Kyoto Arts and Crafts University

Kyoto Arts and Crafts University is an university in Higashiyama, Kyoto, Kyoto. Kyoto Arts and Crafts University is situated nearby to the historic site 七條大橋, as well as near the railway stop Shichijō Station.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kyoto National Museum and Shichijō Station.

Kyoto National Museum

Museum

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The Kyoto National Museum is one of the major art museums in Japan. Located in Kyoto's Higashiyama ward, the museum focuses on pre-modern Japanese and Asian art. Kyoto National Museum is situated 470 metres east of Kyoto Arts and Crafts University.

Shichijō Station

Railway stop

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Shichijō Station is a railway station located in the Higashiyama-ku, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Shichijō Station is situated 130 metres south of Kyoto Arts and Crafts University.

Mimizuka

Tomb

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The Mimizuka, which was renamed from Hanazuka, is a monument in Kyoto, Japan. It is dedicated to the sliced noses of killed Korean soldiers and civilians, as well as those of Ming Chinese troops, taken as war trophies during the Imjin War. Mimizuka is situated 220 metres east of Kyoto Arts and Crafts University.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Kyoto and Shimogyō-ku.

Central Kyoto

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

Shimogyō-ku

Suburb

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Shimogyō-ku is one of the eleven wards in the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. First established in 1879, it has been merged and split, and took on its present boundaries in 1955, with the establishment of a separate Minami-ku. Kyoto Tower and Kyoto Station are major landmarks in Shimogyō-ku.