Best Tourist Spots In Gionshijo･Kawaramachi Station
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I wrote my wish on a colorful ball at Yasaka Koshin-do Temple in Kyoto. It's a nice place my heart leaps up just looking at them. Your Instagram must be able to get many likes!
Name
Yasaka Koshin-do Temple
Address
390-1 Kin'en-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Hours
9:00-17:00
Fee
Adult 0 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
By bus, 12 min from Kyoto Station to Kiyomizu-michi, then 3 min walk. By bus or taxi, 12 min from Kyoto Station, 7 min from Keihan Shijo Station.
Parking
Nearby toll parking area is available
Beautiful weeping cherry tree (Shidare Zakura) standing on the white sands of Hojo Garden of Kodai-ji Temple. We can see the beauty of Japan and tasteful atmosphere of Kyoto. The admission fee is 600 yen. It would be illuminated in that season.
Name
Kodaiji Temple
Address
526 Shimo-Kawaramachi Kodaiji Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-561-9966
Hours
9:00-17:30
Fee
Adult 600 yen、Child 250 yen
How to get there
15 min walk from Keihan Gion Shijo Station. 20 min by bus from Kyoto Station to Higashiyama Yasui, then 7 min walk. By car or taxi, 15 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
The weeping cherry blossom at Maruyama Park is now at its best. There're many people and tourists enjoying Hanami day and night. What's more, many food stands make Hanami more enjoyable here.
Name
Maruyama Park
Address
473 Maruyama-cho, Higashiyama, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
8 min walk from Gion Shijo Station. 20 min by bus from Kyoto Station to Gion.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
The Gion Festival in Kyoto, which has continued since the Heian period, is a big festival that takes place over a period of one month from July 1st to 31st. It is very spectacular to walk around. The Yamahoko cruise is also registered as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Name
Gion Matsuri Festival
Address
Gion-machi Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
8 min walk, from Gionshijo Station
Name
Chionin
Address
400 Rinka-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-531-2111
Hours
9:00-16:30
How to get there
Parking
Toll parking area is available
The road in the west of Kodai-ji Temple is paved with granite. You can find some rental shops of Kimono around here. It'll be nice for you to wear Kimono and ride a rickshaw.
Built in Kamakura Period (1202), Kennin-ji Temple has a holding screen printing of Wind God and Thunder God Screens, and Painting of Two Dragons, and Karesansui Garden called Cho'on Tei. If you're lucky, you may see the screen painting over this papered sliding door.
Name
Kennin-ji Temple
Address
Komatsu-cho Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-561-6363
Hours
10:00-16:30
Fee
Adult 500 yen、Child 0 yen
How to get there
7 min walk from Keihan Gion Shijo Station, 10 min from Hankyu Kawaramachi Station. By bus, 13 min from Kyoto Station to Higashiyama Yasui, then 7 min walk. By car or taxi, 10 min from Kyoto Station.
Parking
Toll parking area is available
There're some buildings and stone-paved streets as we'd expect of Kyoto, and cherry blossoms along a small river will become at their best soon. Many people visit here everyday to enjoy spring in Kyoto.
Name
Gion Shirakawa
Address
Yamato Oji-dori, Shijo Agaru, Sueyoshi-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
3 min walk from Gion Shijo Station
Gion in Kyoto. Hanami Koji Street is always crowded with tourists. I can tell you three shops with beautiful curtains (Noren in Japanese: it's hung at the outside entrance, so it means the shop is open). The night Hanami Koji Street is very beautiful.
Name
Hanami Koji Street
Address
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
How to get there
5 min walk from Gion Shijo Station.
Zenkyo-an is a temple adores boar, one of the twelve zodiac signs of this year 2019. There're many lovely ornaments of bore in the precinct. Some stone images of boar in the temple would welcome us.
Name
Zenkyo-an Temple
Address
146 Komatsu-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto-shi, KyotoGoogle Map
Tel
075-561-5556
Hours
9:00-17:00
How to get there
7 min walk from Gion Shijo Station. 7 min walk from Higashiyama Yasui Bus Stop. 10 min by car or taxi from Kyoto Station.
Parking
No parking area
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