5 days in Kyoto

A complete 5-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.

Feasible28 stops26.7h sightseeing20.7 km walking284 min travel

Kyoto Imperial Palace needs a timed ticket booked in advance.

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

15 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 · 6.0h seeing · 6.8 km · 0.5h free

  1. 09:00
    09:50
    Kyoto Gyoen National Gardenpark
    hours on record
  2. ↳ 7 min walk · 426 m from Kyoto Gyoen National Garden to Kyoto Imperial Palace
  3. 10:12
    11:55
    Kyoto Imperial Palacecastle
    hours on recordbook ahead
  4. ↳ 24 min walk · 1.8 km · estimated from Kyoto Imperial Palace to 京ゆば処静家西陣店 Kyō-yuba-dokoro Seike Nishijin
  5. 12:34
    13:34
    lunch · 京ゆば処静家西陣店 Kyō-yuba-dokoro Seike Nishijin
  6. ↳ 2 min walk · 154 m · estimated from 京ゆば処静家西陣店 Kyō-yuba-dokoro Seike Nishijin to Kyoto City Archaeological Museum
  7. 13:36
    15:21
    Kyoto City Archaeological Museummuseum
    hours not on recordindoor
  8. ↳ 34 min walk · 2.5 km from Kyoto City Archaeological Museum to Kinkaku-ji
  9. 16:10
    17:04
    Kinkaku-jiplace of worship
    hours on recordindoor
  10. ↳ 26 min walk · 1.9 km from Kinkaku-ji to Ryōan-ji
  11. 17:45
    18:32
    Ryōan-jiplace of worship
    hours on recordindoor

Day 2

5 stops · 5.2h seeing · 4.7 km · 1.7h free

  1. 09:00
    09:54
    Kiyomizu-deraplace of worship
    hours on recordindoor
  2. ↳ 26 min walk · 2.0 km from Kiyomizu-dera to Kyoto National Museum
  3. 10:35
    12:36
    Kyoto National Museummuseum
    hours not on recordindoor
  4. ↳ 4 min walk · 306 m · estimated from Kyoto National Museum to 鰻料理 うぞふすい わらじや
  5. 12:55
    13:55
    lunch · 鰻料理 うぞふすい わらじや
  6. ↳ 3 min walk · 256 m · estimated from 鰻料理 うぞふすい わらじや to Sanjūsangen-dō
  7. 13:58
    14:38
    Sanjūsangen-dōplace of worship
    hours on recordindoor
  8. ↳ 20 min walk · 1.4 km from Sanjūsangen-dō to Kyoto Tower
  9. 15:13
    15:53
    Kyoto Towerlandmark
    hours on record
  10. ↳ 11 min walk · 783 m from Kyoto Tower to Shosei-en Garden
  11. 16:19
    17:16
    Shosei-en Gardenpark
    hours on record

Day 3

6 stops · 5.3h seeing · 2.7 km · 1.9h free

  1. 09:00
    09:50
    Ōkōchi Sansōpark
    hours not on record
  2. ↳ 6 min walk · 401 m from Ōkōchi Sansō to Bamboo Forest
  3. 10:11
    10:46
    Bamboo Forestlandmark
    hours on recordfree
  4. ↳ 7 min walk · 571 m from Bamboo Forest to Tenryū-ji
  5. 11:08
    12:02
    Tenryū-jiplace of worship
    hours on recordindoor
  6. ↳ 6 min walk · 451 m · estimated from Tenryū-ji to MUNI ALAIN DUCASSE
  7. 12:23
    13:23
    lunch · MUNI ALAIN DUCASSE
  8. ↳ 1 min walk · 56 m · estimated from MUNI ALAIN DUCASSE to Fukuda Art Museum
  9. 13:24
    15:25
    Fukuda Art Museummuseum
    hours on recordindoor
  10. ↳ 3 min walk · 253 m from Fukuda Art Museum to Togetsukyo Bridge
  11. 15:43
    16:03
    Togetsukyo Bridgeviewpoint
    hours not on record
  12. ↳ 12 min walk · 928 m from Togetsukyo Bridge to Sagano Scenic Railway
  13. 16:30
    17:05
    Sagano Scenic Railwaylandmark
    hours not on record

Day 4

7 stops · 4.3h seeing · 3.2 km · 2.4h free

  1. 09:00
    09:35
    Sannenzakalandmark
    hours not on record
  2. ↳ 3 min walk · 206 m from Sannenzaka to Ninenzaka
  3. 09:53
    10:28
    Ninenzakalandmark
    hours not on record
  4. ↳ 3 min walk · 171 m from Ninenzaka to Yasaka Pagoda
  5. 10:46
    11:21
    Yasaka Pagodaplace of worship
    hours not on recordindoor
  6. ↳ 9 min walk · 595 m from Yasaka Pagoda to Emperor Sutoku
  7. 11:45
    12:20
    Emperor Sutokuplace of worship
    hours not on recordindoor
  8. ↳ 4 min walk · 306 m · estimated from Emperor Sutoku to 京料理古都梅
  9. 12:39
    13:39
    lunch · 京料理古都梅
  10. ↳ 2 min walk · 127 m · estimated from 京料理古都梅 to Yasaka Shrine
  11. 13:41
    14:16
    Yasaka Shrineplace of worship
    hours on recordfreeindoor
  12. ↳ 4 min walk · 270 m from Yasaka Shrine to Maruyama Park
  13. 14:35
    15:25
    Maruyama Parkpark
    hours not on record
  14. ↳ 21 min walk · 1.6 km from Maruyama Park to Teramachi Street
  15. 16:01
    16:36
    Teramachi Streetlandmark
    hours not on record

Day 5

5 stops · 6.0h seeing · 3.3 km · 1.3h free

  1. 09:00
    09:47
    Ginkaku-jiplace of worship
    hours not on recordindoor
  2. ↳ 12 min walk · 917 m from Ginkaku-ji to Philosopher's Walk
  3. 10:14
    10:49
    Philosopher's Walklandmark
    hours not on record
  4. ↳ 10 min walk · 586 m from Philosopher's Walk to Sen-Oku Hakukokan Museum
  5. 11:14
    12:59
    Sen-Oku Hakukokan Museummuseum
    hours not on recordindoor
  6. ↳ 15 min walk · 1.1 km from Sen-Oku Hakukokan Museum to Hyotei
  7. 13:29
    14:29
    lunch · Hyotei
  8. ↳ 1 min walk · 56 m from Hyotei to Murin-an
  9. 14:30
    15:36
    Murin-anpark
    hours on record
  10. ↳ 8 min walk · 632 m from Murin-an to Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art
  11. 15:59
    17:44
    Kyoto Municipal Museum of Artmuseum
    hours not on recordindoor

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Loading the self-hosted basemap…. Day 1, stop 1: Kyoto Gyoen National Garden. Day 1, stop 2: Kyoto Imperial Palace. Day 1, stop 3: Kyoto City Archaeological Museum. Day 1, stop 4: Kinkaku-ji. Day 1, stop 5: Ryōan-ji. Day 2, stop 1: Kiyomizu-dera. Day 2, stop 2: Kyoto National Museum. Day 2, stop 3: Sanjūsangen-dō. Day 2, stop 4: Kyoto Tower. Day 2, stop 5: Shosei-en Garden. Day 3, stop 1: Ōkōchi Sansō. Day 3, stop 2: Bamboo Forest. Day 3, stop 3: Tenryū-ji. Day 3, stop 4: Fukuda Art Museum. Day 3, stop 5: Togetsukyo Bridge. Day 3, stop 6: Sagano Scenic Railway. Day 4, stop 1: Sannenzaka. Day 4, stop 2: Ninenzaka. Day 4, stop 3: Yasaka Pagoda. Day 4, stop 4: Emperor Sutoku. Day 4, stop 5: Yasaka Shrine. Day 4, stop 6: Maruyama Park. Day 4, stop 7: Teramachi Street. Day 5, stop 1: Ginkaku-ji. Day 5, stop 2: Philosopher's Walk. Day 5, stop 3: Sen-Oku Hakukokan Museum. Day 5, stop 4: Murin-an. Day 5, stop 5: Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art

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