イノダコーヒ本店 · 7:00–18:00 (last order 17:30)Temples by daylight, obanzai at night
京都を1日で：昼は寺社、夜はおばんざい
The Kyoto of the postcards in one long day, taken from Jalan's one-day model course, with its prices and hours as of 3 September 2026: coffee at seven, the rock garden when it opens, handmade udon in Okazaki, the Heian…
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Sora Nakamura · 2026.09.25 · Sora Nakamura is a pen name. Routes are written from the sources named on each stop, and read before they go out.
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Coffee
Breakfast at Inoda's main branch: a machiya front, and behind it a room done like an old Western house. The Kyoto Breakfast of ham made for the house, salad, scrambled eggs and a croissant, with a drink, is ¥1,890.
bus ≈45 min
龍安寺
The rock garden: white sand and fifteen stones, set so that from no single place can you see all fifteen at once.
bus ≈45 min
Noodles
Handmade udon and fresh soba near the Heian shrine, boiled when you order. The kitsune udon is ¥950: a stock of Rishiri kelp, Kujo leek, and fried tofu made every morning by a local tofu shop.
Plan B Closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays: go straight on to Heian Jingu.
walk ≈5 min · 0.3 km
平安神宮
Built in 1895 for the 1,100th year of the capital, a five-eighths copy of the Heian palace's state halls. The grounds are free; the ¥600 is for the garden.
walk ≈23 min · 1.4 km
八坂神社
Gion's shrine, its main hall and worship hall under one great roof, a style called gion-zukuri. Entry is free.
walk ≈16 min · 1 km
清水寺
The wooden stage juts from the main hall over the city, built without nails; walk on to the Otowa waterfall, which gave the temple its name.
walk ≈27 min · 1.6 km
Eat
Obanzai, the everyday cooking of Kyoto homes, in a small place at the end of a narrow lane, a minute from Karasuma station: about a hundred dishes, from Kyoto-grown produce. Kujo leek and squid dressed in vinegared miso is ¥680.
Plan B Closed on Wednesdays: the day ends at the stop before. It also shuts on the third and fourth Thursday.
日 Day by Day · KY
The day costs
¥4,540
≈ $29 · €26 at the ECB rate of 11.09
Per person · one adult · 6 of 7 stops priced
The day, in words
The Kyoto of the postcards in one long day, taken from Jalan's one-day model course, with its prices and hours as of 3 September 2026: coffee at seven, the rock garden when it opens, handmade udon in Okazaki, the Heian shrine and Yasaka in the afternoon, Kiyomizu before it closes, and dinner a minute from Karasuma station.
The temples and shrines are open every day. The udon shop closes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and the dinner on Wednesdays and the third and fourth Thursdays, so avoid those. The entry fees add up to ¥1,700 a person; the buses between the west and the east of the city are not priced here.
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