Kyoto · Southern Higashiyama · Japan

Zuigu-dō (Tainai Meguri)

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easy

9/10

best: anytime

mysterious, spiritual, unusual

A local would say...

Walk through complete darkness under one of Japan's most famous temples — no flashlights allowed.

A pitch-dark subterranean walk beneath Kiyomizu-dera, entered just to the left of the temple's ticket window. Visitors feel their way through total darkness, symbolically passing through a womb-like space. Easily Kyoto's most unusual attraction.