Tourist Attractions in Kyoto

GION ~Central Area~

Access:

• ICC Kyoto → Kokusaikaikan Sta. → [Subway Karasuma Line] → Karasuma Oike Sta. → [Subway Tozai Line] → Higashiyama Sta. (About 25 min.)
• ICC Kyoto → Kokusaikaikan Sta. → [Subway Karasuma Line] → Shijo Sta. (About 15 min.)

Reccomended Spots:

• Yasaka-jinja Shrine
• Maruyama Park
• Chion-in Temple
• Hanami-koji Street
• Ishibe-koji Alley
• Kanji Museum

Scenic Route:

• Gion → Shirakawa → Okazaki
• Gion → Nene no Michi → Kiyomizu-dera Temple

See Also:

• Walking In Gion
• Central Kyoto Course 3
• Kiyomizu Course

OKAZAKI ~Eastern Area~

Access:

• ICC Kyoto → Kokusaikaikan Sta. → [Subway Karasuma Line] → Karasuma Oike Sta. → [Subway Tozai Line] → Higashiyama Sta. (About 25 min.)

Reccomended Spots:

• Kyoto city KYOCERA Museum of Art
• Heian Jingu Shrine
• Kyoto Museum of Crafts and Design
• The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
• The Kyoto University Museum

Scenic Route:

• Nanzen-ji Temple→ The Philosopher’s Path→ Ginkaku-ji Temple

See Also:

• Ginkaku course

ARASHIYAMA ~Western Area~

Access:

• ICC Kyoto → Kokusaikaikan Sta. → [Subway Karasuma Line] → Shijo Sta. → Karasuma Sta. → [Hankyu Kyoto Line] → Katsura → [Hankyu Arashiyama Line] → Arashiyama Sta. (About 50 min.)
• ICC Kyoto → Kokusaikaikan Sta. → [Subway Karasuma Line] → Karasuma Oike Sta. → [Subway Tozai Line] → Nijo Sta. → [JR Sagano Line] → Saga-Arashiyama Sta. (About 45 min.)

Reccomended Spots:

• Arashiyama mountains
• Tenryu-ji Temple
• Togetsu-kyo Bridge
• Sagano Bamboo Forest
• Okochi-Sanso Garden
• Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture
• Arashiyama MonkeyPark
• Daikakuji Temple (Originally, Emperor SAGA’s Impartial Villa)

Activities:

• Sagano Romantic Train
• Hozu-gawa River Boat Ride

See Also:

• Arashiyama Course
• Arashiyama Nature and Cuisine Course

Around KYOTO STATION ~Southern Area~

Access:

• ICC Kyoto → Kokusaikaikan Sta. → [Subway Karasuma Line] → Kyoto Sta. (About 20 min.)

Reccomended Spots:

• Kyoto Railway Museum
• Nishi Hongwan-ji Temple
• Higashi Hongan-ji Temple
• Kyoto Aquarium
• To-ji Temple

See Also:

• Central Kyoto Course 1

RAKUHOKU ~Northern Area~

Access:

• ICC Kyoto → Kokusaikaikan Sta. → [Kyoto Bus Route 19] → Ohara. (About 30 min.)

Reccomended Spots:

• Sanzen-in Temple
• Otonashi-no-Taki

Scenic Route:

• Ohara → Jikko-in Temple→ Housen-in Temple→ Shorin-in Temple→ Sanzen-in Temple → Otonashi-no-Taki

See Also:

• A Day Trip To Ohara

FUSHIMI ~Outside~

Access:

• To Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine:
  ICC Kyoto → Kokusaikaikan Sta. → [Subway Karasuma Line] → Kyoto Sta. → [JR Nara Line] → Inari Sta. (About 40 min.)
• To Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum:
  ICC Kyoto → Kokusaikaikan Sta. → [Subway Karasuma Line] → Kyoto Sta. → [Kintetsu Kyoto Line] → Momoyamagoryomae Sta. (About 35 min.)
• To Jonangu Shrine:
  ICC Kyoto → Kokusaikaikan Sta. → [Subway Karasuma Line] → Takeda Sta. (About 30 min.)

Reccomended Spots:

• Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine
• Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum
• Jonangu Shrine
• KYOCERA Gallery

See Also:

• Fushimi-Inari Hike
• Exploring Fushimi – Kyoto’s Sake District
• Things to do in the Fushimi Area

UJI ~Outside~

Access:

• ICC Kyoto → Kokusaikaikan Sta. → [Subway Karasuma Line] → Kyoto Sta. → [JR Nara Line] → Uji Sta. (About 60 min.)

Reccomended Spots:

• Byodoin Temple
• Uji Shrine
• Ujigami Shrine

See Also:

• A Trip To Uji

LAKE BIWA

About Lake Biwa (translated from Shiga Prefectural Government website)

• Lake Biwa is the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Shiga Prefecture. It is the oldest lake in Japan with a history of approximately 4 million years, and is one of the 20 ancient lakes in the world.
• It boasts a precious natural environment with more than 60 endemic species and is a national asset indispensable to the lives and industrial development of the 14.5 million people in the Kinki region.

Reccomended Spots:

~Between Kyoto and Lake Biwa~

• The Lake Biwa Canal Cruise
  • KEAGE boading area: Kyoto Sta. → [Subway Karasuma Line] → Karasuma Oike Sta. → [Subway Tozai Line] → Keage Sta. (About 20 min.)
  • YAMASHINA boading area: Kyoto Sta. → [JR Kosei/Biwako line] → Yamashina Sta. → [Keihan Keishin Line] → Shinomiya Sta. (About 20 min.)
  • OTSU boadaing area: Kyoto Sta. → [JR Biwako Line] → Zeze Sta. → [Keihan Ishiyama-sakamoto Line] → Miidera Sta. (About 20 min.)
• Hieizan (Mt.Hiei)
  Kyoto Sta. → [Hieizan Drive Bus] → Hiei-sancho (About 90 min.)
  • Enryakuji Temple
  • Garden Museum Hiei

~OTSU Area~

• Otsu Harbor
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Kosei line] → Yamashina Sta. → [Keihan Keishin Line] → Biwako-hamaotsu Sta. (About 30 min.)
  • Michigan Cruises (Otsu Port ↔ Biwako Otsukan ↔ Niono-hama ↔ Otsu Port)
  • Biwako Flower Fountain
• Ishiyamadera Temple
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Biwako line] → Ishiyama Sta. → [Keihan Ishiyama-sakamoto Line] → Ishiyamadera Sta. (About 30 min.)
• Biwako Ohashi Bridge
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Kosei line] → Katata Sta. → [Kojak Bus Route 80, 84, 85, 86] → Kotonaishi-mae (About 45 min.)
• Ukimido (Mangetsu-ji Temple)
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Kosei line] → Katata Sta. → [Kojak Bus Route 100] → Katata Demachi (About 45 min.)
• Biwako Valley / The Biwako Terrace
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Kosei line] → Shiga Sta. → [Kojak Bus Route 68] → Biwako Valley-mae (About 50 min.)

~TAKASHIMA Area~

• Shirahige-jinja Shrine
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Kosei line] → Omi-Takashima Sta. (About 40 min.) + About 30 min. walk or 13 min. by taxi
• Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia) Avenue
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Kosei line] → Makino Sta. → [Makino Kogen Line Bus] → Makino Pic-land (About 90 min.)

~KUSATSU Area~

• Lake Biwa Museum
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Biwako line] → Kusatsu Sta. → [Omi Bus Kokoku Bus] → Biwako Hakubutsukan-mae (About 60 min.)

~Eastern Area~

• Hachiman-bori (Omi-Hachiman Old Town)
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Biwako line] → Omihachiman Sta. → [Omi Bus Kokoku Bus] → Osugi-cho Hachimanyama Ropeway Guchi (About 70 min.)
• La Collina
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Biwako line] → Omihachiman Sta. → [Omi Bus Kokoku Bus] → Kitanosho (La Collina) (About 70 min.)
• Hikone Castle
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Biwako line] → Hikone Sta. (About 50 min.)

~Northern Area~

• Nagahama
  Kyoto Sta. → [JR Biwako line] → Nagahama Sta. (About 70 min.)
  • Kurokabe Square
  • Railroad Square
  • Nagahama Castle Historical Museum
• Chikubushima Cruise
  • Nagahama Port: Kyoto Sta. → [JR Biwako Line] → Nagahama Sta. (About 70 min.)
  • Imazu Port: Kyoto Sta. → [JR Kosei line] → Omi-Imazu Sta. (About 70 min.)