Bou Gion Shirakawa

紡 祇園白川 · 京都府京都市東山区石橋町302-3

98/100
Almost everything within a walk
Access 85Daily 62Eating 100Sights 100Nightlife 100

Somewhere you leave in the morning. Buses count as much as trains — most of what people come to Japan to see is not on a railway line.

  • Train stationHigashiyama · 4 min
  • Convenience store108 m
  • Places to eat1,834 found

What is actually within a 10 minute walk

Straight-line distance from the building, measured against OpenStreetMap. Walking times use 80 m per minute, the convention used by Japanese property listings. Only about four in ten places in Japan have an English name in OpenStreetMap, so some names below appear in Japanese — still useful for showing to a taxi driver or matching a shopfront.

Getting around

Bus stop

23 found

Where there is no train, this is the way out. Stops on both sides of one road are counted once.

  • Chionin-mae (Chionin Temple) 知恩院前1 min · 80 m
  • Higashiyama Sanjo 東山三条3 min · 201 m

Train station

4 found

Everything else you do in a day starts here.

  • Higashiyama 東山4 min · 326 m
  • Sanjo Keihan 三条京阪5 min · 399 m
  • Sanjo 三条6 min · 515 m
  • Gion-shijo 祇園四条8 min · 671 m

Daily needs

the hotel can’t do these for you

Convenience store

18 found

Open late, sells water, food, and usually has an ATM that takes foreign cards.

  • FamilyMart ファミリーマート1 min · 108 m
  • Lawson Store 100 ローソンストア1003 min · 265 m

Pharmacy / drugstore

not in this reading22 found

Getting ill is the thing most likely to ruin a trip.

  • Teppanyaki Izakaya Nana Fukujin 鉄板焼居酒屋 七福神3 min · 228 m
  • Izakaya Maumu 居酒屋 マウム5 min · 377 m

Supermarket

not in this reading9 found

Matters once you are staying more than a few nights.

  • Fresco Petit フレスコ2 min · 143 m
  • Sakamoto Store 阪本商店3 min · 200 m

ATMs that take foreign cards

not in this reading22 found

Seven Bank, Lawson Bank, E-net, Aeon and Japan Post accept cards issued outside Japan. Most other Japanese bank ATMs decline them, so they are not counted here. Post offices are counted, because that is where most Japan Post machines are.

  • E-net イーネット1 min · 107 m
  • Lawson Bank ローソン銀行2 min · 151 m

Eating

Places to eat

1,834 found

Restaurants and fast food. Cafes are not counted — most close before dinner.

  • Kyoto Kakefuda 京都掛札1 min · 22 m
  • Seiyou Chuubou Itou 西洋厨房 いとう1 min · 44 m
  • Gion Emon 祇園えもん1 min · 44 m

Cafe

not in this reading270 found

Somewhere to sit in the morning that is not your room.

  • Kyoto Ri Kyuuen 京都利休園1 min · 38 m
  • Kissa Rokka 喫茶六花1 min · 52 m

Things to see

Things to see

184 found

Attractions, museums, viewpoints, castles and monuments. Ordinary neighbourhood shrines are not counted — Japan has tens of thousands, and counting them would make every street look remarkable.

  • Monzen Shirakawa Tsuu 門前白川通1 min · 64 m
  • 從是西八ノ丁場 1 min · 98 m
  • Gyoujakyou 行者橋1 min · 106 m

Public bath / onsen

2 found

Often the reason for the trip rather than a convenience.

  • Kyoto Shiritsu Sanjouyokujou 京都市立三条浴場2 min · 197 m
  • Yanagi Yu 柳湯5 min · 402 m

Park or garden

115 found

Somewhere to walk that is not a shopping street.

  • Park 1 min · 101 m
  • Park 2 min · 128 m

Souvenir shops

not scored9 found

Shown for information only. About 3,000 are mapped for the whole country against many times that in reality, so a hit here is worth something and a miss means nothing.

Shown for information only. Our sources cover this category unevenly, so a low count here may mean the map is incomplete rather than the area is.

  • Rakuzen 1 min · 96 m
  • Eirakuya SaiTsuji Ihee Shouten Gion Branch 永楽屋細辻伊兵衛商店祇園店4 min · 317 m

At night

material, not a verdict

Bars and nightlife

not in this reading700 found

Counted as a plus here. A property tool would count the same places as a minus.

  • Bar RIrheiaM (rireiamu) Bar RIrheiaM(リレイアム)2 min · 143 m
  • Raibu Baa Silver Wings ライブバー Silver Wings2 min · 145 m

Police box (koban)

not in this reading5 found

Staffed neighbourhood police posts. The default place to go if something goes wrong.

  • Koban 三条大橋東交番5 min · 378 m
  • Gion Koban 祇園交番5 min · 399 m

Currency exchange

not scored0 found

Shown for information only. 197 exchange counters are mapped for the whole country, far fewer than exist, so they are never scored. If you have a card, the ATM count above is the more reliable answer.

Shown for information only. Our sources cover this category unevenly, so a low count here may mean the map is incomplete rather than the area is.

None found within 800 m.

Post office

not in this reading6 found

Sends things home, and holds a Japan Post ATM that takes foreign cards — away from the cities this is often the only one within walking distance. Sub-post offices (簡易郵便局) frequently have no machine, so they are listed here but not counted as ATMs.

  • Kyoto Chion-in-mae Post Office 京都知恩院前郵便局2 min · 172 m
  • Kyoto Sanjo Ohashi Post Office 京都三条大橋郵便局5 min · 405 m

Coin lockers

not in this reading5 found

For the hours before check-in and after check-out.

  • Furesuko Kawabata Branch フレスコ川端店3 min · 231 m
  • Keihan Denki Tetsudou Sanjou Station 京阪電気鉄道 三条駅3 min · 259 m

Laundromat

not scored1 found

Needed once a trip runs past a week.

Shown for information only. Our sources cover this category unevenly, so a low count here may mean the map is incomplete rather than the area is.

  • Royal Coin Laundry ロイヤル コインランドリー3 min · 273 m

The area · Gion

8 min from the centre
Places to eat within 10 min of the centre
2,493
Convenience stores · ATMs that take a foreign card
28 · 36
Bars & nightlife
803
Things to see
138
Is Gion a good area to stay? →

Other places to stay within the same walk

What this score does not include These data sets are not part of the number above. A blank here means “not checked”, never “nothing found”.
  • Flood and landslide hazard zones
  • Road and railway noise
  • Earthquake and tsunami risk
  • Prices and availability — the booking site has them
  • Reviews and ratings — we do not hold any
  • Opening hours — they change faster than a monthly import

Scored 2026-10-22 22:22 UTC against our OpenStreetMap import · preset: sightseeing

Listed by 楽天トラベル, confirmed 2026-09-10.