Why walk it with Waypost
Kyoto was built for walkers — lantern lanes, philosopher’s paths, bamboo groves and shrines joined by stone stairways. We walk it with Kyoto-born guides, early enough to hear the temples wake up.
Days balance headline sights with quiet craft quarters: tea houses, sake lanes, a zen garden morning, and a day on the old Nakasendo post road. Dinners move from ramen counters to a kaiseki farewell.
Walk highlights
- Fushimi Inari dawn walk through ten thousand gates
- Philosopher’s path & silver pavilion morning
- Arashiyama bamboo grove & river walk
- Nakasendo post-road day with a mountain inn lunch
Day by day
- Day 1 — Arrival & Gion eveningLantern-lane welcome walk through Gion and Pontocho with dinner.
- Day 2 — Fushimi at dawnBeat the crowds up the gate stairways, 8 km loop, sake-lane lunch.
- Day 3 — East templesPhilosopher’s path, silver pavilion and hillside shrines — 10 km.
- Day 4–8 — Grove, post road & farewellArashiyama walk, Nakasendo inn day, zen garden morning and kaiseki farewell.
What's included
- 7 nights in machiya-style stays
- Kyoto-born guides throughout
- All temple & garden entries
- Ramen night & kaiseki farewell
- Rail passes & transfers
- Early starts to beat crowds
From the trail
