This is a city you really should visit. Fair enough i have not seen a lot of Japan as i am doing a whistlestop tour and i have heard there are some amazing little towns if you have time to get out and about.

Plenty to keep you interested for a good few days, big enough to get lost in (which i think is the best part about Kyoto as you get to seem so amazing sites that you might not see on the main routes) but easy enough to find your bearings as it is built in a grid system.

I would suggest that you take a map, find an area of the city east is the most interseting i found, make no set plan or route and just walk...i guarantee you will have a great experience. This goes for the evenings as well as you will see a very different side to the city at night and i have found it completely safe to wander anywhere.