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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Uji

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Byōdō-in Temple

    Buddhist temple in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

    400 m · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Fushimi Castle

    Japanese castle

    6 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Ujigami Shrine

    Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

    800 m · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Manpuku-ji Temple

    Buddhist temple in Uji, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

    2.6 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Nintendo Museum

    Museum in Uji, Kyoto, Japan

    1.8 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    The Tale of Genji Museum

    Literary museum in Uji, Japan

    800 m · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Uji Shrine

    Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

    700 m · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Kisenyama Dam

    Dam in Kyōto Prefecture, Japan

    4.6 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Mimuroto-ji Temple

    Buddhist temple in Japan

    1.8 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kōshō-ji Temple

    Buddhist temple in Uji, Kyoto prefecture, Japan

    900 m · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Uji

Airports
Osaka Itami (ITM), 35 km · Kobe (UKB), 60 km · Kansai (KIX), 73 km
Stations
Kohata Station, 3.9 km · Rokujizō Station, 4.8 km · JR Ogura Station, 1.6 km · Chūshojima Station, 5.7 km · Momoyama Station, 5.5 km
  • Osaka → Uji
    35 km · quickest by road, 1h 13m · ¥450–620
  • Kobe → Uji
    61 km · quickest by road, 1h 52m · ¥800–1,100
  • Tokoname → Uji
    94 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · ¥1,530–2,090
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Uji

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Uji. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThis line can be a good alternative if you are planning a day trip from Osaka and don't have a JR pass.

From Wikivoyage: Uji, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    887 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    1,260 km
  3. 03
    SakhalinRU

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    1,471 km
  4. 04
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,629 km
  5. 05
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,796 km

If you know how people move in Uji – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Uji

Uji is 13 km from Ōtsu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.