Guidebook for Kyōto-shi

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Guidebook for Kyōto-shi

Food Scene

Great food with stylish decor
Decent Japanese style Izayaka with tatami mat for kids
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Kokora Ya
332 Ebiyachō
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Decent Japanese style Izayaka with tatami mat for kids
Trendy Japanese Italian style restaurant with great cost performance. Visit their English supported website to make reservations online
11 locals raden deze aan
RIGOLETTO SMOKE GRILL & BAR
570-192 Gionmachi Minamigawa
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Trendy Japanese Italian style restaurant with great cost performance. Visit their English supported website to make reservations online
Tasty Teppanyaki / Okonomiyaki close to Gion that will not break your wallet
祇園ねぎ焼 かな 東店
月見町-13 東山区
Tasty Teppanyaki / Okonomiyaki close to Gion that will not break your wallet
Cafe that opens early for breakfast. Tasty and trendy
11 locals raden deze aan
Sagan
93 Rokurochō
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Cafe that opens early for breakfast. Tasty and trendy
Bakery popular to the locals. Try their croissant and red bean bums!
8 locals raden deze aan
Nitta Bakery
Tamonchō Higashiyama Ward
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Bakery popular to the locals. Try their croissant and red bean bums!
The World's First Starbucks With Tatami
28 locals raden deze aan
Starbucks Coffee Kyoto Nineizaka-Yasaka-Chaya
349 Masuyachō
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The World's First Starbucks With Tatami
Great pizza by the river. Lunch buffet offered.
53 locals raden deze aan
PIZZA SALVATORE CUOMO & GRILL Kyoto
90 Nakajimachō
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Great pizza by the river. Lunch buffet offered.
Friendly teppanyaki that tastes great
鉄板食堂 ことら
529 Gionmachi Minamigawa
Friendly teppanyaki that tastes great
Super tasty Yakitori and friendly owner. Entrance can be hard to find but just enter the building and find the stairs immediately to your left.
Tosayamuroto
Super tasty Yakitori and friendly owner. Entrance can be hard to find but just enter the building and find the stairs immediately to your left.

Drinks & Nightlife

Kyoto can pleasantly surprise you at night at well
A secret trendy bar in the heart of Pontocho.
BARこまり
183-1 Zaimokuchō
A secret trendy bar in the heart of Pontocho.
Great fruits cocktails and conversations
Peekaboo Cafe（ピーカブーカフェ）
139-2 Tominagachō
Great fruits cocktails and conversations

Sightseeing

Kyoto is full of historical wonders, check them out
World heritage castle
1725 locals raden deze aan
Kasteel Nijo
541 Nijōjōchō
1725 locals raden deze aan
World heritage castle
867 locals raden deze aan
Yasaka-schrijn
625 Gionmachi Kitagawa
867 locals raden deze aan
Origin of Maiko-san
173 locals raden deze aan
Hanamikoji Street
Gionmachi Minamigawa Higashiyama Ward
173 locals raden deze aan
Origin of Maiko-san
Food, sightseeing. The famous Nishiki market street!
912 locals raden deze aan
Nishiki Market Shopping District
Nishidaimonjichō Nakagyo Ward
912 locals raden deze aan
Food, sightseeing. The famous Nishiki market street!
World famous Kiyomizu Dera
1521 locals raden deze aan
Kiyomizu-dera
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World famous Kiyomizu Dera
Access to the world famous Bamboo Grove
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Arashiyama Station
63-1 嵯峨天龍寺芒ノ馬場町
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Access to the world famous Bamboo Grove
Lined with beautifully restored traditional shophouses and blissfully free of the overhead power lines that mar the rest of Kyoto, Sannen-zaka and Ninen-zaka are a pair of pedestrian-only lanes that make for some of the most atmospheric strolling in the whole city. In fact, it’s here that you are most likely to be able to imagine what Kyoto looked like before modernity descended in full force. You’ll find plenty of restaurants and teahouses to refresh yourself as you explore, including the single most atmospheric teashop in the city Kasagiya. The only caution is this: During cherry blossom season, these two hills will be utterly crammed with people. In this season (and any other time of year), an evening stroll is highly recommended.
128 locals raden deze aan
Sannenzaka Ninenzaka
Kiyomizu-2 Chome-221 Higashiyama Ward
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Lined with beautifully restored traditional shophouses and blissfully free of the overhead power lines that mar the rest of Kyoto, Sannen-zaka and Ninen-zaka are a pair of pedestrian-only lanes that make for some of the most atmospheric strolling in the whole city. In fact, it’s here that you are most likely to be able to imagine what Kyoto looked like before modernity descended in full force. You’ll find plenty of restaurants and teahouses to refresh yourself as you explore, including the single most atmospheric teashop in the city Kasagiya. The only caution is this: During cherry blossom season, these two hills will be utterly crammed with people. In this season (and any other time of year), an evening stroll is highly recommended.
Lined with beautifully restored traditional shophouses and blissfully free of the overhead power lines that mar the rest of Kyoto, Sannen-zaka and Ninen-zaka are a pair of pedestrian-only lanes that make for some of the most atmospheric strolling in the whole city. In fact, it’s here that you are most likely to be able to imagine what Kyoto looked like before modernity descended in full force. You’ll find plenty of restaurants and teahouses to refresh yourself as you explore, including the single most atmospheric teashop in the city Kasagiya. The only caution is this: During cherry blossom season, these two hills will be utterly crammed with people. In this season (and any other time of year), an evening stroll is highly recommended.
71 locals raden deze aan
Nineizaka (Ninenzaka)
桝屋町-清水-2 東山区
71 locals raden deze aan
Lined with beautifully restored traditional shophouses and blissfully free of the overhead power lines that mar the rest of Kyoto, Sannen-zaka and Ninen-zaka are a pair of pedestrian-only lanes that make for some of the most atmospheric strolling in the whole city. In fact, it’s here that you are most likely to be able to imagine what Kyoto looked like before modernity descended in full force. You’ll find plenty of restaurants and teahouses to refresh yourself as you explore, including the single most atmospheric teashop in the city Kasagiya. The only caution is this: During cherry blossom season, these two hills will be utterly crammed with people. In this season (and any other time of year), an evening stroll is highly recommended.
Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社, Fushimi Inari Taisha) is an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto. It is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings. The trails lead into the wooded forest of the sacred Mount Inari, which stands at 233 meters and belongs to the shrine grounds. Fushimi Inari is the most important of several thousands of shrines dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice. Foxes are thought to be Inari's messengers, resulting in many fox statues across the shrine grounds. Fushimi Inari Shrine has ancient origins, predating the capital's move to Kyoto in 794.
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Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine
68 Fukakusa Yabunouchichō
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Fushimi Inari Shrine (伏見稲荷大社, Fushimi Inari Taisha) is an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto. It is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings. The trails lead into the wooded forest of the sacred Mount Inari, which stands at 233 meters and belongs to the shrine grounds. Fushimi Inari is the most important of several thousands of shrines dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice. Foxes are thought to be Inari's messengers, resulting in many fox statues across the shrine grounds. Fushimi Inari Shrine has ancient origins, predating the capital's move to Kyoto in 794.
Temple with 1001 human sized statues
549 locals raden deze aan
Sanjūsangen-dō
657 Sanjūsangendōmawari
549 locals raden deze aan
Temple with 1001 human sized statues
Kyoto's most famous geisha district
173 locals raden deze aan
Hanamikoji Street
Gionmachi Minamigawa Higashiyama Ward
173 locals raden deze aan
Kyoto's most famous geisha district
Walking trail famous for cherry blossoms
93 locals raden deze aan
The Philosopher's Path (Tetsugaku no michi)
Jōdoji Ishibashichō Sakyo Ward
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Walking trail famous for cherry blossoms
Popular shrine hosting the Gion Festival
867 locals raden deze aan
Yasaka-schrijn
625 Gionmachi Kitagawa
867 locals raden deze aan
Popular shrine hosting the Gion Festival
Tenryuji (天龍寺, Tenryūji) is the most important temple in Kyoto's Arashiyama district. It was ranked first among the city's five great Zen temples, and is now registered as a world heritage site. Tenryuji is the head temple of its own school within the Rinzai Zen sect of Japanese Buddhism.
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Tenryu-ji
嵯峨天龍寺芒ノ馬場町-68 右京区
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Tenryuji (天龍寺, Tenryūji) is the most important temple in Kyoto's Arashiyama district. It was ranked first among the city's five great Zen temples, and is now registered as a world heritage site. Tenryuji is the head temple of its own school within the Rinzai Zen sect of Japanese Buddhism.
Temple building covered in gold
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Kinkaku-ji
Kinkakujichō
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Temple building covered in gold
Railway museum great for both adults and kids. Enough content for you to visit at least half a day.
286 locals raden deze aan
Kyoto Railway Museum
Kankijicho Shimogyo Ward
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Railway museum great for both adults and kids. Enough content for you to visit at least half a day.
A trolley train experience with great scenery along the way. Look up for "Sagano Romantic Train" online to reserve tickets.
Sagano Scenic Railway trolley train
A trolley train experience with great scenery along the way. Look up for "Sagano Romantic Train" online to reserve tickets.

Getting Around

五条京阪前（バス）
Higashihashizumechō Higashiyama Ward
142 locals raden deze aan
Kiyomizu-Gojō Station
Miyagawasuji-8-chōme Higashiyama Ward
142 locals raden deze aan
Central hub station
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Kyoto Station
Higashishiokōji Kamadonochō Shimogyo Ward
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Central hub station
Major bus stop with access to major attractions
Gojozaka station
Yūgyōmaechō Higashiyama Ward
Major bus stop with access to major attractions

Entertainment & Activities

Public bath for the locals
10 locals raden deze aan
Daikoku-yu
284 Yamashirochō
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Public bath for the locals
Pontocho (先斗町, Pontochō) is one of Kyoto's most atmospheric dining areas. It is a narrow alley running from Shijo-dori to Sanjo-dori, one block west of Kamogawa River. The alley is packed with restaurants on both sides offering a wide range of dining options from inexpensive yakitori to traditional and modern Kyoto cuisine, foreign cuisine and highly exclusive establishments that require the right connections and a fat wallet. Feel free to take a stroll at night, when it's most lively.
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Pontocho Area
Kashiwayacho Nakagyo Ward
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Pontocho (先斗町, Pontochō) is one of Kyoto's most atmospheric dining areas. It is a narrow alley running from Shijo-dori to Sanjo-dori, one block west of Kamogawa River. The alley is packed with restaurants on both sides offering a wide range of dining options from inexpensive yakitori to traditional and modern Kyoto cuisine, foreign cuisine and highly exclusive establishments that require the right connections and a fat wallet. Feel free to take a stroll at night, when it's most lively.
My son's favorite. Large, excellent museum about trains in Japan
286 locals raden deze aan
Kyoto Railway Museum
Kankijicho Shimogyo Ward
286 locals raden deze aan
My son's favorite. Large, excellent museum about trains in Japan
Nostalgic sightseeing train through a scenic valley. Book your ticket online on the JR West website or try your luck with same day tickets onsite.
85 locals raden deze aan
Saga-Arashiyama Station
11-1 Sagatenryūji Kurumamichichō
85 locals raden deze aan
Nostalgic sightseeing train through a scenic valley. Book your ticket online on the JR West website or try your luck with same day tickets onsite.

Neighborhoods

Shopping, with a beautiful river running along the back alleys
Kawaramachi-dori Street
Kawaramachi-dori Street
Shopping, with a beautiful river running along the back alleys
Active at night and full for restaurants and bars. Visit for walks and photos.
Pontocho Suishin
Active at night and full for restaurants and bars. Visit for walks and photos.