Top rated Heritage buildings in Yao

Experience the best that Yao has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 17 places from Heritage building category.

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Nijō Castle Ninomaru Goten Palace image
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Nijō Castle Ninomaru Goten Palace
Castle
Ornate palace & residence for the Tokugawa shoguns, with screen paintings & traditional gardens.
4.50 (2K reviews) (~45.01 km from centre)
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Kyoto Imperial Palace
Historical landmark
Palace complex & former Imperial family residence reconstructed in 1855, with gardens & gates.
4.40 (15K reviews) (~46.66 km from centre)
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Kyoto Sento Imperial Palace
Historical landmark
Scenic grounds of a 17th-century palace destroyed by fire, with tree-lined footpaths & ponds.
4.40 (864 reviews) (~46.38 km from centre)
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Shiga Naoya's Old Residence
Heritage building
👍👍 What a beautiful home! Everything is well kept and taking the length to restored. The hand out also gives one a very clear idea on each and every room, on the history, the owner and fun details. Visitors are few and you could take your time to explore this big house and it’s two gardens on your own....
4.40 (343 reviews) (~22.49 km from centre)
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Shogunzuka Mound
Historical landmark
Ancient mountaintop burial ground next to a temple with observation decks for sweeping views.
4.30 (1.3K reviews) (~44.94 km from centre)
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Kofuku-ji Nanendo (Southern Round Hall)
Buddhist temple
Worship hall & pilgrimage site first built in 813, housing an ornate, 8-handed deity sculpture.
4.30 (902 reviews) (~21.46 km from centre)
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Old Suko School (Kyu-Suko-Do)
Heritage building
👍👍 藤堂藩の藩校だったところです。 一昔前は旧上野市図書館でもありました。 四季折々の花々を楽しむことができますが、やはり紅葉が一番キレイだと思います。 たまにイベントなどでART作品が展示されていたりします。 和と芸術作品のコラボレーションはとても素敵です。
4.30 (105 reviews) (~50.04 km from centre)
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Kenrei-mon Gate
Historical landmark
👍👍 This gate is located directly in front of the Kyoto Imperial Palace, and is the core of Heiankyo's 1,200-year history, so it is very moving. I went there when it was snowing at the end of the year, so there were few people and it had a solemn atmosphere.
4.30 (38 reviews) (~46.4 km from centre)
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The Former Nara Prison
Heritage building
😐 The former Nara Prison is an important cultural property. Nara Juvenile Prison was previously closed in 2017. In 2026, it will become a luxury hotel within Hoshino Resorts. Advance reservations are required for tours. One of the five major prisons of the Meiji period, the red brick building built in...
4.20 (505 reviews) (~22.31 km from centre)
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Nagatani Soen Seika
Heritage building
👍👍 日本の緑茶を考案した永谷宗円の生家。テレビで度々紹介されてますが、観光地擦れした雰囲気は全くなく地元のボランティアの方のご説明はフレンドリーで大変勉強になりました。お茶漬け海苔で有名な永谷園は親戚筋らしいです。五月上旬の新茶祭りの時は多くの人で賑わうとのこと。 アジサイを見るために再訪。 生家も良い...
4.20 (109 reviews) (~36.67 km from centre)
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Old Shimadzu Kawaramachi annex
Heritage building
👍👍 Take a look inside the Kyocera Museum of Art on a special exhibition optional tour. Shimadzu Corporation was founded in 1875 in the 8th year of the Meiji era, and was completed in 1927 in the 2nd year of the Showa era with the aim of creating a company building that would be a symbol of Shimadzu and...
4.20 (89 reviews) (~45.43 km from centre)
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Former Konishi Family Residence
Historical landmark
👍👍 小西家は，初代儀助が安政3年(1856)に京都より大阪道修町に出て，小西屋の屋号で薬種業を創業した商家である。住宅は南が道修町通り、北が伏見町通り、西が堺筋に面する敷地に建ち、主屋、衣装蔵及び二階蔵の3棟が重要文化財に指定されている。 主屋は店舗の表屋と奥の居室部からなる表屋造の町家で、道修町に南面して建っ...
4.20 (48 reviews) (~11.41 km from centre)
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Old Mitsui Family Shimogamo Villa
Heritage building
Former residence of the Mitsui family built in 1925, with a tea room & landscaped water gardens.
4.10 (1.3K reviews) (~47.57 km from centre)
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Rakushisha
Heritage building
Thatched hermitage of 17th-century haiku master Mukai Kyorai, with poems displayed in ink & stone.
4.10 (603 reviews) (~44.23 km from centre)
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Seishomon Gate
Tourist information center
😐 京都御所の入り口です。一般公開時のみここから入場します。お金は不要。手荷物検査が有ります。
4.10 (85 reviews) (~46.63 km from centre)
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Kyoto Prefectural Office - Former Main Building
Historical landmark
Renaissance-style former prefecture HQ from 1904, with tours & a cherry tree in the courtyard.
4.00 (484 reviews) (~45.95 km from centre)
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Neesima's Residence
Heritage building
👍👍 This facility is operated by Doshisha University. Admission was free and registration closed at 3:30 p.m. If you enter the gate and write down where you are coming from on the reception desk on the left, you can tour freely. You are not allowed to enter the building, so you can only view it from the...
4.00 (39 reviews) (~46.07 km from centre)
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