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Okoshiyasu Higashiyama Okoshiyasu Higashiyama 1 2 3 4 Pleasant Stroll Street i To Demachi-yanagi Station Higashioj Okazaki Koen / Bijutsukan, To Heian Shrine, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto Municipal Zoo Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Heian Jingu-mae Lake Biwa Canal Lake Biwa Canal Nanzen-ji Walking Map Kyoto City Hall Higashiyama Niomon Street Okazaki Street Memorial Hall Temple Keihan Oto Line Niomon Kyoto Bunkyo Kyoto Kanze Hall 3 2 Junior and Senior High School Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae Kyoto Oike Kyoto International Shiyakusho-mae Station Community House Jingu-michi Okoshiyasu Oike Street Bridge To Nijojo-mae Station 1 Kyoto Bunkyo Junior College Incline Manzoku-inari Shrine Elementary School Kiyamachi Street Keage Kawaramachi-Sanjo Dannohorin-ji Rissho Kosei-kai Power Plant Sanjo Station Temple Kyoto Church A Kawaramachi Street Keage Higashiyama Sanjo Street 1 Higashiyama Sanjo 1 WC Higashiyama Jingu-michi Sanjo-Keihan (Subway Higashiyama 2 Sanjo Hiromichi Keage Station1 Station) Station Sanjo Station Sanjo Street 2 Street Furukawa Westin 2 Bridge Statue of Daishyogun Guidepost （Welcome to Higashiyama） Shinkyogoku Covered Arcade Miyako Hotel Kyoto Takayama Hikokuro Shrine Former Shirakawa Elementary School Ryoon-ji Temple Higashioji Street Higashioji Mitsuhide-zuka Sanjo Keihan-mae Nasuari Jizo Wakamatsu Street Teramachi Street Kyoto Kacho University Aokusu Yamato-oji Street Kawaramachi-Sanjo (Nawate Street) Shirakawaand River Junior College Garden 3 Awata Shrine Manners in Geisha Districts Former Yusai Kyoto Higashiyama Kacho Girls Kawabata Street Elementary School Communication Junior High School Design Studio 4 Shoren-in Keage Water Ponto-cho Lane Furumonzen Street Kacho Girls Purification Plant Daimyojin Temple Shirakawa-kita Stree Gyoja-bashi Senior High School Tatsumi (Nasuari-no-michi) t Shrine Bridge Kacho Street WC Tanuki-bashi Bridge Benzaiten Shinmonzen Street Chion-in-mae Uryu-ishi 1 The Gion 5 Chion-in Temple Smoking Shinbashi District Shinbashi Sotai-in Temple Chion-in-michi Penalty Area Shirakawa-minami Yoshii Isamu Tanka Street Line Subway Tozai Keihan Tourist Street Inscription Nihongami (Japanese Hair Style) Maruyama WC To Nishiki Market Information Center Museum Kiridoshi Municipal Parking Sanmon Gate Gion-shijo 2 Gion Kaikan Wajun Hall Statue of Kahitsukan ̶ Hall Image of Love between Oto Municipal Shimin-no-mori Teacher and Student Izumo-no-Okuni Kyoto Museum of Sueshicho Street (Citizen's Forest) WC B Shijo-Kawaramachi Parking Contemporary Art Gion 8 Maruyama Park Weeping WC The Higashiyama Council for Tourism, Gion-Shijo Station Station Gion-Shijo Gion-Shijo Kawaramachi Shijo Keihan-mae Street Hanamikoji Ichiriki-tei Cherry Tree Hankyu Station Shijo Ohashi Statue of Anyo-ji Temple Transportation and the Environment Bridge Joko-in 10 Yasaka Shrine Sakamoto Ryoma Kyoto Line Chyugen-ji Temple (Yoshimizu-soan: Shijo Street Temple Choraku-kan and Nakaoka Shintaro Yoshimizu hermitage) (Meyami-jizo) Japan Kanji 12 Choraku-ji Temple Monument to the Museum Maruyama Birthplace of 6 Minamiza & Library Seiryu-den Hall Kujo-yama Okuni-kabuki Theater Daiun-in Temple Music Stage Donguri-bashi (Gion-kaku) Shyogunzuka Mound Bridge Shimokawara Donguri Street 9 Yasaka Kaikan Hall Street 15 Otani Sobyo Nene-no-michi Basho-do Yamato-oji Street Yamato-oji Gion Corner Observatory Please do not chase or touch Kamogawa River Kamogawa Miyagawa-cho Street Miyagawa-cho Koun-an Saigyo-an Mausoleum Dainichi-do Geisha to take photos. Do not Temple (Higashi Otani) Temple The Higashiyama Council for Tourism, Shinmichi Street Shinmichi 11 Gion Kobu Geshin-in Temple block the street either. Kaburenjo Theater Transportation and the Environment 13 Kodai-ji Temple This council was formed to address issues involving tourism, transportation and the environment 14 Kennin-ji Yasui-kitamon Street 18 Entoku-in 19 Kodai-ji Sho which are unique to the Higashiyama area as a year-round tourist spot. Because the Japanese words Temple Higashiyama-yasui Temple Kyoto Ii Art Museum 20 Kyoto Ryozen Manners Higashiyamaat Hotels and other for tourism, transportation, and environment all begin with the letter K, we have decided to call Museum them the 3K issues. To solve these issues and to provide more information about Higashiyama to 16 Ebisu Shrine ObservatoryAccommodationsSummit Park Gokoku Shrine enliven the area, local temples and shrines, businesses, and other groups joined together to form the 17 Yasui WC 7 Miyagawa-cho 22 Ishibe-Koji 21 Ryozen Kannon council in September 2005. So far, we have worked on various projects, including stationing traffic Konpiragu Shunko-in Kaburenjo Theater Temple Temple directors and setting up Higashiyama Tourist Toilets. Tourist Toilets Locations of Higashiyama Shrine Locations of traffic directors Seiryu-ji Ishin-no-michi 23 Ryozen Kawaramachi-Matsubara Former Shinmichi Temple C Elementary School Yasaka Street Museum of History Mori-no-Komichi To Yamashina Kuroneko Ichinen-zaka Path Kawaramachi Street Kawaramachi Matsubara-hashi Juen-ji Temple 25 Rokudo-chinno-ji Tourist Seseragi-no-michi 24 Hokan-ji Bridge Temple Information 30 Ninen-zaka Path / Saifuku-ji Temple Ryozen Shobo-ji Temple Kiyomizu- (Yasaka Pagoda) Sannei-zaka Path Temple michi Kongo-ji (Sannen-zaka Path) Temple Higashiyama Kaiseikan School Higashiyama (Yasaka Rokuhara Campus Matsubara Koshindo) Former Kiyomizu 26 Rokuharamitsu-ji Street Ward Office Elementary School Kiyomizu-Sannen-zaka Museum Tourist Municipal Temple Kiyomizu-zaka WC Higashiyama Fire Department Religious groups n n Statio Kiyomizu-Gojo Kiyomizu-Gojo Statio Kiyomizu-Gojo Smoking Kyoto Kiyomizu Parking Kawaramachi-Gojo Rokuhara Uramon Street Kiyomizu-zaka Street Agon-Shu Honzan, Kyoto Ebisu Shrine, Kyoto Ryozen-Gokoku Shrine, Kennin-ji Temple, Kiyomizu-dera Hana-kyokaPenalty Area Temple, Kodai-ji Temple, Jodo Shinshu Hongan-ji-ha Hongan-ji Temple, Sennyu-ji Temple, Chion- Higashioji Street Higashioji Tsuridonoi Temple in Temple, Tentoku-in Temple, Hokan-ji Temple, Yasui Konpira-gu Shrine, Yogen-in Temple, Rissho Higashiyama Joju-in Temple Kosei-kai Kyoto Church, Rokudo-chinno-ji Temple, Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple. (Myojun-ji) Anjo-in WC Kaiseikan School 28 Jishu Shrine Shopping Areas Wakamiya Temple Gion Shopping Street Shinko Kumiai, Kiyomizu-dera Temple Monzenkai, Kiyomizu-michi Gojo Keihan-mae Hachimangu Shrine Yasuragi Higashiyama Shopping Street, Kodai-ji Temple Monzen-kai, Chawan-zaka Hanei-kai. Gojo Ohashi Kiyomizu-shindo Gojo Yamato-oji Fureai Hall Police Station Corporations Bridge (Chawan-zaka Path) Honmachi Street Honmachi Higashiyama Gojo Street WC The Westin Miyako Kyoto, Gion Shinbashi Sankin Garage, Bank of Kyoto Higashiyama Branch, Keihan Post Office Birthplace of Electric Railway Co., Ltd., Sawakichi Co., Ltd., Ebisuya Rickshaw Higashiyama Branch, All Japan Patrol, Toiyamachi Street Toiyamachi Sayamachi Street Sayamachi Ichihime Street Daikoku-cho Kiyomizu Pottery Kotona Co., Ltd., Japan Post Co., Ltd. Higashiyama Branch, Hennka, Hotel Tozankaku Kyoto, Yamato Kiyomizu Gojo-zaka Kondo Yuzo Transport Co., Ltd. Higashiyama Branch , Leaf Publications Co., Ltd. , 19 Convenience Stores in Shrine Joun-ji Gojo Pottery Walk (Higashiyama Gojo) 32 Kyoto Tojiki Hall Memorial Museum 27 Kiyomizu-dera Higashiyama (Circle K, Sunkus, 7-Eleven, Daily Yamazaki, FamilyMart, Lawson), Toutensei Kawasaki, Temple Kururu Gojo-zaka Temple Please do not remove objects that Restaurant Mifuki-tei, Kyoto Higashiyama-sou, Furukawa Shuzo, Amenity Cosmos. Jiho-in Nishi-otani Megane-bashi Agon-shu Honzan Organizations Higashiyama belong to the accommodation from Gion Shinchi Kobu Association, Gion Higashi Association, Miyagawacho Association, Kyoto Seiyoukai Tax Office Temple the property. Ask hotel staff if you D Rakuto Cooperative Association, The Kyoto Ryokan Hotel Association Higashiyama Branch, Kyoto Ceramic Ihokan Shomyo-in have any questions. Try not to be too Art Association, Café Shudo, Kyoto Higashiyama Council of Social Welfare, Higashiyama Restaurant Kawai Kanjiro's 31 Otani Honbyo loud and remember to be considerate Association, Kyoto-Higashiyama Communication Design Studio. Temple 27th Elementary School The site of Shimogyo Gokoyasumidokoro Meijitenno House (Museum) Mausoleum (Nishi Otani) of the neighbors. We welcome anyone interested in helping support this effort. WC Sato Masayasu 29 Koyasu Pagoda Contact Us Route 1(Gojo Bypass) Senjo-ji Temple 33 Hoko-ji Temple Monument Hosho-in (Taizan-ji Temple) Higashiyama Driveway Office of Higashiyama Council for Tourism, Transportation and the Environment. (Karasu-dera) Umamachi Temple Higashiyama Ward Office, Local Promotion Division Daibutsuden Kyoto Women's Historic sites of Umamachi University and Mishima Shrine Enko Daishi 130-6, 5chome, Kiyomizu, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-8511 Green Park Higashiyama Kyoto Women's Ikeda-cho Tel:075-561-9114 http://www.higasiyama3k.org Shomen Street Umamachi Special School Junior College Shibutani StreetKyoto Women's University Shomen-bashiKawabata Street Air-raid and Kyoto Women's Junior College (Issued in March 2017) Bridge Kyoto University Monument MimizukaYamato-oji Street 34 Toyokuni Shrine Kamiumacho of Arts and Crafts Mound Hotel Tozankaku Four Seasons Toko Ceramic Kamogawa River Hotel Kyoto Historic sites of Technical School Public Transportation and Walking Yosen-ji Kyoto Girls Senior Koun-in Komatsu-danigobo Rokujo-tenno Imperial Tomb 35 Kyoto High School Kyoto Women's University Takakura-tenno Imperial Tomb Temple Kacho Girls Junior Temple National Museum High School Elementary School Higashiyama Tourist Ride & Walk Shichijo Station Please use public
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