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Walk · Higashiyama · Kyoto

Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka

Stone steps, wooden facades, the pagoda between the roofs

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When it fits
Best in the morning · about 45 min
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Where it is

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Straight-line distances: Kiyomizu-dera 392 m · Yasaka Shrine 826 m · Gion and Hanami-kōji 891 m. Not travel times.

Why Aura
Two stepped lanes of wooden townhouses, a protected historic district, linking Kiyomizu-dera to Yasaka Shrine. Walk them downhill right after the temple, before the shops open and the crowds arrive.
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Just after sunrise, before the shops open · from Yasaka-dori below Hōkan-ji, looking uphill to the five-storey pagoda (public street)

TodayHours to re-checkHours not in OpenStreetMap
Visit lengthAbout 45 min
WeatherOutdoorsUsed by the rain swap in Live
EffortSome slopes or steps
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  • When it fits: Aura editorial estimate.
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  • Visit length: Aura estimate
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If it rains

Kyoto National MuseumHigashiyama · Kyoto's treasure house: Buddhist sculpture, screens, ceramics and calligraphy in the Heisei Chishinkan wing. Open late on Fridays; during special exhibitions the collection galleries change, so check what is on.
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Also in this area

Kiyomizu-deraHigashiyama · The wooden stage of the main hall juts out over the hillside with the whole city below. It opens at 6:00: come at opening, before the lanes below fill, then walk down through Sannenzaka.
Yasaka ShrineGion · Gion's own shrine, open day and night at the top of Shijō-dōri. Pass through after dinner, when the lanterns of the dance stage are lit, then walk into Maruyama Park or down to Gion.
Gion and Hanami-kōjiGion · The teahouse quarter south of Shijō-dōri, lanterns and latticed facades along Hanami-kōji. Walk the public street and let it be a neighbourhood: the district asks visitors not to stop, touch or photograph geiko and maiko without consent, and its private side alleys are closed to through-walking.