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Maruyama Park

円山公園

Gion, Kyoto · 京都

Kyoto’s oldest public park, immediately behind Yasaka Shrine, built around a single enormous shidarezakura that is floodlit for two weeks each spring.

Why it’s worth it

The rest of the year it is a calm pond garden and a shortcut to Chion-in. For those two weeks it is the loudest place in the city.

CategoryCulture
AreaGion
HoursAlways open
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