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From the Oinarisan (Inari-shrine) famous for Senbon-torii ( thousands of gateways to the Shrine) to Uji, a historical city smelling Japanese tea in the air.

In Uji city lying south side of Kyoto, the Ujigawa River flows, over which the Ujibashi Bridge, called as the oldest one in Japan, spans, while “Byodoin” and “Ujigami Shrine” registered as UNESCO World Heritage are located on both banks of its up-stream. Uji city is also famous for producing tea of high quality, and many tea wholesale stores have been standing side by side along Omotesando (the front approach) to Byodoin from ancient times. You can listen to a sound of stone mils for grinding green tea and feel an aroma of tea roasting in the town, which attracts your senses beyond space and time.

From the Oinarisan (Inari-shrine) famous for Senbon-torii ( thousands of gateways to the Shrine) to Uji, a historical city smelling Japanese tea in the air.

Complete Process ：One day
Kyoto Station
Travel Time：About 5 min

TrainTrain：About 5 min

WalkWalk

Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrinepic
Travel Time：About 16 min

TrainTrain：About 16 min

Ujibasi Dori Shotengai (Ujibashi Bridge Shopping Arcade)pic
Travel Time：About 10 min

WalkWalk：About 10 min

Byodo-in Omotesando Shotenkai (Byodo-in Temple Front Approach Store Association)pic
Byodo-in Templepic
Travel Time：About 12 min

WalkWalk：About 12 min

Uji-gami Shrinepic
Uji City tea-ceremony house Taiho-anpic
Uji City The Tail of Genji Museumpic

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Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine
Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine is the head of Inari Shrines enshrined all over Japan and keeps focusing people’s worship as the god of bumper crop for more than three hundred years. “Oyama Meguri” is a pilgrimage course of 4 km. to worship at divine sites of Mt. Inari, where you can enjoy walking in the undulating broad precincts. There are about ten thousands of torii-gates on the premises, and especially the famous “Senbon Torii (a thousand of torii-gates)” presents a grand sight.
Ujibasi Dori Shotengai (Ujibashi Bridge Shopping Arcade)
This is the first arcade you step in after getting out of JR Uji Station, showing a mixture of tea wholesaler’s historical buildings and daily stores for local residents.
Byodo-in Omotesando Shotenkai (Byodo-in Temple Front Approach Store Association)
Byodo-in Omotesando, a historical approach to the temple, is ten minutes distance on foot from JR Uji station and very close to Ujibashi Bridge from Keihan Uji station. There is an array of Uji-tea stores of long standing established in Muromachi period along the approach, while an aromatic smell of tea is breathing there around and plenty of specialty products of Uji are sold.
Byodo-in Temple
Yorimichi Fujiwara, the chief adviser to the Emperor, remodeled a villa of his father, Michinaga, into the Byodo-in Temple in 1052. Next year, “Ho-o-do Hall (Phoenix Hall)” was built as an “Amida-do”. Phoenixes are settled on a main roof of the hall and, on the other hand, there are brilliant decollations by means of door pictures in the hall. Double canopies and various Unchu Kuyo Baosatsu (Bodhisattva) are also must-see.
　 A garden combined with a pond opens in front of Byodoin, which is designated as a historic site and scenic spot and said to represent Buddah’s Gokuraku Jodo (the Western Paradise) by taking Ujigawa River and the range of mountains on the opposite shore of the river in the landscape.
・Opening Times and Entrance Fee
■Byodo-in Temple Garden
Opening Times: 8:30 - 17:30 (Cut-off time: 17:15)
■Byodo-in Temple Museum: Hosho-kan
Opening Times: 9:00 - 17:00 (Cut-off time: 16:45)
■Inside of Ho-o-do Hall
Reception Times: 9:10 - 16:10 (start at 9:30 followed by every 20 minutes tour consisting of 50 visitors) (Entrance Fee: JPY 300)
■Entrance Fee (both Garden and Museum)
Adult:600 (JPY),Middle and high school students:400,School children:300
Group (more than 25 persons)
Adult:500 (JPY),Middle and high school students:300,School children:200
・Website: http://www.byodoin.or.jp/
Uji-gami Shrine
Uji-gami Shrine was called “Rikyu-Kamisha” together with the adjacent Uji Shrine all in one body up to the Meiji period. The enshrined deities are regarded as Emperor Oujin and his younger prince Uji-no-wakiiratuko as well as the elder prince, later called Emperor Nintoku. The main sanctuary is the oldest existing shrine architecture built in the late Heian period. In addition, there are auxiliary shrines such as Kasuga Jinja Shrine build in the Kamakura period and “Kirihara-mizu” (spring) as one of famous springs of Uji in the precinct.
・Opening Times: 9:00 - 16:30
・Entrance Fee: no charge
Uji City tea-ceremony house Taiho-an
Taiho-an is a typical tea ceremony house built for purposes to promote the Uji tea and spread the tea ceremony, and is named as “Taiho-an” after its location facing to Ho-o-do Hall of Byodo-in Temple. The ceremony service of the home Uji tea with seasonal sweets is available.
・Service Period: January 10 - December 20
・Service Time: 10:00 - 16:00
・Charge:
Matcha (powdered green tea) or Sencha (green tea) and sweets: JPY500
Gyokuro (green tea of the highest quality) and sweets: JPY700
A set of Gyokuro and Sencha each with sweets: JPY1000
Experience of the tea ceremony: JPY1200 (Weak powdered tea and sweets are served twice. ※Advance reservation required.)
*The items of Sencha and Gyokuro will be served about four times a month.
・Website: http://www.kyoto-uji-kankou.or.jp
Uji City The Tail of Genji Museum
The last 10 out of 54 chapters of the Tail of Genji were composed by setting in Uji and, for that reason, the Museum related to the Tail was established as the only one institution to cultivate a better understanding of culture during the Heian period with enjoyment. The Tail of Genji Museum introduces intelligibly a world of Hikaru Genji and “Uji Jutcho” (Ten chapters set in Uji) by utilizing models and images housed therein, while it functions as a library of literatures, historical documents and novels relating to the Tail of Genji.
・Opening Times: 9:00 - 17:00 (enter by 16:30)
・Holidays: every Monday (or the next day if Monday is a national holiday) Year-end and New Year holidays
・Entrance Fee: Adult JPY500 (JPY400), elementary and middle school pupils JPY250 (JPY200)
Bracketed; a group of 30 persons or more
・Website: http://www.kyoto-uji-kankou.or.jp/
Store Name Business Hours Holiday Tel. No. Street Address
Izumien Rokucha Honpo 9:30 - 17:30 Always Open 0774-21-2258 24 Uji-Renge, Uji city
Mitubosi-en Kanbayashi Sannyu Honten 9:00 - 18:00 Always Open 0774-21-2636 27-2 Uji-Renge, Uji city
Ocha no Kanbayashi Ujibsshi Dori Honten 9:00 - 18:00 January 1 0774-22-2514 43 Uji-Myouraku, Uji city
Ocha no Kanbayashi Byodoin Dori-ten 9:00 - 17:00 January 1 0774-21-2555 28 Uji-Renge, Uji city
Ito-Kyuemon Honten 10:00 - 18:30 January 1 0774-23-3955 19-3 Todouramaki, Uji city
Ito-Kyuemon Byodoin-ten 10:00 - 17:00 January 1 0774-23-2321 31-1 Uji-Renge, Uji city
Hannari-Cafe Kyo-no-ame-kobo Iwai Byodoin-ten Week day11:00 - 17:30 Weekend and national holiday10:30 - 18:00 Irregular 0774-23-0050 5-6 Uji-Renge, Uji city
Chakanju Cafe 10:00 - 18:00 Yearend & New Year 0774-21-5551 66-1 Uji-ichiban, Uji city
Uji Komachi 10:00 - 18:00 Yearend & New Year 0774-24-6671 67 Uji-ichiban, Uji city
Nakamura Tokichi Honten 10:00 - 17:30 Seasonally Changeable Always Open 0774-22-7800 67 Uji-ichiban, Uji city
Uji Hinode-en Ikkyudo 9:00 - 17:00 Irregular 0774-21-2841 6-4 Uji-togawa, Uji city
Matsuzakaya Kihachi Honten 9:00 - 18:00 Irregular 0774-21-2304 83 Uji-Myouraku, Uji city
Omiyage Plaza Yadorigi 9:00 - 17:00 Yearend & New Year 0774-24-0111 5-9 Uji-Satojiri, Uji city (in front of JR Uji Stn.)
Eirakuya Hosotuji Ihei Shoten Uji Byodoin-ten 9:30～18:30 Always Open 0774-20-3400 1-1 Uji-Myouraku, Uji city
Kisen Jaya 9:00 - 17:00 Irregular 0774-22-1123 13 Uji-togawa, Uji city

*Kyoto Tax-Free Shop Navi

  • Store Name：Izumien Rokucha Honpo
    Business Hours：9:30 - 17:30
    Holiday：Always Open
    Tel. No.：0774-21-2258
    Street Address：24 Uji-Renge, Uji city
  • Store Name：Mitubosi-en Kanbayashi Sannyu Honten
    Business Hours：9:00 - 18:00
    Holiday：Always Open
    Tel. No.：0774-21-2636
    Street Address：27-2 Uji-Renge, Uji city
  • Store Name：Ocha no Kanbayashi Ujibsshi Dori Honten
    Business Hours：9:00 - 18:00
    Holiday：January 1
    Tel. No.：0774-22-2514
    Street Address：43 Uji-Myouraku, Uji city
  • Store Name：Ocha no Kanbayashi Byodoin Dori-ten
    Business Hours：9:00 - 17:00
    Holiday：January 1
    Tel. No.：0774-21-2555
    Street Address：28 Uji-Renge, Uji city
  • Store Name：Ito-Kyuemon Honten
    Business Hours：10:00 - 18:30
    Holiday：January 1
    Tel. No.：0774-23-3955
    Street Address：19-3 Todouramaki, Uji city
  • Store Name：Ito-Kyuemon Byodoin-ten
    Business Hours：10:00 - 17:00
    Holiday：January 1
    Tel. No.：0774-23-2321
    Street Address：31-1 Uji-Renge, Uji city
  • Store Name：Hannari-Cafe Kyo-no-ame-kobo Iwai Byodoin-ten
    Business Hours：Week day11:00 - 17:30 Weekend and national holiday10:30 - 18:00
    Holiday：Irregular
    Tel. No.：0774-23-0050
    Street Address：5-6 Uji-Renge, Uji city
  • Store Name：Chakanju Cafe
    Business Hours：10:00 - 18:00
    Holiday：Yearend & New Year
    Tel. No.：0774-21-5551
    Street Address：66-1 Uji-ichiban, Uji city
  • Store Name：Uji Komachi
    Business Hours：10:00 - 18:00
    Holiday：Yearend & New Year
    Tel. No.：0774-24-6671
    Street Address：67 Uji-ichiban, Uji city
  • Store Name：Nakamura Tokichi Honten
    Business Hours：10:00 - 17:30 Seasonally Changeable
    Holiday：Always Open
    Tel. No.：0774-22-7800
    Street Address：67 Uji-ichiban, Uji city
  • Store Name：Uji Hinode-en Ikkyudo
    Business Hours：9:00 - 17:00
    Holiday：Irregular
    Tel. No.：0774-21-2841
    Street Address：6-4 Uji-togawa, Uji city
  • Store Name：Matsuzakaya Kihachi Honten
    Business Hours：9:00 - 18:00
    Holiday：Irregular
    Tel. No.：0774-21-2304
    Street Address：83 Uji-Myouraku, Uji city
  • Store Name：Omiyage Plaza Yadorigi
    Business Hours：9:00 - 17:00
    Holiday：Yearend & New Year
    Tel. No.：0774-24-0111
    Street Address：5-9 Uji-Satojiri, Uji city (in front of JR Uji Stn.)
  • Store Name：Eirakuya Hosotuji Ihei Shoten Uji Byodoin-ten
    Business Hours：9:30～18:30
    Holiday：Always Open
    Tel. No.：0774-20-3400
    Street Address：1-1 Uji-Myouraku, Uji city
  • Store Name：Kisen Jaya
    Business Hours：9:00 - 17:00
    Holiday：Irregular
    Tel. No.：0774-22-1123
    Street Address：13 Uji-togawa, Uji city

*Kyoto Tax-Free Shop Navi

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