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Walks in Murasakino.
2 editor-picked walks through Murasakino. Each one has been walked — stops, distances, and a paragraph on what to notice.
Walks in Murasakino
Daitoku-ji: the Zen monastery
A walled town of two dozen subtemples, their gardens, and the quietest pine lanes in Kyoto.
Funaoka and Murasakino
A hill with a city view, a 1920s bathhouse, and the oldest sweet shops in Kyoto.
Nearby
Other walks close to Murasakino.
Sorted by distance from the start of daitoku-ji: the zen monastery. Good for stitching together a longer day.
Kinkaku-ji and the north-west
The Golden Pavilion, the most famous rock garden in the world, and the road between them.
Kamigamo: the northern shrine
One of Kyoto's oldest shrines, a stream-side village of priests' houses, and almost no one else.
Nishijin: the weaving district
The loom-clatter quarter, the textile centre, a star-diviner's shrine, and quiet machiya lanes.
Demachiyanagi & Shimogamo: the forest and the delta
A primaeval forest, one of Kyoto's oldest shrines, the river fork, and warm mamemochi.