← Kyoto itinerariesArashiyama Day Trip from Kyoto: Romantic Train & River Boat
Leave Kyoto Station at 08:30 and visit Hozugawa River Boat Ride (Kameoka → Arashiyama), Togetsukyo Bridge, Tenryu-ji and 2 more places by train and on foot. Day trip. 3 items need booking ahead.
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Itinerary
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- 08:301
- Train 20 min¥240
- 09:002
Some days have no service (e.g. Wednesdays). Check the official site
- Train 25 min¥880Booking page
- 09:303
Some days have no service (e.g. Wednesdays). Check the official site. Tickets can be booked from 1 month before the ride
Booking pageBooking opens 1 month ahead - Bus 15 min¥300
- 10:004
About 2 hours by boat. May be cancelled in bad weather
- Ferry 2 hr
- 12:305About 1 hr 20 min here
For lunch, try yudofu (simmered tofu) or nishin soba (herring soba)
- Walk 10 min
- 14:006
- Walk 5 min
- 15:007
- Walk 15 min
- 16:008
Famous for autumn leaves in November
- Train 25 min¥240
- 17:309
Getting around and time at each stop
- Kyoto Station (start) → Torokko Saga Station: Train 20 min (¥240)
- Torokko Saga Station → Torokko Kameoka Station: Train 25 min (¥880)
- Torokko Kameoka Station → Hozugawa River Boat Ride (Kameoka → Arashiyama): Bus 15 min (¥300)
- Hozugawa River Boat Ride (Kameoka → Arashiyama) → Togetsukyo Bridge: Ferry 2 hr
- Togetsukyo Bridge → Tenryu-ji: Walk 10 min
- Tenryu-ji → Bamboo Forest Path (Chikurin-no-Komichi): Walk 5 min
- Bamboo Forest Path (Chikurin-no-Komichi) → Jojakko-ji: Walk 15 min
- Jojakko-ji → Kyoto Station (finish): Train 25 min (¥240)
Time at each stop (approx., includes free time): Hozugawa River Boat Ride (Kameoka → Arashiyama): about 30 min · Togetsukyo Bridge: about 1 hr 20 min · Tenryu-ji: about 55 min · Bamboo Forest Path (Chikurin-no-Komichi): about 45 min · Jojakko-ji: about 1 hr 5 min
Travel times are a guide. Check timetables on the day.
Listed costs per person, in yen
- Transport
- ¥1,660
- Stay
- ¥0
- Admission
- ¥7,300
- Total
- ¥8,960
- 1 transport or stay item has no price listed, so the real cost will be higher.
- Not a tour price. Meals may not be included.
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