Kyoto Architecture Pilgrimage — Tadao Ando and Modernism — Kyoto

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Kyoto Architecture Pilgrimage — Tadao Ando and Modernism

Full day

6 stops · Full day

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A buffs' course linking not just traditional temples but Kyoto's modern and contemporary architecture. Tadao Ando's exposed concrete, the glass renovation of imperial-crown style, Taniguchi's minimal new wing, and Hiroshi Hara's giant atrium — Kyoto from the 20th century on.

Full day6 stopsEst. budget 35,000 KRW

Itinerary

1
Garden of Fine Art Kyoto陶板名画の庭
Architecture · 50 min stay
Designed by Tadao Ando. An open-air museum of three-dimensional circulation where ceramic-board masterpiece paintings hang amid exposed concrete, water, and waterfalls.
오전
Walk 3 min
2
Kyoto Botanical Garden京都府立植物園
Garden · 40 min stay
Japan's first public botanical garden, adjacent. A large greenhouse and woods serve as a breather between buildings.
Transit 25 min
3
Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art京都市京セラ美術館
Art museum · Architecture · 50 min stay
Jun Aoki renovated the 1933 imperial-crown-style main building with a glass-ribbon entrance. The joining of old and new is the key sight.
Transit 15 min
4
TIME'S BuildingTIME'S
Architecture · 25 min stay
Tadao Ando's early commercial architecture. The terrace circulation descending to the water level of the Takase canal is striking.
Transit 15 min
5
Kyoto National Museum Heisei Chishinkan京都国立博物館平成知新館
Art museum · Architecture · 50 min stay
Yoshio Taniguchi's restrained minimal new wing. A serene facade composed of water, lattice, and shadow.
Walk 10 min
6
Kyoto Station Building京都駅ビル
Architecture · 40 min stay
Designed by Hiroshi Hara. Finish with the mega-structure of a vast glass atrium, grand staircase, and skyway.