Cluster · Kyoto
Downtown (Nishiki / Pontochō)
Covered, flat and central: the rain-day and evening cluster; Nishiki before 11:00, Pontochō after dark; bags painful in the arcades.
Rules in force · 6Large suitcases on Kyoto city buses
- Japan ↗IC cards (ICOCA/Suica) are topped up with cash at station machines.
- Japan ↗Smoking while walking is banned in most city centres; use designated areas.
- Japan ↗Shinkansen bags 160–250 cm (L+W+H) need a seat reserved with the oversized-baggage area.
- Kansai ↗ICOCA is the default IC card; Suica works too.
- Kyoto ↗Large suitcases on Kyoto city buses: do not. Buses are crowded and oversized bags are refused or block aisles.
- Kyoto ↗Kyoto accommodation tax is often collected in cash at the front desk.
Bound and physics
Shijō–Sanjō between Karasuma-dōri and the Kamo river: Nishiki Market, Teramachi arcades, Pontochō.
- Slope
- flat
- Stairs
- None
- Shade
- high
- Surface
- covered arcades
- Sleep here or visit
- both
Rescue anchors
A — Shijō-Kawaramachi department store (AC, WC)
ac · toilet · seated_rest · food · valid: always
B — Nishiki Market middle (Nishiki Tenmangū shrine)
shelter · seated_rest · valid: always
C — Teramachi arcade north (café seating, field-verify)
seated_rest · food · shelter · valid: always
D — Sanjō-Ōhashi bridge / river bank
seated_rest · valid: always
E — Nishiki west end / Karasuma (convenience store)
food · ac · valid: always
F — Pontochō middle (café, field-verify)
seated_rest · food · valid: always
always: 98% covered, max p90 7′, worst cell 8.3′ · heat: 98%
Nodes in this cluster
No place pages yet; nodes here are used by the planner only.
Edges out (directed)
- Gion
- Walk east over Shijō bridge · ~8 min
- Higashiyama (south)
- Walk or taxi east · ~25 min
Red lines here
- Nishiki: eat at the stall, not while walking.
- Pontochō: no photos of geiko; private alleys are signed.