The Phoenix Hall at Byodo-in seen across its pond, reflected in still water

A tea bowl holding matcha powder before water is added, a bamboo whisk on its holder and a tea scoop on a bamboo tray

A calm stone-walled river channel in Uji in autumn, pines and red maples on the banks and a small red bridge in the distance

The Uji River in autumn, a still stretch of water reflecting a wooded hillside in green, yellow and red, egrets standing on a line of rocks

Uji, Kyoto

Uji: Where to Eat, What to Do and Where to Stay

Food · Things to do · Where to stay

Uji is 17 minutes from Kyoto Station on the JR Nara Line Miyakoji Rapid, or on the Keihan Uji Line from Chushojima. Byodo-in, Taiho-an and the tea shops of Byodoin Omotesando are on one side of the Uji River; Uji Bridge, with Tsuen at its east end, leads to Keihan Uji Station, the Tale of Genji Museum and Ujigami Shrine. Tea houses here take last orders between 16:00 and 17:00.

Mimuroto-ji and Manpuku-ji are a station away, at Keihan Mimurodo and Obaku. Uji has very few hotels: one by JR Uji Station, so most visitors stay at Kyoto Station or in Nara, on the same JR line. Start with the page that matches your plan, then check each place's own page for dates and closed days.

Uji: food, things to do, where to stay

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