Three Travelers, Two Weeks in the Kansai region = ?

Note: I have finally returned to working on the Kyoto portion of this page in small updates, keep checking back to see it grow. In time I will be adding sections for Osaka, Otsu, 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 when you get there wander about and see what else you find.

The Kyoto / Otsu part of the chart is organized by map numbers from the Japanese / English Bilingual Atlas of KYOTO published by Tokyo Chizu Publishing. The atlas is now out of print but used copies show up on occasion on Amazon Japan.

NOTE on Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine names: Temple names usually end in 'in', 'ji', 'dera' or 'tera'; shrine names usually end in in 'jinja' or 'gu'.

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.

KYOTO AREA