THE GENERAL KYOTO Shijou Shinmachi

THE GENERAL KYOTO 四条新町 · 京都府京都市中京区新町通錦小路上る百足屋町392番地

96/100
Almost everything within a walk
Access 77Daily 88Eating 100Sights 94Nightlife 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 stationKarasuma · 5 min
  • Convenience store106 m
  • Places to eat1,301 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

18 found

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

  • Shijo Nishinotoin 四条西洞院3 min · 201 m
  • Shijo Karasuma 四条烏丸3 min · 243 m

Train station

5 found

Everything else you do in a day starts here.

  • Karasuma 烏丸5 min · 375 m
  • Shijō 四条5 min · 407 m
  • Karasuma Oike 烏丸御池8 min · 664 m
  • Omiya 大宮10 min · 774 m
  • Shijo-Omiya 四条大宮10 min · 795 m

Daily needs

the hotel can’t do these for you

Convenience store

31 found

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

  • Lawson ローソン1 min · 106 m
  • 7-Eleven セブン-イレブン2 min · 154 m

Pharmacy / drugstore

not in this reading48 found

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

  • Daigaku Pharmacy Muro Machi ダイガク薬局むろまち2 min · 122 m
  • Kobetsu Kyoushitsu No Torai Shijou Karasumakou 個別教室のトライ 四条烏丸校2 min · 152 m

Supermarket

not in this reading11 found

Matters once you are staying more than a few nights.

  • FRESCO スーパーフレスコ3 min · 237 m
  • DEAN & DELUCA 3 min · 254 m

ATMs that take foreign cards

not in this reading39 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.

  • Kyoto Shimmachi-Takoyakushi Post Office 京都新町蛸薬師郵便局2 min · 122 m
  • Seven Bank セブン銀行2 min · 153 m

Eating

Places to eat

1,301 found

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

  • 研覃 ほりへ 1 min · 27 m
  • Hana Kaminari Karasuma Branch 花雷烏丸店1 min · 32 m
  • Mukadeya Main Branch 百足屋本店1 min · 34 m

Cafe

not in this reading240 found

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

  • kasane × SION 1 min · 39 m
  • Shimi Dare Butaman しみだれ豚饅1 min · 50 m

Things to see

Things to see

59 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.

  • Kono Fukin Nanbanji Ato 此付近南蛮寺跡1 min · 118 m
  • Kyoto art center 京都芸術センター2 min · 131 m
  • Kono Fukin Honnou Jishi 此付近 本能寺址3 min · 240 m

Public bath / onsen

1 found

Often the reason for the trip rather than a convenience.

  • Spa -torinite スパートリニテ4 min · 349 m

Park or garden

27 found

Somewhere to walk that is not a shopping street.

  • Park 3 min · 259 m
  • Park 3 min · 264 m

Souvenir shops

not scored8 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.

  • Pokemon Sentaa Kyouto ポケモンセンターキョウト3 min · 253 m
  • Sanbido Karasuma Honten 4 min · 284 m

At night

material, not a verdict

Bars and nightlife

not in this reading209 found

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

  • Honami 穂波1 min · 28 m
  • Shimizu Shou Branch 清水商店1 min · 39 m

Police box (koban)

not in this reading7 found

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

  • Gojou Keisatsusho Higashidouin Koban 五条警察署東洞院交番5 min · 394 m
  • Gojou Keisatsusho Higashibori Kawa Koban 五条警察署東堀川交番6 min · 443 m

Currency exchange

not scored1 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.

  • Wan Suteppu Kyototen/iryouyou Iggu, Jinkou Nyuubou ワンステップ京都店・医療用ウィッグ,人工乳房3 min · 214 m

Post office

not in this reading11 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 Shimmachi-Takoyakushi Post Office 京都新町蛸薬師郵便局2 min · 122 m
  • Kyoto Nishinotoin-Sanjo Post Office 京都西洞院三条郵便局5 min · 402 m

Coin lockers

not in this reading3 found

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

  • Packcity Japan PUDOステーション3 min · 254 m
  • Packcity Japan PUDOステーション10 min · 786 m

Laundromat

not scored0 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.

None found within 800 m.

The area · Gion

17 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 15:45 UTC against our OpenStreetMap import · preset: sightseeing

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