Three Travelers, Two Weeks + Kyoto = ?

Note: I just started this page on Sept 13 and am slowly building it so keep checking back to see it grow. In time I will be adding sections for Nara, Osaka, Kobe and Takarazuka.

This page is the result of organizing a list of places friends and I may want to visit to better plan our ramblings in Kyoto and nearby areas.

How to use this guide:
Decide where to go, then look that location up and see what is nearby. Then go and wander about and see what else you find.

The first part of the chart is organized by map numbers from the Bilingual Atlas of Kyoto published by Tokyo Chizu Publishing. As this atlas is not easy to obtain in the US, you have to locate it through stores that import books from Japan such as Kinokuniya.

When something mentioned is not included on a page I will list the area where it is and note it as Not Visible. In some cases for unnamed religious sites on the maps there is a torii symbol for a Shinto shrine or a manji (swastika) for a Buddhist temple, I will note when this is the case.

This is very much a work in progress, I have a list of places to add to the page so keep checking back. I will also try to locate official, or just plain informative, web sites for many of the places in this guide. I also wish apologize for typos, non-standard transliterations and errors. This project is being put together very quickly from a variety of sources.

* Resources:
These were handy for tracking down many items in the table.

IMSiK = Illustrated Must-See in Kyōto
Tokyo: Japan Travel Bureau 1991

ToK = Richie, Donald. The Temples of Kyōto
Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1995

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