Hotel Espasion Pontocho

Hotel Espasion Pontocho · 京都府京都市中京区下樵木町196

98/100
Almost everything within a walk
Access 100Daily 89Eating 100Sights 95Nightlife 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 stationKyoto Kawaramachi · 4 min
  • Convenience store155 m
  • Places to eat2,666 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

20 found

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

  • Shijo Kawaramachi 四条河原町2 min · 162 m
  • Gion/Shijo-Kawaramachi 祇園・四条河原町2 min · 172 m

Train station

5 found

Everything else you do in a day starts here.

  • Kyoto Kawaramachi 京都河原町4 min · 287 m
  • Gion-shijo 祇園四条4 min · 349 m
  • Sanjo 三条4 min · 349 m
  • Sanjo Keihan 三条京阪6 min · 458 m
  • Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae 京都市役所前7 min · 548 m

Daily needs

the hotel can’t do these for you

Convenience store

30 found

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

  • Famirii Maato ファミリーマート2 min · 155 m
  • 7-Eleven セブン-イレブン3 min · 214 m

Pharmacy / drugstore

not in this reading50 found

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

  • 台湾混飯 酒芬 1 min · 117 m
  • Sazarou Faamashii 佐々浪ファーマシー2 min · 133 m

Supermarket

not in this reading10 found

Matters once you are staying more than a few nights.

  • Gyomu Super 業務スーパー2 min · 195 m
  • Meijiya 明治屋4 min · 321 m

ATMs that take foreign cards

not in this reading36 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2 min · 160 m
  • Seven Bank セブン銀行3 min · 203 m

Eating

Places to eat

2,666 found

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

  • Iroha Karuta Main Branch いろはかるた 本店1 min · 14 m
  • Taki I たき井1 min · 20 m
  • Yakiniku NANASHI 1 min · 20 m

Cafe

not in this reading435 found

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

  • ambient cafe 1 min · 14 m
  • Enjoy Coffee Time 1 min · 40 m

Things to see

Things to see

152 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.

  • Tosa Hantei Ato 土佐藩邸跡1 min · 14 m
  • Nana No Funairishi 七之舟入址1 min · 17 m
  • Takase Kawa Ho Shou Kai 高瀬川保勝會1 min · 32 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6 min · 506 m
  • Yanagi Yu 柳湯8 min · 629 m

Park or garden

130 found

Somewhere to walk that is not a shopping street.

  • Ponto-chō kōen 先斗町公園1 min · 53 m
  • Park 2 min · 183 m

Souvenir shops

not scored27 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.

  • Fukuda Shoukadou 福田松花堂2 min · 153 m
  • Sunuupii Taun Shoppu スヌーピータウンショップ3 min · 205 m

At night

material, not a verdict

Bars and nightlife

not in this reading819 found

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

  • JOKER 1 min · 5 m
  • Japanesewhiskybar7kyoto 1 min · 14 m

Police box (koban)

not in this reading8 found

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

  • Kiyamachi Keibi Hashutsusho 木屋町警備派出所1 min · 34 m
  • Gojou Keisatsusho Shijou Koban 五条警察署四条交番3 min · 253 m

Currency exchange

not scored2 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.

  • Currency Exchanger 3 min · 222 m
  • Gaika Ryougae Kyoto Exchange 外貨両替 Kyoto Exchange4 min · 292 m

Post office

not in this reading8 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 Gion Post Office 京都祇園郵便局3 min · 275 m
  • Kyoto Takashimaya-nai Post Office 京都高島屋内郵便局5 min · 378 m

Coin lockers

not in this reading6 found

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

  • Packcity Japan PUDOステーション4 min · 297 m
  • Packcity Japan PUDOステーション5 min · 381 m

Laundromat

not scored2 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5 min · 360 m
  • Beree Za Gion Minami Branch ベレーザ祇園南店7 min · 528 m

The area · Gion

4 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 18:03 UTC against our OpenStreetMap import · preset: sightseeing

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