Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting Around
Kyoto is a compact city with an excellent public transport system.
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Taxi
The best way to get from Kyoto Station to your hotel or ryokan unless you're on a
tight budget (in which case the bus or subway is a good choice).
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Subway
Gets you quickly between north and south (the Karasuma subway line stops at
Kyoto Station) or east and west (the Tōzai subway line runs between Higashiyama and the
west side of the city).
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Bus
For destinations not well served by the subway lines (including sights in the north-
west of the city like Kinkaku-ji).
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Bicycle
A brilliant way to explore Kyoto (the city is mostly flat).
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Walking
Kyoto is a walker's paradise.
Sleeping
Kyoto has a wide range of foreigner-friendly accommodation, with some of the best
ry-
okan
(traditional Japanese inns) in Japan.
First-class hotels
are also well represented,
along with cheaper
business hotels
and even a few
capsule hotels
. You'll also find
plenty of
guesthouses
and the odd
youth hostel
scattered about.
Websites
dreds of affordable hotels,
minshuku
(Japanese-style B&B), ryokan, capsule hotels and
hostels in Japan. You can make reservations online through the website.
guesthouses. You can book member inns via its website or phone/fax.
