Location: Kyoto Prefecture
Top Things to do in Kyoto Prefecture
Top Hotels in Kyoto Prefecture
- 1. Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Shinmachi Bettei
- 2. Cross Hotel Kyoto
- 3. Hotel Granvia Kyoto
- 4. Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Shijo
- 5. RIHGA Royal Hotel Kyoto
- 6. Hotel The Celestine Kyoto Gion
- 7. Hotel Intergate Kyoto Shijo Shinmachi
- 8. Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Sanjo
- 9. Hotel Resol Trinity Kyoto
- 10. sequence KYOTO GOJO
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What to do and see in Kyoto Prefecture, Kinki: The Best Art Museums
Kyoto Prefecture (京都府, Kyōto-fu) is a prefecture of Japan in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.
Restaurants in Kyoto Prefecture
1. Kyoto Seishu Netsuke Art Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 34 reviews
The foremost museum in Japan dedicated to netsuke miniature sculpture, situated in one of Kyoto's last samurai residences, near Nijo Castle. The museum holds an impressive collection of 2,500 pieces dating from the Edo Period to present, 400 of which are shown to the public in special exhibitions 5 times a year.
Reviewed By AnneL3632
This little museum is one of my favorite places in Japan. Netsuke, iconic representations of important aspects of Japanese culture and history, are tiny miniature sculptures made of wood, ivory, clay, porcelain, nut shells, coral. I’ve only been once, and the exhibits change at least several times a year. This is a private collection, photographs were not allowed when I was there. Don’t miss it if you have the chance, and if you can, bring a magnifying lens.
2. Staircase Gallery (SCG)
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
SCG (staircase gallery) is the main contemporary art gallery of BnA Alter Museum, an art hotel featuring 31 rooms created by local artists. Through SCG, a towering 10 story/30-meter vertical Staircase Gallery, we are determined to provide an alternative, radical and truly authentic BnA experience by exhibiting dynamic, provocative and engaging art, artists, creators and anything else we want. All are welcome!
3. Sinary Kanazawa Shoko Art Museum
4. Jotenkaku Museum
5. Shokado Garden Art Museum
6. Byodo-in Temple Museum Hoshokan
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 230 reviews
Reviewed By nobunaga2017 - London, United Kingdom
Contains a fasinating recreation of what the byodo-in looked like inside when built.There are also a collection of the smaller statues which were also in the byodo-in-if you are intrested in Japanese scupture they are a must see.
7. The Little Indigo Museum
8. Kyoto Ukiyo-e Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 22 reviews
The ukiyo-e print began to describe the life of the common people in the late 17th century. And it inspired European great artists, for example, van Gogh, Monet and Debussy. In this museum, you can see the works of great artists, such as Hokusai Katsushika, Hiroshige Utagawa and Utamaro Kitagawa.
Reviewed By deckchairtraveller - Sydney, Australia
This museum had relocated from Kyoto in late 2019. We found it by-chance walking the Namba shopping strips in Osaka. Fantastic place - staff and books/postcards for sale. The "museum entry fee" is small, but in it you get to pick n' take 3 postcards of the ukiyo-e artists. Well worth the visit. NOTE - there is a 2nd ukiyo-e museum close by - between Namba station and Dotonbori shopping area. It seems to specialise in the 'Kabuki style' wood-prints and have stacks of souvenir type things for sale (do both, it's easy and enjoyable).
