Top Itineraries - Kyoto - page 25

Day One
Southern Higashiyama ( CLICK HERE )
Start your Kyoto experience by heading to the city's most important (and popular)
sightseeing district: Southern Higashiyama. This area contains the thickest con-
centration of worthwhile sights in Kyoto. See CLICK HERE for a description of the
main sightseeing route here.
Lunch Eat at a restaurant on Sanen-zaka/Ninen-zaka or on
Sanjō-dōri.
Northern Higashiyama ( CLICK HERE )
If you have the energy after lunch, continue heading north along the base of the
Higashiyama mountains. Start at Nanzen-ji and follow the Path of Philosophy
(Tetsugaku-no-Michi) all the way to Ginkaku-ji , stopping at Hōnen-in along
the way. See CLICK HERE for a description of the main sightseeing route here.
Dinner Omen ( CLICK HERE ), a fabulous noodle restaurant, is
close to Ginkaku-ji.
Downtown Kyoto ( CLICK HERE )
After dinner, head back to your lodgings (which may very well be located in
Downtown Kyoto). You'll probably be pretty walked out if you've done both
Southern and Northern Higashiyama in one day, so a short amble around the
streets of Downtown Kyoto will probably be sufficient to round out this day.