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Kyoto 2008–2024 36 photos of this spot

36 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Kyoto, spanning 2008–2024. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

Nijō Castle was built in 1603 as the Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shoguns and later served as an imperial palace. This 2008 photograph shows the flatland castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its ornate Ninomaru Palace and moated grounds.

Kyoto Nijo Castle 2008 Nijō Castle was built in 1603 as the Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shoguns and later served as an imperial palace. This 2008 photograph shows the flatland castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its ornate Ninomaru Palace and moated grounds.

Kyoto Ryoanji Shrine 2008 Ryōan-ji, a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, is famous for its rock garden of raked gravel and fifteen stones arranged so that at least one is always hidden from view regardless of vantage point. This 2008 photograph shows the temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site dating to the late 15th century.

Kyoto Golden Pavillion 2008 Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, is shown in this 2008 photograph. The Zen temple's top two floors are covered in gold leaf, and the building as it now stands is a 1955 reconstruction following a 1950 fire, built to the design of the 14th-century original.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine Park 2008 A park surrounding one of Kyoto's imperial shrines is pictured in this 2008 photograph, part of the network of gardens and grounds associated with the city's historic religious sites.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine 2008 An imperial shrine in Kyoto is shown in this 2008 photograph, one of the many Shinto and Buddhist sites that made the city Japan's imperial capital for over a thousand years.

Kyoto Golden Pavillion 2008 Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, reflects in its garden pond in this 2008 photograph from Kyoto. Originally built as a retirement villa for a shogun before being converted into a Zen Buddhist temple, its top two stories are covered in gold leaf.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine Park 2008 Visitors walk the grounds of one of Kyoto's imperial shrine parks in this 2008 photograph. Such parks typically combine formal gardens, torii gates, and wooded paths surrounding the shrine buildings.

Kyoto Nijo Castle 2008 Nijo Castle appears in this 2008 photograph from Kyoto. Built in 1603 as the Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shoguns, the castle is known for its moats, stone walls, and floors designed to squeak underfoot as a warning against intruders.

Kyoto streets 2008 A street scene in Kyoto is captured in this 2008 photograph, showing the everyday city surroundings that exist alongside the former capital's historic temples and shrines.

Kyoto Ryoanji Shrine 2008 The rock garden of Ryoan-ji, a Zen temple in Kyoto, is pictured in this 2008 photograph. Fifteen stones are arranged among raked gravel so that, from any single viewpoint, at least one stone remains hidden from view.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine Cherry Tree 2008 A cherry tree stands within an imperial shrine park in Kyoto in this 2008 photograph, taken in a season when the city's shrine gardens are especially popular with visitors.

Kyoto Golden Pavillion 2008 The gold-leafed upper floors of Kinkaku-ji catch the light above its reflecting pond in this 2008 image from Kyoto. The pavilion, once part of a shogun's estate, is now the centerpiece of a Zen Buddhist temple complex.

Kyoto Golden Pavillion 2008 This 2008 photograph shows Kinkaku-ji, the Golden Pavilion, one of Kyoto's most recognizable landmarks. The structure sits beside a pond that mirrors its gilded exterior across the water.

Kyoto Golden Pavillion 2008 Kinkaku-ji's gilded facade rises above its garden pond in this 2008 Kyoto photograph. The temple grounds, laid out around the pavilion, draw visitors to view the building from across the water.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine Park 2008 This 2008 image shows part of an imperial shrine park in Kyoto, with the manicured gardens and pathways typical of the city's historic shrine grounds.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine Park 2008 Garden paths wind through an imperial shrine park in Kyoto in this 2008 photograph, reflecting the landscaped grounds that surround many of the city's Shinto shrines.

Kyoto Golden Pavillion 2008 Photographed in 2008, this image captures Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto's Golden Pavilion, whose top floors are covered in gold leaf. The building overlooks a pond designed to reflect its gilded walls.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine Park 2008 This 2008 photograph documents a corner of an imperial shrine park in Kyoto, where trimmed hedges and gravel paths lead visitors between the shrine's buildings.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine Park 2008 Taken in 2008, this photograph shows the grounds of an imperial shrine park in Kyoto, a setting of formal gardens and quiet walkways common to the city's older shrines.

Kyoto Ryoanji Shrine 2008 This 2008 photograph shows Ryoan-ji in Kyoto, whose Zen rock garden of raked gravel and carefully placed stones is one of Japan's best-known examples of karesansui, or dry landscape, design.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine Park 2008 An imperial shrine park in Kyoto is the setting for this 2008 photograph, showing the kind of landscaped grounds that surround many of the city's historic Shinto sites.

Kyoto Ryoanji Shrine 2008 Ryoan-ji's famed rock garden appears in this 2008 Kyoto photograph. The temple's minimalist arrangement of stones and gravel has drawn visitors and scholars of Zen Buddhism for centuries.

Kyoto Golden Pavillion 2008 The Golden Pavilion of Kinkaku-ji stands beside its reflecting pond in this 2008 Kyoto photograph. What began as a shogun's retirement villa later became one of the city's best-known Zen Buddhist temples.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine Park 2008 This 2008 photograph captures another view within an imperial shrine park in Kyoto, where garden paths and mature trees frame the shrine buildings beyond.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine Tramway 2008 A tramway near an imperial shrine in Kyoto, Japan, photographed in 2008, reflecting the city's public transit network running alongside its historic religious and imperial sites.

Kyoto Imperial Shrine Park 2008 A shrine park in Kyoto, Japan, photographed in 2008, part of the city's dense network of religious sites set among gardens and wooded grounds that have long drawn worshippers and visitors alike.

Kyoto Hotel Okura 2011 A street view near the Kyoto Hotel Okura, Japan, photographed in 2011. The hotel is one of several traditional lodgings within Kyoto's historic center, a former imperial capital of Japan for over a thousand years.

Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan 2014 A street scene in the Nakagyo Ward of Kyoto, Japan is recorded in 2014. Nakagyo occupies part of the historic city center and retains a mix of traditional machiya townhouses and modern buildings.

Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan 2014 A view within Kyoto's Nakagyo Ward is shown in this 2014 photograph, part of a central district that has long combined commerce with the city's traditional architecture.

Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan 2015 Nakagyo Ward forms the central district of Kyoto, Japan, and includes much of the city's commercial core. This 2015 photograph shows a street scene there.

Mapillary (AJBeykVgdP1LQCssmOA4qQ) (yasunari) 2019 A frame from a Mapillary street-imagery pass through central Kyoto, timestamped 08:18 on November 3, 2019, one of a series of images taken along the same route that morning.

Mapillary (AJBeykVgdP1LQCssmOA4qQ) (yasunari) 2019 Morning street traffic in Kyoto, photographed at 08:18 on November 3, 2019, as part of a crowdsourced Mapillary street-mapping pass through the former Japanese capital.

Mapillary (AJBeykVgdP1LQCssmOA4qQ) (yasunari) 2019 A Mapillary street-imagery capture from Kyoto at 08:18:29 on the morning of November 3, 2019, part of a series recorded along the same city block.

Mapillary (AJBeykVgdP1LQCssmOA4qQ) (yasunari) 2019 A street-level image of Kyoto, Japan, captured at 08:18:31 on 3 November 2019 by Mapillary contributor yasunari as part of the crowdsourced street-mapping platform.

Mapillary (AJBeykVgdP1LQCssmOA4qQ) (yasunari) 2019 Another frame from the same Kyoto street-level sequence, recorded moments later at 08:18:33 on 3 November 2019 by the Mapillary contributor yasunari, part of the platform's crowdsourced mapping effort.

Kyoto 2024 A scene in Kyoto, Japan, photographed in 2024. The former imperial capital is known for its dense concentration of temples, shrines, and traditional wooden architecture.