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Cluster · Kyoto

Kinkaku-ji / Ryōan-ji (north-west)

Morning cluster far from the centre: Kinkaku-ji at opening, walk the Kinukake road to Ryōan-ji; 3 hours; buses are slow and crowded — taxi out, bus or taxi back.

Not field-verified28″ bags: forbiddenTime: halfRescue coverage 99% ≤7′
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

Kinkaku-ji south along the Kinukake-no-michi road to Ryōan-ji and Ninna-ji — not the whole of Kita ward.

Slope
gentle
Stairs
Few; gravel paths inside temples
Shade
medium
Surface
pavement + gravel
Sleep here or visit
visit

Rescue anchors

244 grid cells · 40 m
ABCDEF
Green: rescue anchor (always). Amber: heat-only anchor. Red dots: grid cells more than 7 min (p90) from every valid anchor. North is up; not to scale for navigation.

A — Kinkaku-ji gate area (WC, benches)

toilet · seated_rest · valid: always

B — Kinkakuji-michi bus stop (convenience store, field-verify)

food · ac · valid: always

C — Kinukake road midpoint (café, field-verify)

seated_rest · food · valid: always

D — Ryōan-ji gate (WC, pond benches)

toilet · seated_rest · valid: always

E — Ninna-ji Niōmon gate (WC)

toilet · seated_rest · valid: always

F — Kinukake road north (field-verify)

seated_rest · valid: always

always: 99% covered, max p90 6.7′, worst cell 7.1′ · heat: 99%

Nodes in this cluster

  • Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion) — Be at the gate at opening: the one-way loop takes 30–40 minutes and fills with tour groups by 10:00; you see the pavilion from across the pond only.
  • Ryōan-ji — The rock garden is a sit, not a walk: 30–45 minutes on the veranda, shoes off; quieter than Kinkaku-ji before 10:00.

Edges out (directed)

Arashiyama
Randen from Omuro-Ninnaji · ~25 min
Downtown (Nishiki / Pontochō)
Taxi or bus 205 · ~35 min

Red lines here

  • Kinkaku-ji: one-way route; no stopping on the narrow pond path when crowded.