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Walking route

How do you walk from Kiyomizu-dera to Yasaka Shrine?

Down Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka, along Nene-no-michi, and in through Yasaka Shrine's south entrance: about 1.2 km. Maruyama Park is just behind the shrine.

Mostly downhill if you start at Kiyomizu-dera.

Stop by stop

  1. 1Kiyomizu-dera, Nio-mon Gate
  2. 2Top of Sannenzaka about 260 m, roughly 3 min
  3. 3Foot of Ninenzaka about 360 m, roughly 5 min
  4. 4Nene-no-michi about 220 m, roughly 3 min
  5. 5Yasaka Shrine, stone torii (south entrance) about 370 m, roughly 5 min
  6. 6Maruyama Park about 300 m, roughly 4 min

Total about 1.5 km. Distances are shortest paths over OpenStreetMap, not measured walks; minutes are our arithmetic at 80 m a minute and leave out stops, slopes and crowds.

The route

Line of the walking route from Kiyomizu-dera in the south to Maruyama Park in the north, with numbered stops matching the list.123456N200 m
Route from © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), 20 October 2026.
Kiyomizu-dera Today: crowds at the other endMap of Yasaka Shrine's grounds

We have no crowd data for Sannenzaka and Ninenzaka themselves, only for Yasaka Shrine.

Questions

How far is it from Kiyomizu-dera to Yasaka Shrine?
About 1.2 km on foot by Sannenzaka, Ninenzaka and Nene-no-michi, from Kiyomizu-dera's Nio-mon Gate to Yasaka Shrine's stone torii (shortest path on OpenStreetMap). At 80 m a minute that is about 15 minutes of walking, before stops.
Which way round is best?
Starting at Kiyomizu-dera means walking downhill most of the way, since Kiyomizu-dera stands higher up the hillside.
When is Yasaka Shrine quietest on this walk?
By our estimate, before 10:00 and late in the evening, when it is 40 or lower out of 100. For Kiyomizu-dera, see Kiyomizu-dera Today.

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