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by The Broke Backpacker · 3 days · Updated · $111 est.
Kinkaku-ji, Nijo Castle and a tea ceremony, then Gion at dusk, Kiyomizu-dera and the Manga Museum, with Fushimi Inari, the monkey park and the bamboo grove on day three.
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Creator's top pick. Or Sunput Nanajo Mibu or Ethnography Gion Shinmonzen.
Stays · 2 nights
5Tea ceremony at Camellia Flower
Staff speak fluent English.
~10 min drive from the last stop · 5 km
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Creator suggests a teahouse performance or Gion's annual public dances. Gion Corner stages short shows.
~5 min drive from the last stop · 1 km
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Wooden stage; don't drink from all three streams (greedy)
~5 min drive from the last stop · 1 km
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3Kyoto International Manga Museum
Building was once a school
~10 min drive from the last stop · 4 km
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Shopping, modern architecture
~10 min drive from the last stop · 4 km
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Evening, when the weeping cherry is lit
~10 min drive from the last stop · 4 km
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2Arashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama
Steep ~30 min hike; not wheelchair accessible
~35 min drive from the last stop · 14 km
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About 1 hr, plus another for the riverside area
~50 min drive from the last stop · 20 km
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