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Walks in Matsuo.

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

The sake-brewers' shrine and its modern garden, then the river path north to Arashiyama.

Nearby

Other walks close to Matsuo.

Sorted by distance from the start of matsuo taisha and the katsura river. Good for stitching together a longer day.

The bamboo, the bridge over the Hozu, a temple garden, and the riverside walk.

Kyoto's oldest temple, a smiling wooden bodhisattva, and the little Randen tram streets.

The preserved old street, a field of stone buddhas, and a moss garden in the upper Sagano.

The great Omuro temple, its low late cherries and five-storey pagoda, then the road past Ryoan-ji.