3-DAY KYOTO JAPAN TRAVEL ITINERARY 🍁🇯🇵 things to do, places to eat, travel tips & hidden gems

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*3-DAY KYOTO ITINERARY BELOW* ⬇️ Sponsored by Airalo Install the Airalo app here: https://try.airalo.com/sunny Discount code: SUNNY (Limited to new users) Airalo official YouTube channel: @airalo_ jp #airalo #esim ============================================================================== 🇯🇵 Join me & K on a jam-packed 3-day Kyoto itinerary! ⛩️ ============================================================================== Tailor the viewing experience to your needs! 📍You can use the chapters below to watch the video is a *visual itinerary,* or watch each day from start to finish as a *vlog-style adventure,* for an example of what a day exploring magical Kyoto feels and looks like. We were travelling from Osaka so no hotel recommendations in this one 🙁 📸 Filmed: late Nov / early Dec 2024 ⚠️ We do not offer private or group tours, however if you have any areas that you are curious about or want to know more about, we always welcome video ideas! ============================================================================ *Itinerary:* *Day 1* (0:00) Kiyomizu-dera 📍 Kyoto-Kawaramachi station → (taxi, walk or City Bus 207) → Kiyomizu-dera - before 8am, you can take a taxi up to the temple instead of walking up (1:46) Ninenzaka & the famous pagoda (Hokan-ji) 📍Kiyomizu-dera → (walk through Ninenzaka) → pagoda - beautiful hilly streets with preserved traiditonal Japanese houses, and a magestic pagoda towering overhead (3:10) Coffee at Kefu Stand - Starbucks is famous but very busy and it’s very hard to get a seat - Kefu stand is nearby and just next to the pagoda and has great coffee (6:43) Nishiki Market 📍(Ninenzaka → (walk, cross Kamogawa) → Nishiki Market - Kyoto's oldest market, full of history, food stalls and souvenirs (7:57) Ramen Sen-no-Kaze Kyoto - after Nishiki Market, stop by a super accessible ramen restaurant (8:56) B-side Label (souvenir idea) - a great place to buy some very unique souvenirs (9:41) (THIS IS) SHIZEN - a fantastic viral store that makes ice cream shaped like bouquets of flowers! 💐 (11:40) Shabu-Shabu Tajima-ya 📍(THIS IS) SHIZEN → (walk 15 mins) → Shijo Kawaramachi *Day 2* (13:47) Enkouji Temple 📍Kyoto Station → City Bus 5 → Enkouji Temple - a stunning temple with unforgettable viewing platform of the traditional Japanese garden (16:18) Coffee Base NASHINOKI 📍Enkouji Temple → City Bus 3 → Coffee Base NASHINOKI - a very unique coffee shop, located within a Kyoto temple - this coffee shop makes its coffee using water from a famous Kyoto spring - please note: Nashinoki Shrine is FREE (¥5000 fee is for if you want to *pray* there) (19:09) Tsukemen Yumenchu 📍Coffee Base NASHINOKI → City Bus 205 → Kyoto Staiton → train → Yamashina Station → walk → Tsukemen Yumenchu - if you haven't tried tsukemen, you are missing out! - no English menu (20:58) Bishamondo Temple 📍Yamashina Station → walk → Bishamondo - temple with beautiful autumn leaves - ¥500 to enter the temple but you can explore a lot of the grounds for free - Baikal Cafe right next to the temple 📍Yamashina Station → train → Kyoto Station → bus → Shijo-Kawaramachi (23:41) Mandarake Kyoto branch - super cool store selling second-hand manga and collectors items (24:25) をにわ 河原町店 📍Shijo-Kawaramachi → walk → Pontocho - izakaya with great views of the Kyoto cityscape - however, it does not have an English menu - here is the Google Maps link (the name is Japanese): https://maps.app.goo.gl/C2PYAtBarhf92hZP7?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy *Day 3* (27:15) Ogawa Coffee - Kyoto Station Central Gate - Ogawa Coffee provides beans to many cafes and coffee shops throughout Japan - it also has longer opening hours than many other cafes (7am - 9pm) (27:48)The Keihan & Eizan train lines 📍Kyoto Station (JR Line) → walk → Shichijo Station (Keihan Line) - the Keihan line is very useful for accessing tourist attractions in Kyoto - at the station, you will be able to download a map of the Keihan Line in English (29:24) Hakuryu-en Garden 📍Shichijo Station → (Keihan Line train) → Demachiyanagi Station → (Eizan Line train) → Ninose Station → Hakuryu-en Garden - a private garden not usually open to the public, except for special spring and autumn viewings - viewings are capped at 100 people per day so it is recommended to book ahead (31:23) Kifune Shrine 📍Hakuryu-en Garden → walk → Kibune-guchi Station → shuttle bus → Kifune Shrine - a secluded shrine in the mountains of Northern Kyoto that has become very famous in the recent years, because of its beauty and serenity - there are restaurants around the shrine, but plan ahead as they have irregular hours (this is where we got stumped) (34:06) CICON rooftop bar 📍Kibuneguchi Station → train → Mototanaka Station → City Bus 206 → Gojozaka - rooftop bar serving delicious cocktails with views of Kyoto - they have heaters and blankets during the colder months