One day in Uji, Japan

A day through Uji’s best-known sights that lie close together: Byōdō-in Temple, Uji Shrine, Kōshō-ji Temple, Ujigami Shrine, The Tale of Genji Museum and Mimuroto-ji Temple. 6 stops, about 2.1 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Byōdō-in TempleTemple or shrine · On the map
  2. Uji ShrineTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Byōdō-in Temple · On the map
  3. Kōshō-ji TempleTemple or shrine · 0.2 km on from Uji Shrine · On the map
  4. Ujigami ShrineTemple or shrine · 0.3 km on from Kōshō-ji Temple · On the map
  5. The Tale of Genji MuseumMuseum · 0.2 km on from Ujigami Shrine · On the map
  6. Mimuroto-ji TempleTemple or shrine · 1.1 km on from The Tale of Genji Museum · On the map

6 stops, 4 km on foot along the streets: about 53 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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