Finding your Osaka…
Three temples across western Kyoto
Visit Ninnaji, walk 20–30 minutes to Ryoanji, then 25–40 minutes toward Kinkakuji. A temple-focused day with a longer Osaka approach.
1 day7 hr locally · plus Osaka travel
Approx. 4–6 kmWalking includes approaches and sightseeing
Walk + public transport accessDaytime · start early
- Local visit
- About 7 hr
- With Osaka round trip
- About 10 hr–11 hr
Outward from Osaka-Umeda: 1 hr 30 min–2 hr. Return to Osaka-Umeda: 1 hr 30 min–2 hr.
Local time includes sightseeing, approaches, travel between stops and breaks. Osaka allowances cover the connections described in the access notes. Hotel transfers are extra. These are planning estimates; check service times, queues and last admission.
Why we chose this route
Selected as a advanced day trip with time for the places and the connections between them.
Take it one place at a time.
Your route, in order.
A stop-order diagram, not a street map. Open each section in Google Maps for directions and current journey estimates.
- STARTOmuro-Ninnaji StationWalk
- Walk
- Walk
- Walk
- FINISHKinkakuji-michi bus stop
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