Practical info
Accessibility, luggage, payment, tattoos and hot springs, rainy days and safety, each taken from the official page of the place or operator and linked to it.
Accessibility
- 金閣寺（鹿苑寺）Accessibility
- You can reach the side of the Golden Pavilion without large steps. However, to preserve the roughly 600-year-old garden, the garden itself has no barrier-free provision. Wheelchairs can be borrowed and accessible toilets are available. ↗
- Chion-inAccessibility
- Wheelchair visits are possible, and wheelchairs can be borrowed (ask a staff member on arrival). ↗
- National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto (MoMAK)Accessibility
- The entrance is a ramp wheelchairs can use. Ten wheelchairs (6 self-propelled, 4 pushed by an attendant) can be borrowed at the 1st-floor information desk. A wheelchair-accessible elevator is available. The 1st-floor accessible toilet has ostomate facilities. ↗
- Kyoto AquariumAccessibility
- The building has ramps and elevators, so wheelchairs and strollers can move through it (official support guide). Wheelchairs can be borrowed (limited number). ↗
- Heian JinguAccessibility
- Wheelchairs and strollers can visit, but there are steps and stairs, so take care. ↗
- 京都国際マンガミュージアムAccessibility
- The entrance is a ramp that wheelchair users can use, and there is a wheelchair-accessible elevator and accessible toilets on the 1st and 2nd floors. No strollers are available to borrow (official visitor guide). ↗
- Ginkaku-jiAccessibility
- Wheelchair visits are possible except for some viewpoints. There is an accessible toilet next to the shop. ↗
- Kyoto National Museum (Heisei Chishinkan Wing)Accessibility
- A wheelchair ramp is installed at the South Gate entrance, and wheelchairs can be borrowed free of charge; strollers can also be borrowed free (official accessibility information). ↗
- Tofuku-jiAccessibility
- One wheelchair each is available for Tsutenkyo Bridge and the main-hall garden (Hojo). Tsutenkyo spans a gorge, so wheelchairs cannot go down into it. The temple’s indoor wheelchair is used for the Hojo garden. Wheelchairs cannot be reserved. ↗
- Toei Uzumasa Kyoto VillageAccessibility
- Tickets for visitors with disabilities, wheelchair rental and accessible/wheelchair-accessible toilets are available. The service guide also describes wheelchair rental and multi-purpose toilets. ↗
- Nijo-jo CastleAccessibility
- Electric wheelchairs can be borrowed at the general information desk (free, no reservations) (official service guide). ↗
- Nanzen-ji TempleAccessibility
- The grounds are paved, but there are also slopes, gravel paths and steps. An indoor wheelchair is lent out for the Hojo garden (ask at the admission desk). ↗
- Kiyomizu-deraAccessibility
- Wheelchair visits are possible. Vehicles can enter from the disaster-prevention road (Chawan-zaka) entrance, and a step-free route runs around the grounds. There are several accessible toilets. Wheelchairs are not available to borrow. ↗
- Kyoto City ZooAccessibility
- Free wheelchair loan (first come, first served; limited number). ↗
- JR京都駅Accessibility
- The legend of the official station map shows wheelchair-accessible toilets and barrier-free routes (transfer routes between Shinkansen and conventional lines). ↗
- 近鉄京都駅Accessibility
- Kintetsu’s official barrier-free route map shows a step-free transfer route to the JR conventional-line west ticket gate and a route to the Karasuma Subway Line ticket gate. ↗
- 京阪祇園四条駅Accessibility
- Escalators, elevators, ramps, wheelchair-accessible toilets, baby facilities and ostomate facilities are available. There is no stair lift for wheelchairs. ↗
- 京阪清水五条駅Accessibility
- Escalators, elevators, ramps, wheelchair-accessible toilets and ostomate facilities are available. There is no stair lift for wheelchairs and no baby facilities. ↗
- 京阪三条駅Accessibility
- Escalators, elevators, ramps, wheelchair-accessible toilets, baby facilities and ostomate facilities are available. There is no stair lift for wheelchairs. ↗
- 阪急烏丸駅Accessibility
- The listed accessibility facilities are elevators, escalators, ramps, wheelchair-accessible toilets and ostomate facilities. ↗
- 阪急京都河原町駅Accessibility
- The listed accessibility facilities are elevators, escalators, wheelchair-accessible toilets and ostomate facilities (ramps are not mentioned). ↗
- 阪急嵐山駅Accessibility
- The listed accessibility facilities are ramps, wheelchair-accessible toilets and ostomate facilities (elevators and escalators are not mentioned). ↗
- 京都市営地下鉄（全線）Accessibility
- Elevators at all stations meet barrier-free standards. At 12 of the 31 stations, the elevators have text display devices and emergency buttons usable by people with hearing impairments (as of the end of fiscal 2024). ↗
- 嵐電（嵐山線）Accessibility
- On the Arashiyama Line, 20 of the 22 stations have completed barrier-free works (as of the completion of the works at the Uzumasa Koryuji Station down platform). This document cannot confirm the status of each individual station. ↗
- 平等院Accessibility
- Wheelchair visits to the garden and the Hoshokan are possible. The garden is paved with coarse gravel, so a special garden wheelchair is strongly recommended. ↗
- 京都御所Accessibility
- The grounds have a gravel surface, and visitors are advised to wear comfortable shoes. Wheelchairs can be borrowed by asking a staff member. ↗
Luggage
- Nijo-jo CastleLuggage
- Hand-luggage storage at the Ōyasumisho rest house (strollers and suitcases accepted), ¥500. Coin lockers are at the ticket office (beside Higashi-Ōtemon Gate) and inside the rest house, ¥200–¥700 depending on size and location (official service guide). ↗
Payment
- Arashiyama Monkey Park IwatayamaPayment
- The official site states that the admission fee is cash only (credit cards and electronic money cannot be used). ↗
- セブン銀行ATM（海外発行カード）Payment
- ATMs in 7-Eleven stores and elsewhere let you withdraw yen with foreign-issued cards. The limit per withdrawal with a foreign-issued card is ¥100,000 (¥30,000 for magnetic-stripe transactions). ↗
- ゆうちょ銀行ATM（海外発行カード）Payment
- Compact ATMs support 16 languages when you use the International ATM Service to withdraw cash with a foreign-issued card (Japan Post Bank official). ↗
- ICOCA（JR西日本）Payment
- ICOCA can be used for rail travel and also as ICOCA electronic money for shopping, and can be topped up and reused (JR West official). ↗
Tattoos & hot springs
- くらま温泉Tattoos & hot springs
- Official FAQ: guests with tattoos may use the facility. People belonging to organized crime or anti-social groups may not. ↗
Rainy day
- 京都国際マンガミュージアムRainy day
- Indoor facility. Open 10:00–17:00 (last entry 16:30). Admission: adults ¥1,200, junior/senior high school ¥400, elementary school ¥200 (official price list). ↗
- Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of ArtRainy day
- Indoor facility. Open 10:00–18:00 (last entry varies by exhibition). ↗
Safety
- Arashiyama Monkey Park IwatayamaSafety
- Official admission guide: visitors cannot feed the monkeys with food they bring in. ↗
- 京都市内（イノシシ出没時の対応・京都市公式）Safety
- Official advice from Kyoto City: if you meet a wild boar, stay calm and quietly leave the spot. Never feed it (it makes boars used to people). Chasing it with a stick or throwing stones to scare it is very dangerous. ↗