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[Kyoto Driving Course] Enjoy visiting temples and shrines in a summer resort!
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This is a door-to-door course that takes you around the Kifune and Kurama areas, which are popular summer resorts in Kyoto. After visiting Kifune Shrine, which enshrines the god of water and enjoying Japanese sweets at a long-established shop, you will head to Ohara via mountain roads. After visiting a famous temple that only a few in the know will know about, you can take home some Ohara delicacies as souvenirs.
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"Tabirai" is managed by Pam, a group specializing in Japanese tours and travel.Tabirai is a Japan tour and travel booking site established in 2003. As of now, at least 13 million users visit the site annually and at least 400,000 bookings are made every year.
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Distance: Approximately 39.4 km one way, Travel time: Approximately 1 hour 22 minutes one way
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From Kibune, home of the water god, to the mountain village of Ohara ~ To the Kibune-Kurama-Ohara area, known as the inner sanctum ~
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This is a door-to-door course that takes you around the Kifune and Kurama areas, which are popular summer resorts in Kyoto. After visiting Kifune Shrine, which enshrines the god of water and enjoying Japanese sweets at a long-established shop, you will head to Ohara via mountain roads. After visiting a famous temple that only a few in the know will know about, you can take home some Ohara delicacies as souvenirs.
Driving course starting from Kyoto Station
1
Kyoto Station
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Route to the next spot: Prefectural Route 361, Prefectural Route 38 Distance: Approximately 18km
Duration: Approximately 46 minutes
Duration: Approximately 46 minutes
2
Kifune Shrine
Route to the next spot: Prefectural Route 361, Kurama Highway/Prefectural Route 38 Distance: Approximately 3.5 km Time required: Approximately 8 minutes
3
Tamondo
Route to the next spot: Prefectural Route 38, Prefectural Route 40, Prefectural Route 108 Distance: Approximately 12.5km
Duration: Approximately 22 minutes
Duration: Approximately 22 minutes
4
Kochiya Amidaji Temple
Route to the next spot: Prefectural Route 108 Distance: Approximately 2.8km
Duration: Approximately 6 minutes
Duration: Approximately 6 minutes
5
Village Station Ohara
Route to the next spot: Prefectural Route 108, Prefectural Route 40, National Route 367 Distance: Approximately 1.9 km
Duration: Approximately 4 minutes
Duration: Approximately 4 minutes
6
Doi Shiba-zuke Honpo
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"Tabirai" is managed by Pam, a group specializing in Japanese tours and travel.Tabirai is a Japan tour and travel booking site established in 2003. As of now, at least 13 million users visit the site annually and at least 400,000 bookings are made every year.
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