One day in Kyoto, Japan

A day through Kyoto’s best-known sights that lie close together: Kyoto Tower, Sanjūsangen-dō Temple, Kyoto National Museum, Kiyomizu-dera, Yasaka Shrine and Honnō-ji Temple. 6 stops, about 4.9 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Kyoto TowerTower · On the map
  2. Sanjūsangen-dō TempleTemple or shrine · 1.1 km on from Kyoto Tower · On the map
  3. Kyoto National MuseumMuseum · 0.3 km on from Sanjūsangen-dō Temple · On the map
  4. Kiyomizu-deraTemple or shrine · 1.2 km on from Kyoto National Museum · On the map
  5. Yasaka ShrineTemple or shrine · 1.1 km on from Kiyomizu-dera · On the map
  6. Honnō-ji TempleTemple or shrine · 1.2 km on from Yasaka Shrine · On the map

6 stops, 7 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 28 min of walking.

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Photo credits

Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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