Asia

Kyoto beyond the temple queues

A five-storey pagoda above autumn-red trees, with the Kyoto skyline and mountains under a pink dusk sky
Photo by Su San Lee on Unsplash

Kyoto has around 1,600 temples, and on my first visit it felt like I queued at every one of them. The second time I changed one thing: I went to the famous places at dawn and gave the rest of the day to the city in between.