Places to Visit near Katsura Station (Kyoto): Top 25 of 79 places to visit within 5 km
There are 79 places to visit within 5 km of Katsura Station, Kyoto Prefecture in a straight line. The closest is Hongan-ji Nishiyama-betsu-in Temple, about 1 km away. The one English-speaking readers look up most is Tenryū-ji Temple.
| Name | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Tenryū-ji Temple 天龍寺 | Buddhist temple | 5 km |
| Tō-ji Temple 東寺 | Buddhist temple | 4 km |
| Hongan-ji Temple 本願寺 | Buddhist temple | 5 km |
| Iwatayama Monkey Park 嵐山モンキーパークいわたやま | Park | 4 km |
| Toei Kyoto Studio Park 東映太秦映画村 | Park | 4 km |
| Kyoto Railway Museum 京都鉄道博物館 | Museum | 4 km |
| Saihō-ji Temple 西芳寺 | Buddhist temple | 2 km |
| Kōryū-ji Temple 広隆寺 | Buddhist temple | 4 km |
| Matsunoo Taisha 松尾大社 | Shinto shrine | 3 km |
| Tsukiyomi Shrine 月読神社 | Shinto shrine | 2 km |
| Kyoto Aquarium 京都水族館 | Park | 4 km |
| Mibu-dera 壬生寺 | Buddhist temple | 4 km |
| Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture 嵯峨嵐山文華館 | Museum | 5 km |
| Hōrin-ji Temple 法輪寺 | Buddhist temple | 4 km |
| Taizō-in 退蔵院 | Buddhist temple | 5 km |
| Ōharano Shrine 大原野神社 | Shinto shrine | 5 km |
| Umenomiya Taisha 梅宮大社 | Shinto shrine | 3 km |
| Rokusonnō Shrine 六孫王神社 | Shinto shrine | 4 km |
| Ryūkoku Museum 龍谷ミュージアム | Museum | 5 km |
| Hōkongō-in Temple 法金剛院 | Buddhist temple | 5 km |
| Katagihara temple ruins 樫原廃寺跡 | Buddhist temple | 2 km |
| Hongan-ji Nishiyama-betsu-in Temple 本願寺西山別院 | Buddhist temple | under 1 km |
| Jōraku-ji Temple 常楽寺 | Buddhist temple | under 1 km |
| Jizō-ji Temple 地蔵寺 | Buddhist temple | under 1 km |
| Sannomiya Shrine 三ノ宮神社 | Shinto shrine | 1 km |
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- Distances are straight-line figures from Katsura Station, calculated from map coordinates. Real travel time depends on the route and transfers.
- The list shows the places English-speaking readers look up most (by English Wikipedia page views), not simply the nearest ones.
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