Yawata

Worth seeing in and around Yawata

6 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

   Byōdō-in is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan, built in the late Heian period. It is jointly a temple of the Jōdo-shū and Tendai-shū sects.

   9.3 km · Buddhist temple in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Fushimi Castle

   Fushimi Castle, also known as Momoyama Castle or Fushimi-Momoyama Castle, is a Japanese castle located in Fushimi Ward, Kyoto. Fushimi Castle was constructed from 1592 to 1594 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi at the end of the Sengoku period as his retirement residence.

   9.5 km · Japanese castle · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Ujigami Shrine

   Ujigami Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The shrine was built as a guardian shrine for the nearby Byōdō-in, and is adjacent to the Uji Shrine.

   9.7 km · Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Iwashimizu Hachimangū

   Iwashimizu Hachimangū is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Yawata in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Twenty-Two Shrines in the Heian period ranked system of Shinto shrines, and along with the Ise Grand Shrine, one of the two royal ancestral shrines for the Imperial family.

   800 m · Shinto shrine in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Nintendo Museum

   The Nintendo Museum is a video game museum located in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is owned by the video game company Nintendo and displays a wide variety of products from across the company's history.

   7.3 km · museum in Uji, Kyoto, Japan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   The Tale of Genji Museum

   The Tale of Genji Museum is in Uji, Kyoto, Japan. It displays the world of the early 11th century Japanese classic novel The Tale of Genji with projected images, models, and exhibitions.

   9.6 km · Literary museum in Uji, Japan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Yawata

Airports

Osaka Itami (ITM), 27 km · Kobe (UKB), 52 km · Kansai (KIX), 65 km

Stations

Takatsuki Station, 8.6 km · Takatsuki-shi Station, 8.2 km · Hirakatashi Station, 8.5 km · Kammaki Station, 4.2 km · JR Ogura Station, 7.3 km

• Osaka → Yawata

  27 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · ¥375–510
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• Kobe → Yawata

  51 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · ¥720–980
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• Tokoname → Yawata

  104 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · ¥1,660–2,270
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