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Free things to do in Kyoto

20 museums and landmarks in Kyoto are recorded as free entry by OpenStreetMap contributors, and 35 parks, viewpoints and beaches cost nothing by their nature. 23 of them give opening hours.

Contributors marked these as charging no admission. Museums and landmarks only: a zero here is a fact about the place, not an assumption about its kind.

Free by their nature rather than by a tag, so nobody checked these one by one — but a park being free needs no evidence.

Opening hours come from OpenStreetMap and can be out of date. A place is only marked open on Sunday when its record says so plainly.

Free museums — 4 places

  • Kyoto art center
    Tu-Sa 10:00-18:00
  • Ikebana Museum
    Mo-Fr 09:00-16:00; Sa-Su off; PH off
  • 京都市立考古資料館
  • KYOTO MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY Gallery Japanesque
    堀池町 374-2

Free landmarks — 16 places

  • Kamigamo Shrine
    Mo-Su 08:30-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Fushimi Inari-taisha
    伏見稲荷大社
  • Shimogamo Shrine
    左京区下鴨泉川59
    Mo-Su 05:30-18:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Nishi-Hongan-ji
    Mo-Su 05:30-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Heian Shrine
    Mar 15-Sep 30 Mo-Su 06:00-18:00; Oct 01-Oct 31 Mo-Su 06:00-17:30; Nov 01-Feb 14 Mo-Su 06:00-17:00; Feb 15-Mar 14 Mo-Su 06:00-17:30
    Open on Sunday
  • Yasaka Shrine
    24/7
    Open on Sunday
  • Arashiyama Bamboo Grove
    24/7
    Open on Sunday
  • Kitano Tenman Shrine
    Mo-Su 07:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Higashi Hongan-ji
    Mar-Oct Mo-Su 05:50-17:30; Nov-Feb Mo-Su 06:20-16:30
    Open on Sunday
  • Yoshida Shrine
  • Shugaku-in Imperial Villa
  • Hirano Shrine
    Mo-Su 06:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Chōhō Temple
    Mo-Su 06:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • 八坂庚申堂
    Mo-Su 09:00-17:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Konkai kōmyō-ji
    Mo-Su 09:00-16:00
    Open on Sunday
  • Hōnen Temple
    Mo-Su 06:00-16:00
    Open on Sunday

Parks and gardens — 20 places

  • Kyoto Botanical Garden
    09:00-17:00
  • Murin-an
    Apr 01-Sep 30 Mo-Su 09:00-18:00; Oct 01-Mar 31 Mo-Su 09:00-17:00; Dec 29-31 off
  • Kyoto Imperial Palace Park
    Mo-Su 08:45-12:00, 13:00-17:00
  • Maruyama Park
  • Shosei Garden
    Mo-Su 09:00-17:00
  • Karahashi Saiji Park
  • Umekōji Park
    24/7
  • Okazaki Park
  • Ōkōchi Sansō
  • Kyoto Medicinal Plant Garden
  • Hojo Garden
  • 鴨川デルタ
  • Haradani Garden
    Apr, Nov-Dec Mo-Su 09:00-17:00; Jan-Mar, May-Oct off
  • Ume Blossom Garden
    Feb-Mar Mo-Su 09:00-20:00; Apr-Jan off
  • 大宮交通公園
  • Higashiyama Mount Peak Park
  • 書院庭園
  • Yuzen-en Garden
  • Rock'n Plaza
  • Garden of Ease in Matsumuro
    09:00-17:00

Viewpoints — 15 places

  • Togetsu Bridge
  • 大岩山
  • Mt. Yoshida
  • 衣笠山
  • Mt. Ogura
  • 阿弥陀ヶ峰
  • Mt. Kutsukake
  • Inariyama Mountain
  • Daimonjiyama
  • Historic Kyoto view
  • Zenki-san
  • Ayamegaoka Observatory
  • 保津峡展望台
  • Viewpoint of Nijo-jo Castle from the ruins of Tenshu (Donjon)
  • Summit Observation Deck

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