[Kyoto Driving Course] A trip to enjoy the scenic Japanese scenery and local cuisine!

It is one of Japan's leading terminal stations and serves as the gateway to sightseeing in Kyoto.
There are many rental car stores within walking distance of Kyoto Station. They all have a wide range of rental cars, from compact rental cars with a capacity of around 4 people to rental cars for group trips with a capacity of 8 people. There are also plans that allow you to return the car to a station other than Kyoto Station.

You can enjoy the scenery of each season, with cherry blossoms in spring and autumn leaves covering the entire mountain in autumn.
The walking courses around the area are full of sights with the Arashiyama scenery as a backdrop, including the familiar Togetsukyo Bridge and the World Heritage Site Tenryu-ji Temple.

It is famous as the temple where Kukai established the foundation of Shingon Buddhism. Many Buddhist statues, paintings, and calligraphy from the Heian and Kamakura periods remain within the temple grounds, including the National Treasure Yakushi Nyorai standing statue. You can also experience the warding off evil spirits by throwing tiles at the Kinunkyo Gorge from the observation plaza in front of Jizoin Temple.

Located in the heart of this mountain village, where lush nature still remains, just across the Hiraya Ohashi Bridge, the roadside station houses a tourist information center, "Furatto Miyama," which sells local specialties, and "Miyama no Megumi Milk Factory," a direct sales store for Miyama milk.

This quaint restaurant with a thatched roof is famous for its handmade soba noodles made with 100% stone-ground buckwheat flour from Miyama. In autumn, you can enjoy their proud handmade soba noodles while watching the view of the buckwheat in the fields that stretch out in front of the restaurant blooming with pure white flowers.

A variety of experiences are available, including trekking in Ashiu Forest (reservations required). There is a bath that uses thinned wood from the forests of Miyama as fuel, and you can enjoy a fragrant rose bath (Saturdays only) or a medicinal herb bath for day trips.