Arashiyama

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Arashiyama and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion)20 min taxi6.6 km
• Nijo Castle22 min taxi7.4 km
• Nishiki Market27 min taxi8.9 km
• Gion & the geisha district30 min taxi9.9 km
• The Higashiyama lanes31 min taxi10.5 km
• Fushimi Inari Shrine32 min taxi10.7 km
• Kiyomizu-dera33 min taxi10.9 km
• Ginkaku-ji & the Philosopher's Path36 min taxi12.1 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 3.The Arashiyama Bamboo Grove — An otherworldly path through towering, swaying bamboo that filters the light green and rustles in the wind — one of the most photographed spots in Japan. Tiny and often mobbed; go at first light to have the ethereal grove almost to yourself, then explore the temples and riverside of Arashiyama around it.
• 8.Tenryu-ji & its garden — The great Zen temple of Arashiyama, with one of Japan's oldest and finest gardens — a serene pond-and-borrowed-mountain landscape designed in the 14th century and barely changed since, with the bamboo grove just behind. A masterclass in Japanese garden design and a calm counterpoint to the crowded grove.
• 19.Kurama to Kibune — Ride a little train into the northern hills and walk over the mountain from Kurama's temple to Kibune, ending at a riverside tea house. A magical half-day escape.
• 20.Arashiyama Monkey Park — A short climb above Arashiyama to a hilltop where wild macaques roam and all of Kyoto spreads out below. Feed them from inside the hut — they're the wild ones.