a prefectural level.

Place	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Rakurakusō Gardens 楽々荘庭園 Rakurakusō teien	Kameoka			35°00′57″N 135°34′36″E		[120]

This list is complete and up to date as of January 2021.

Registered Places of Scenic Beauty - Municipal

Monuments registered (as opposed to designated) as Places of Scenic Beauty at a municipal level include:

Place	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Miyako Hotel Gardens 都ホテル葵殿庭園及び佳水園庭園 Miyako Hoteru Aoiden teien oyobi Kasui-en teien	Kyōto			35°00′31″N 135°47′16″E		[121]
Jizō-in Gardens 地蔵院庭園 Jizō-in teien	Kyōto			34°59′25″N 135°41′10″E		[122]
Ōhashi Family Gardens 大橋家庭園 Ōhashi-ke teien	Kyōto			34°58′07″N 135°46′24″E		[123]

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Kyōto)
• List of parks and gardens of Kyoto Prefecture
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Kyōto)
• List of Cultural Properties of Japan - historical materials (Kyōto)

External links

• (in Japanese) Cultural Properties of Kyoto Prefecture
• (in Japanese) Cultural Properties of Kyōto Prefecture
• (in Japanese) Municipal Places of Scenic Beauty of Kyōto City