Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
This is 2 day course. The fee is 350 USD
from Tokyo.
Guests take train from Tokyo to Kyoto and walk around this historical
city in 2 days.
Kyoto has a substantial number of historic buildings, unlike other Japanese
cities that lost buildings to foreign invasions and war; and has the largest
concentration of designated Cultural Properties in Japan. Although ravaged
by wars, fires, and earthquakes during its eleven centuries as the imperial
capital, Kyoto was spared from much of the destruction and danger of World
War II. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
(Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) encompasses 17 locations in Japan, within
the city of Kyoto and its immediate vicinity.
Kyoto has a substantial number of historic buildings, unlike other Japanese
cities that lost buildings to foreign invasions and war; and has the largest
concentration of designated Cultural Properties in Japan. Although ravaged
by wars, fires, and earthquakes during its eleven centuries as the imperial
capital, Kyoto was spared from much of the destruction and danger of World
War II.
It was saved from the nearly universal firebombing of large cities in
Japan in part to preserve it as the primary atomic bomb target.