Kyoto Tourist Information Centre

Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan in the years 794 to 1868 and walking through the streets of this historical city is like a walk down the ages. The city is a tourist haven with thousands of shrines, temples, pagodas and boasts of 17 World Heritage sites. Touring such a city with such a huge variety of sights and sounds can leave any tourist a little dizzy. To help you with such matters of, such dizziness here is a list of tourist information centers:-

Kyoto City Tourist Information Office

This office is located on the second floor of the new Kyoto Station Building (at the northeast corner of the open air passage that runs through the building). The office provides visitors with tour pamphlets and maps, suggests and makes reservations for hotels and inns. These services are provided in various languages including Japanese, English, Korean, and Chinese.

Open: 8:30-19:00; open 365 days a year
Address: JR Kyoto Station Building 2nd Floor Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto City
Telephone: 075-343-6655
Fax: 075-343-6655

Kyoto Tourist Information

Before you start you visit to Kyoto, visit Kyoto Tourist Information and arm yourself with information and knowledge to make your trip to Kyoto more memorable. All information about Kyoto Prefecture for foreign tourists can be availed of in English. The staff helps you book low-budget hotels, lodges and ryokans.

9F Kyoto Station Building.
Open: 10:00-18:00 closed 2nd & 4th Tue and the last and first day of the year.
Tel: 075-344-3300

Kyoto City Tourist Association Visitor Information Center

This place is situated in front of Heian Shrine. The first floor of the center provides pamphlets for tour and cultural facilities, houses exhibits related to Kyoto culture, and monthly festival and event information. Tourists can also avail of detailed information from the center's comprehensive computer database. The second floor of the office provides tour counseling and operating services.

Open: 9:00-17:00 (closed during the New Year festivities)
Tel: 075-752-0227

Kyoto Kan
This centre is in Tokyo and has all kinds of information about Kyoto tourism, Kyoto industry, and products with the Kyoto brand-name (some of which are for sale).
Open: 10:30-19:30 (closed on the end and beginning of the year)
2F Ark Mori Bldg., 1-12-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
It is a 7-minute walk from gate 13 of Tameike Sanno Station on the Ginza and Nanboku subway lines.
Tel: 03-5562-0041

Burari Arashiyama Kyoto City Tourist Corner
All sorts of traveling information about the Arashiyama and Saga region are available here. There is also an exhibition and market that offer the handicrafts made by old people or physically challenged persons.
It is located in front of Tenryuji Temple, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto.
Open: 10:00-17:00 closed on Wednesday.

It is always advisable to gather pamphlets and other information brochures from theses centers before venturing out for sightseeing. Japan is known for its hospitality and warmth and during travel emergencies these centers can be of immense help.

Hotels in Kyoto
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Hotel New Hankyu	Hotel Tower