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Walks in Pontocho.
One editor-picked walk through Pontocho, plus nearby routes for the same morning if you want to keep going.
Nearby
Other walks close to Pontocho.
Sorted by distance from the start of pontocho and kiyamachi: the lantern lanes. Good for stitching together a longer day.
heritagequirky2.7 km · 70 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
Gion: the lanes and the willows
Hanami-koji's teahouses, the willow-lined Shirakawa canal, and the shrine the district grew around.
marketfood-forward2.7 km · 75 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
Nishiki Market and the downtown arcades
Kyoto's kitchen, the covered market, the Teramachi arcades, and a shrine for scholars.
architectureheritage3 km · 80 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
Karasuma-Oike and the merchant machiya
The old merchant grid — surviving townhouses, a brick former bank, and the sake and textile shop-fronts.
monumentalparkland3.4 km · 85 min · Easy· Claude-drafted
Northern Higashiyama: the great torii and the canal
A giant vermilion torii, the Okazaki museums, and the canal that climbs to Nanzen-ji.