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Walks in Kamigamo.

One editor-picked walk through Kamigamo, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.

One of Kyoto's oldest shrines, a stream-side village of priests' houses, and almost no one else.

Nearby

Other walks close to Kamigamo.

Sorted by distance from the start of kamigamo: the northern shrine. Good for stitching together a longer day.

A walled town of two dozen subtemples, their gardens, and the quietest pine lanes in Kyoto.

A hill with a city view, a 1920s bathhouse, and the oldest sweet shops in Kyoto.

The Golden Pavilion, the most famous rock garden in the world, and the road between them.

A primaeval forest, one of Kyoto's oldest shrines, the river fork, and warm mamemochi.