Kyoto in 5 Minutes: 10,000 Gates, a Stage Without Nails & a Pavilion Burned by a Monk

Ten thousand vermilion gates on a sacred mountain, a temple stage held up without a single nail, and a golden pavilion burned by its own monk and rebuilt: discover Fushimi Inari, Kiyomizu-dera, the lanes of Higashiyama, Gion, Nishiki Market, Kinkaku-ji and Arashiyama’s bamboo and boats. CHAPTERS 00:00 Ten thousand gates 00:18 Get your bearings 00:48 Gates of thanks 01:10 Foxes at dawn 01:27 The stage without nails 01:51 Lanes of the eastern hills 02:11 Gion at dusk 02:30 The city’s kitchen 02:45 The Golden Pavilion 03:11 Bamboo and boats 03:37 Seasons and the summer festival 04:02 Getting there 04:22 Travel kindly 04:36 Your next discovery OFFICIAL LINKS Fushimi Inari Taisha (official): https://inari.jp/en/ Kiyomizu-dera (official): https://www.kiyomizudera.or.jp/en/ Kinkaku-ji, Shōkoku-ji (official): https://www.shokoku-ji.jp/en/kinkakuji/ Nishiki Market (official): https://kyoto-nishiki.or.jp/en/about Kyoto City Official Travel Guide — responsible travel: https://kyoto.travel/en/responsible-t... Kyoto City Transportation Bureau — Subway & Bus 1-Day Pass: https://www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kotsu/w... Kyoto City Official Travel Guide — events (Gion Matsuri): https://www.kyoto.travel/en/events/ UNESCO — Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/688/ SEASONS Autumn colour 2026 is forecast to peak from late November into mid-December (Weathernews; Japan Meteorological Corporation). Forecasts change; they are not a guarantee. The Gion Matsuri float processions take place on 17 and 24 July each year; the 2027 programme is not yet published. Information checked 23 October 2026. Opening hours, access, transport and festival programmes change; check the official pages before travelling. Maps show locations, not routes. Photographs of Kinkaku-ji before 1886 and after the 1950 fire, the 2020 snow scene and the 2006 and 2017 festival photographs are archive views. Source and licence credits are shown in the video. #Kyoto #Japan #TravelGuide