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Places worth the detour in Kyoto

23 places worth going out of your way for lie within 30 km of Kyoto, Japan, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (19). Best known: Mount Hiei. 21 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.

Archaeological19 Nature4
Within 30 km
23
Oldest
Amazuka Kofun 600
Little known
21 of 23
Most from
8th century

All 23, ranked 23

Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.

Within reach of Kyoto

Nara · 36 km17 Osaka · 43 km57 Kashihara · 56 km23 Nagoya metropolitan area · 104 km12

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Questions about this page

What is worth seeing near Kyoto?

23 places within 30 km: 19 archaeological & historic sites and 4 nature & landscapes. The best known is Mount Hiei.

Is there anything near Kyoto that most visitors miss?

21 of these 23 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.

What is the oldest thing near Kyoto?

Amazuka Kofun, dated to 600.

How is the 30 km radius measured?

As the crow flies from the centre of Kyoto, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.