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Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto · JapanGuesthouse

89/100
Almost everything within a walk
Access 63Daily 53Eating 92Sights 83Nightlife 49

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 stationMarutamachi · 4 min
  • Convenience store128 m
  • Places to eat817 found

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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

16 found

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

  • Karasuma Nijo 烏丸二条3 min · 255 m
  • Karasuma Marutamachi 烏丸丸太町(地下鉄丸太町駅)4 min · 343 m

Train station

3 found

Everything else you do in a day starts here.

  • Marutamachi 丸太町4 min · 333 m
  • Karasuma Oike 烏丸御池6 min · 481 m
  • Kyoto Shiyakusho-mae 京都市役所前9 min · 706 m

Daily needs

the hotel can’t do these for you

Convenience store

21 found

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

  • Seven-Eleven セブン-イレブン2 min · 128 m
  • 7-Eleven セブン-イレブン4 min · 283 m

Pharmacy / drugstore

not in this reading24 found

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

  • Kirara Mirai Pharmacy Gosho Minami Branch きららみらい薬局 御所南店3 min · 224 m
  • Nijou Wakanyaku Higashida Shou Branch 二條和漢薬東田商店3 min · 257 m

Supermarket

not in this reading9 found

Matters once you are staying more than a few nights.

  • Fresco Oike 5 min · 400 m
  • ZERO WASTE KYOTO 6 min · 451 m

ATMs that take foreign cards

not in this reading24 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.

  • Seven Bank セブン銀行2 min · 132 m
  • Kyoto Takeyamachi-Takakura Post Office 京都竹屋町高倉郵便局3 min · 201 m

Eating

Places to eat

817 found

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

  • Kyou Warai Bi Suie 京 笑びす家1 min · 51 m
  • She/Ruuku シェ・ルーク1 min · 52 m
  • neuf creperie 1 min · 63 m

Cafe

not in this reading194 found

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

  • Kurasu Ebisugawa 1 min · 51 m
  • merry go round| cafe, salon, and indoor playground merry go round| cafe, salon, and indoor playground1 min · 104 m

Things to see

Things to see

91 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.

  • Gyararii Shinsoudou ギャラリー 新双洞4 min · 310 m
  • Aida No Machiguchi 間ノ町口5 min · 367 m
  • Kujou Yashikiato 九条邸跡5 min · 406 m

Public bath / onsen

2 found

Often the reason for the trip rather than a convenience.

  • Public bath 7 min · 585 m
  • sakura-yu 桜湯9 min · 743 m

Park or garden

117 found

Somewhere to walk that is not a shopping street.

  • Tomikoujidono Park 富小路殿公園2 min · 163 m
  • Chikukan Park 竹間公園2 min · 197 m

Souvenir shops

not scored6 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.

  • Charm Villa Kyoto Charm Villa 京都5 min · 399 m
  • Ogawa Kanemasadou 小川金正堂7 min · 565 m

At night

material, not a verdict

Bars and nightlife

not in this reading89 found

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

  • Bar Yanagi 1 min · 43 m
  • Rencontre 1 min · 61 m

Police box (koban)

not in this reading4 found

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

  • Chuutachiuri Keisatsusho Marutamachi Koban 中立売警察署丸太町交番5 min · 417 m
  • Nijoudono Koban 二条殿交番6 min · 444 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 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 Takeyamachi-Takakura Post Office 京都竹屋町高倉郵便局3 min · 201 m
  • Kyoto Higashinotoin-Oshikoji Post Office 京都東洞院押小路郵便局4 min · 295 m

Coin lockers

not in this reading0 found

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

None found within 800 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.

  • Coin operated laundromat 4 min · 289 m

The area · Gion

19 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
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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”.
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  • Road and railway noise
  • Earthquake and tsunami risk
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Scored 2026-10-22 21:46 UTC against our OpenStreetMap import · preset: sightseeing

Listed by OpenStreetMap, confirmed 2026-09-10.