Kyoto City

Kyoto Station and the Shijo downtown

Kyoto Station is where most visitors first arrive, and many large hotels and business hotels cluster around it. The JR Haruka runs direct from Kansai International Airport in about 80 minutes; the limousine bus from Osaka International (Itami) Airport takes about 50 to 55 minutes.

The city centre runs along Shijo-dori: Shijo-Karasuma is a business district and Shijo-Kawaramachi a commercial district suited to dining and shopping. East of Kawaramachi lie the Pontocho and Kiyamachi streets, and across the Kamo river are Yasaka-jinja Shrine and Gion. The shrine is about 13 minutes on foot from Shijo-Kawaramachi, and Gion is known for its long-established ryotei restaurants.

Around it: Fushimi, Katsura and Yamashina

Central Fushimi is best reached on the Kintetsu Kyoto Line; Fushimi Inari Taisha is about 9 minutes from Kyoto Station on the JR Nara Line. Katsura is about 10 minutes from Kyoto-Kawaramachi on a Hankyu train bound for Osaka, and Karasuma, Omiya and Saiin lie along the same Hankyu Kyoto Line. Yamashina is one stop, about 5 minutes, from Kyoto Station on the JR Biwako or Kosei Line, and the Tozai subway line serves it too.

How RED LIGHT JAPAN divides Kyoto City

This site splits Kyoto City into Gion, Kawaramachi/Kiyamachi/Pontocho, Karasuma/Omiya/Saiin, Fushimi, Katsura and Yamashina. Walk-in formats such as soaplands cluster in particular blocks; delivery health is an outcall format used at a hotel or another place you choose, so for outcall venues the area usually marks the reception or base.