Demachiyanagi — Kamo Delta and Shimogamo Local Life — Kyoto

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Demachiyanagi — Kamo Delta and Shimogamo Local Life

Half-day

5 stops · Half-day

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The Kamo Delta, where Kyoto's two rivers meet, is a true neighborhood plaza where students, families, and couples rest on the stepping-stones. With the bean-mochi specialty of the nearby Demachi shopping street and the primeval-forest World Heritage Shimogamo Shrine, this course walks Kyoto life off the tourist track.

Half-day5 stopsEst. budget 22,000 KRW

Itinerary

1
Demachi Masugata Shopping Street出町桝形商店街
Demachiyanagi · Street · 40 min stay
A roofed old neighborhood arcade. Known as the model for the bakery in 'Kiki's Delivery Service,' it keeps alive the everyday-shopping scenery of ordinary Kyoto, not tourist prices.
Walk 2 min
2
Demachi Futaba出町ふたば
Demachiyanagi · Dessert · 15 min stay
Founded 1899, the perpetually-queued signature 'mamemochi' (bean mochi). The freshly-pounded mochi studded with salty whole beans is the snack Kyoto locals buy to eat sitting at the Kamo Delta.
오전(품절 전·줄 짧을 때)
Walk 3 min
3
Kamogawa Delta鴨川デルタ
Demachiyanagi · Riverside · 30 min stay
The triangular sandbank where the Takano and Kamo Rivers merge. Cross the turtle- and plover-shaped stepping-stones and rest on the lawn — the neighborhood living room that always appears in Kyoto youth films.
오후 햇살·석양
Walk 8 min
4
Tadasu-no-Mori & Shimogamo Shrine糺の森・下鴨神社
Nature · Shrine · 55 min stay
A 2,000-year-old shrine at the end of a primeval-forest approach remaining in the city. Enshrining the deities of relationships and beauty, with vermilion towers, it's a refreshing World Heritage just to walk under the huge tree shade.
Walk 5 min
5
Kamo Mitarashi Chaya加茂みたらし茶屋
Cafe · 25 min stay
An old teahouse known as the birthplace of mitarashi dango. The five-ball dango, said to mimic the bubbles of the shrine's pond, grilled and dipped in brown-sugar syrup — a sweet finish to the neighborhood walk.