KYOTO

Atmospheric, Spiritual, Historic

Observational Overview

💰Payment	​🚃 Transit	​🙇🏻‍♂️ Tip	🎙Language
Credit Cards Yen (withdraw at a 7/11)	Trains, subways or taxi. Walking is also a sure way to get around	Nope!	Japanese
​👓 Norms	💃🏻 Wear	👟 Walkability	​🙏🏼 Thank you
People usually include a little bow in their thank you's!	Primarily conservative, most people cover their shoulders	High, but the blocks are long so if you want to be efficient a bike might be a good idea	"Arigatō" "Arigato gozaimasu"

Disclaimers

Experience Level: 2 days

Last Visited: April 2019

Things we did

Some memorable stops.

Fushimi Inari Shrine

Long romantic walk along the red gates. See Map

Arashiyama

This place is overly populated with tourists, so I would recommend coming really early in the morning. It's the famous bamboo walk. You may occasionally see girls dress up in their kimonos. See Map

Kinkaku-Ji

A three-story building of a Zen Buddhist Temple. It's a gold temple that is a popular stop. The building is surrounded by natural landscape and seems to float on water. See Map.

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Things we ate

Some memorable stops

Gingo Ramen Kubota

Popular local spot with thick broth dipping ramen. The shop is small so most likely you will see a little lunch line to get seated. Absolutely worth it for some tsukemen noodles See Map

Honke Owariya Main Branch

One of the more memorable soba noodle shops we went to. Both the noodle and broth were made with perfection. Feels like they maintained the traditional methods of making soba. See Map