Umekōji-kamotsueki

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Kyoto Railway Museum

Museum

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The Kyoto Railway Museum is a railway museum in Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The original Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum opened in 1972, but was expanded and modernized in 2016, becoming the Kyoto Railway Museum. Kyoto Railway Museum is situated 140 metres northwest of Umekōji-kamotsueki.

East Temple

Buddhist temple

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Tō-ji Temple, a.k.a. the Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple in the Minami-ku ward of Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 796, Tō-ji Temple was one of the only three Buddhist temples allowed in the city at the time it became the capital of Japan. East Temple is situated 610 metres southeast of Umekōji-kamotsueki.

Rokusonnō Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Rokusonnō Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Minami-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Three Genji Shrines, a group of three Japanese Shinto shrines connected with the Seiwa Genji group of the Minamoto clan. Rokusonnō Shrine is situated 180 metres southeast of Umekōji-kamotsueki.

Places in the Area

Minami

Suburb

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Minami is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Its name means "South Ward." It was established in 1955 when it was separated from Shimogyo-ku.

Central Kyoto

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Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital.

South Kyoto

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Southern Kyoto covers a large part of Japan's former capital, stretching from the Ōharano area in the west to Fushimi-ku, Daigo, and the southern tip of Higashiyama-ku in the east.

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