4 days in Kyoto

A complete 4-day plan, not a list of suggestions. The stops are chosen from 3,010 places in Kyoto’s graph, grouped so each day stays in one part of the city, then scheduled against available opening-hours and travel-time evidence.

Feasible18 stops23.4h sightseeing23.4 km walking314 min travel

Kyoto Imperial Palace needs a timed ticket booked in advance.

11 stops have opening hours on record that were NOT checked — this plan has no dates. Add dates to have them verified against the calendar.

7 stops have no opening hours on record — we scheduled them but could not verify them.

Kyoto Aquarium is part of Umekōji Park — your visit there includes it.

No hard scheduling conflicts were found in the available data. Review warnings and unknowns above.

Day 1

5 stops · 5.0h seeing · 10.2 km · 0.7h free

  1. 09:00
    09:54
    Kinkaku-jiplace of worship
    hours on recordindoor
  2. ↳ 56 min walk · 4.1 km from Kinkaku-ji to Kyoto Imperial Palace
  3. 11:05
    12:48
    Kyoto Imperial Palacecastle
    hours on recordbook ahead
  4. ↳ 21 min walk · 1.6 km · estimated from Kyoto Imperial Palace to MURAYA
  5. 13:24
    14:24
    lunch · MURAYA
  6. ↳ 4 min walk · 263 m · estimated from MURAYA to Kamo River Delta
  7. 14:28
    15:18
    Kamo River Deltapark
    hours not on record
  8. ↳ 11 min walk · 819 m from Kamo River Delta to Shimogamo Shrine
  9. 15:44
    16:31
    Shimogamo Shrineplace of worship
    hours on recordfreeindoor
  10. ↳ 46 min walk · 3.5 km from Shimogamo Shrine to Ginkaku-ji
  11. 17:32
    18:19
    Ginkaku-jiplace of worship
    hours not on recordindoor

Day 2

5 stops · 5.3h seeing · 5.4 km · 1.5h free

  1. 09:00
    09:47
    Nishi Hongan-jiplace of worship
    hours on recordfreeindoor
  2. ↳ 17 min walk · 1.2 km from Nishi Hongan-ji to Kyoto Tower
  3. 10:19
    10:59
    Kyoto Towerlandmark
    hours on record
  4. ↳ 11 min walk · 783 m from Kyoto Tower to Shosei-en Garden
  5. 11:25
    12:22
    Shosei-en Gardenpark
    hours on record
  6. ↳ 13 min walk · 965 m · estimated from Shosei-en Garden to 鰻料理 うぞふすい わらじや
  7. 12:50
    13:50
    lunch · 鰻料理 うぞふすい わらじや
  8. ↳ 4 min walk · 306 m · estimated from 鰻料理 うぞふすい わらじや to Kyoto National Museum
  9. 13:54
    15:55
    Kyoto National Museummuseum
    hours not on recordindoor
  10. ↳ 28 min walk · 2.1 km from Kyoto National Museum to Kiyomizu-dera
  11. 16:38
    17:32
    Kiyomizu-deraplace of worship
    hours on recordindoor

Day 3

5 stops · 6.0h seeing · 3.0 km · 1.3h free

  1. 09:00
    11:02
    Nijō Castlecastle
    hours on record
  2. ↳ 19 min walk · 1.4 km from Nijō Castle to Kyoto International Manga Museum
  3. 11:36
    13:37
    Kyoto International Manga Museummuseum
    hours on recordindoor
  4. ↳ 15 min walk · 1.1 km · estimated from Kyoto International Manga Museum to Kyoto Gogyo
  5. 14:07
    15:07
    lunch · Kyoto Gogyo
  6. ↳ 1 min walk · 104 m · estimated from Kyoto Gogyo to Nishiki Market
  7. 15:08
    15:58
    Nishiki Marketmarket
    hours on record
  8. ↳ 5 min walk · 360 m from Nishiki Market to Shinkyōgoku Street
  9. 16:18
    16:53
    Shinkyōgoku Streetlandmark
    hours not on record
  10. ↳ 1 min walk · 29 m from Shinkyōgoku Street to Teramachi Street
  11. 17:09
    17:44
    Teramachi Streetlandmark
    hours not on record

Day 4

3 stops · 7.0h seeing · 4.7 km · 1.4h free

  1. 09:00
    10:15
    Amatsuka Kofunancient ruins
    hours not on record
  2. ↳ 19 min walk · 1.5 km from Amatsuka Kofun to Toei Kyoto Studio Park
  3. 10:49
    15:49
    Toei Kyoto Studio Parktheme park
    hours not on record
  4. ↳ 43 min walk · 3.3 km from Toei Kyoto Studio Park to Ryōan-ji
  5. 16:47
    17:34
    Ryōan-jiplace of worship
    hours on recordindoor

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Loading the self-hosted basemap…. Day 1, stop 1: Kinkaku-ji. Day 1, stop 2: Kyoto Imperial Palace. Day 1, stop 3: Kamo River Delta. Day 1, stop 4: Shimogamo Shrine. Day 1, stop 5: Ginkaku-ji. Day 2, stop 1: Nishi Hongan-ji. Day 2, stop 2: Kyoto Tower. Day 2, stop 3: Shosei-en Garden. Day 2, stop 4: Kyoto National Museum. Day 2, stop 5: Kiyomizu-dera. Day 3, stop 1: Nijō Castle. Day 3, stop 2: Kyoto International Manga Museum. Day 3, stop 3: Nishiki Market. Day 3, stop 4: Shinkyōgoku Street. Day 3, stop 5: Teramachi Street. Day 4, stop 1: Amatsuka Kofun. Day 4, stop 2: Toei Kyoto Studio Park. Day 4, stop 3: Ryōan-ji

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