Waka Kyoto Kawaramachi Hotel

若京都河原町ホテル · 京都府京都市下京区富永349-6

91/100
Almost everything within a walk
Access 80Daily 82Eating 100Sights 84Nightlife 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 store35 m
  • Places to eat2,306 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 Kawaramachi 四条河原町1 min · 112 m
  • Kawaramachi Matsubara 河原町松原3 min · 218 m

Train station

4 found

Everything else you do in a day starts here.

  • Kyoto Kawaramachi 京都河原町4 min · 294 m
  • Gion-shijo 祇園四条5 min · 376 m
  • Kiyomizu-gojo 清水五条8 min · 627 m
  • Karasuma 烏丸10 min · 788 m

Daily needs

the hotel can’t do these for you

Convenience store

24 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 · 35 m
  • 7-Eleven セブン-イレブン2 min · 151 m

Pharmacy / drugstore

not in this reading40 found

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

  • Sakamoto Kanpoudou 阪本漢方堂2 min · 184 m
  • (heiten) Puromisu Shijou Kawaramachi Minami Jidou Keiyaku Koonaa (閉店)プロミス 四条河原町南自動契約コーナー2 min · 199 m

Supermarket

not in this reading7 found

Matters once you are staying more than a few nights.

  • Gyomu Super 業務スーパー2 min · 171 m
  • FRESCO 2 min · 184 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1 min · 47 m
  • Seven Bank セブン銀行2 min · 150 m

Eating

Places to eat

2,306 found

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

  • Taberutomaru タベルトマル1 min · 10 m
  • Rabaraka ラバラカ1 min · 32 m
  • Hanami Kouji Ya Gen Bori 花見小路やげんぼり1 min · 32 m

Cafe

not in this reading381 found

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

  • Coffee Base BnA 1 min · 113 m
  • Tanba Kuri/Waguri Senmon Saori 丹波くり・和栗専門 紗織2 min · 134 m

Things to see

Things to see

109 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.

  • Joudoshuu Katsu Madoka Temple 浄土宗 勝圓寺1 min · 55 m
  • Inochi No Kagayaki 命の輝き1 min · 103 m
  • 鎮西聖光上人遺蹤 2 min · 169 m

Public bath / onsen

1 found

Often the reason for the trip rather than a convenience.

  • Daikoku Yu 大黒湯6 min · 512 m

Park or garden

86 found

Somewhere to walk that is not a shopping street.

  • Park 1 min · 95 m
  • Park 5 min · 376 m

Souvenir shops

not scored24 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.

  • Japan Culture & Character Shop Guf Kyoto Branch Japan Culture & Character Shop Guf 京都店2 min · 157 m
  • Nintendo KYOTO 3 min · 252 m

At night

material, not a verdict

Bars and nightlife

not in this reading698 found

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

  • Torikizoku 鳥貴族1 min · 60 m
  • BarRAW/LIFE barRAW・LIFE1 min · 60 m

Police box (koban)

not in this reading8 found

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

  • Gojou Keisatsusho Takatsuji Koban 五条警察署高辻交番2 min · 139 m
  • Gojou Keisatsusho ShinKyougoku Koban 五条警察署新京極交番4 min · 316 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 7 min · 525 m
  • Gaika Ryougae Kyoto Exchange 外貨両替 Kyoto Exchange9 min · 718 m

Post office

not in this reading10 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.

  • Yamato Un'yu ヤマト運輸3 min · 230 m
  • Kyoto Takashimaya-nai Post Office 京都高島屋内郵便局3 min · 254 m

Coin lockers

not in this reading4 found

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

  • Packcity Japan PUDOステーション5 min · 430 m
  • Keihan Denki Tetsudou Gion Shijou Station 京阪電気鉄道 祇園四条駅7 min · 577 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.

  • Beree Za Gion Minami Branch ベレーザ祇園南店4 min · 312 m
  • Laundromat 8 min · 658 m

The area · Gion

5 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 16:36 UTC against our OpenStreetMap import · preset: sightseeing

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