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Kyoto Imperial Palace

Kyoto, Japan

About Kyoto Imperial Palace

The former residence of Japan's imperial family, set in a vast gravel-and-pine park that's free to wander year-round.

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📍3 Kyotogyoen, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto

✓ Solo-friendly spot

Price range

Free

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Ten thousand torii gates winding up a mountain. Go at dawn or dusk alone and it becomes one of the most meditative walks of your life.

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Kyoto's gold-leaf Zen temple mirrored in its reflecting pond — the city's most iconic sight, dazzling in every season.

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A refined Zen temple with raked-sand cones, moss gardens, and a wooded hillside path — the quieter counterpoint to the Golden Pavilion.

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