Saiin
District of Kyoto
in Kyōto-shi of Kyoto, Japan
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Osaka International Airport (24 mi) - Kobe Airport (40 mi)
- Kansai International Airport (50 mi)
- Chubu Centrair International Airport (61 mi)
- Tajima Airport (64 mi)
- Nagoya Airport (68 mi)
- Gifu Airport (68 mi)
- Fukui Airport (82 mi)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (Unesco heritage, 3 mi)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (Unesco heritage, 24 mi)
- Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (Unesco heritage, 28 mi)
- Himeji-jo (Unesco heritage, 61 mi)
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (Unesco heritage, 82 mi)
- Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (Unesco heritage, 114 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 35.021 and 135.754 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 35° 1' 15" and E 135° 45' 13"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Yen - JPY
- Spoken languages:
- Japanese
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 11:41 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Asia/Tokyo
- UTC/GMT offset: 9 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 10:01 am and 11:45 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -30.250 and -50.233 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Pinhal - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Japan.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Japan. Last Update: 2024-05-04 08:22:41
Delve into Saiin
The district Saiin of Kyoto in Kyōto-shi (Kyoto) is a subburb in Japan about 228 mi west of Tokyo, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Muko, Kamigyo-ku, Nagaoka, Yawata and Uji. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 25°C / 77 °F
| Morning Temperature | 15°C / 59 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 24°C / 75 °F |
| Night Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 34% |
| Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 7 km/h (4 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 57% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Monday, 6th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
18°C (65 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Moderate rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 8th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
11°C (53 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Toyoko Inn Kyoto Gojo-omiya
Kyomachiya Naokonoza Omiyagojyotei
Nao Konoza Bettei Umekoji
(RYOKAN) Guesthouse Inn Kyoto Highland Shimabara
(RYOKAN) Yu no Yado Shoei
Toyoko Inn Kyoto Shijo-omiya
Village Kyoto
Kyo no Ouchi ABC
Yadoharuya Book
HARUYA Hostels Aqua
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Rajōmon
Rajōmon also called Rashōmon, was the gate built at the southern end of the monumental Suzaku Avenue in the ancient Japanese cities of Heijō-kyō and Heian-kyō, in accordance with the Chinese grid-patterned city layout. At the other far north-end of Suzaku Avenue, one would reach the Suzakumon Gate, the main entrance to the palace zone. As of 2007, the southern end of Suzaku Avenue and the possible remainder of the equivalent gate in Fujiwara-kyō are yet to be discovered.
Suzakumon
The Suzakumon was the main gate built in the center of the south end of the imperial palaces in the Japanese ancient capitals of Fujiwara-kyō, Heijō-kyō, and later Heian-kyō. The placement followed the ancient Chinese palace model requirements at the time, where Suzaku, the Vermilion Bird was the Guardian of the South. (See Four Symbols for more. ) It was said to be the site where foreign dignitaries were received by the Emperor.
Katsura Imperial Villa
The Katsura Imperial Villa, or Katsura Detached Palace, is a villa with associated gardens and outbuildings in the western suburbs of Kyoto, Japan. It is one of Japan's most important large-scale cultural treasures. Its gardens are a masterpiece of Japanese gardening, and the buildings are even more important, one of the greatest achievements of Japanese architecture. The palace includes a shoin ("drawing room"), tea houses, and a strolling garden.
Ōmiya Station (Kyoto)
is a railway station built underground in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. Hankyu Kyoto Line serves this station. Keifuku Electric Railroad Arashiyama Main Line terminus Shijo-Omiya Station locates nearby. The station opened on March 31, 1931 as Keihan Kyoto Station of the Shinkeihan Line, then operated by Keihan Electric Railway. After the Shinkeihan Line became the Hankyu Kyoto Line, the station was called Hankyu Kyoto Station.
Hongan-ji
, also archaically romanized as Hongwanji, is the collective name of the largest school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism (which further sub-divides into the Nishi and Higashi branches). 'Hongan-ji' may also refer to any one of several actual temple buildings associated with the sect.
Nishikyogoku Athletic Stadium
, or Field and track and ball game field, Kyoto Nishikyogoku Athletic Park Stadium (京都市西京極総合運動公園陸上競技場兼球技場, Kyōtō-shi Nishikyōgoku Sōgō Undō Kōen Rikujō-kyōgijō ken Kyūgijō) is a multi-purpose stadium in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of J. League club Kyoto Sanga F.C. The stadium holds 20,242 people and was built in 1942. It hosted the football match between Romania and Ghana during the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Mibu-dera
Mibu-dera is a Buddhist temple in the Japanese city of Kyoto. The temple was established in 991 by the monk Kaiken. Several times a year the temple hosts performances of kyogen.
Nishi Honganji
Nishi Honganji is one of two temple complexes of Jōdo Shinshū in Kyoto, Japan, the other being Higashi Hongan-ji, or "Eastern Temple of the Original Vow". Jōdo Shinshū is a school of Pure Land Buddhism, and today Nishi Hongan-ji serves as the head temple of the Jōdo Shinshū organization. As with many sites in Kyoto, they have more casual names, and are known affectionately in Kyoto as Onissan and Ohigashisan .
Saiin Station
Hankyu Saiin Station is the 22nd station along the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line, which departs from Osaka's Umeda Station and terminates at Kyoto's Kawaramachi Station. It is the 4th to last station before reaching Kawaramachi station. Saiin Station is serviced by local, semi express, rapid express, and "commuter" limited express trains, while limited express trains do not service the station.
Heian Palace
The Heian Palace was the original imperial palace of Heian-kyō, the capital of Japan, from 794 to 1227. In Japan, this palace is called Daidairi . The palace, which served as the imperial residence and the administrative centre of Japan for most of the Heian Period (from 794 to 1185), was located at the north-central location of the city in accordance with the Chinese models used for the design of the capital.
Sai-ji
Sai-ji or the West Temple was one of the two large Buddhist temples established in Kyoto, Japan.
Nishi-Kyōgoku Station
Nishi-Kyōgoku Station is a train station on the Hankyu Railway Kyoto Line located in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is close to the Nishi-Kyōgoku Stadium.
Nijō Station (Kyoto)
Nijō Station is a train station in Nakagyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.
Nishiōji Oike Station
Nishiōji Oike Station is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Tōzai Line in Nakagyō-ku ward, city of Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station
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Tambaguchi Station
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Emmachi Station
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Hanazono Station (Kyoto)
Hanazono Station is a train station in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The station (and surrounding neighborhood) are named for Emperor Hanazono, who had a palace in the area, now the Myōshin-ji temple complex.
Nishiōji Station
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Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
, also known as KUFS, is a foreign language university in Kyoto, Japan. Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages is attached to this university. KUFS specializes in 8 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, and Global Affairs.
Hanazono University
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Kyoto Koka Women's University
Kyoto Koka Women's University is a private women's college in Ukyō, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1939. It was chartered as a women's junior college in 1949 and became a four-year college in 1964.
Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School
Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School is a high school located in Kyoto, Japan. It is a part of Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Group. It has four different types of courses. International and cultural studies course is a one of them. The mottos of this course are; to learn useful English, to understand different cultures, to respect the individual personalities of everyone, and to learn freedom and responsibility. The program is really unique.
Kyoto Municipal Junior College of Nursing
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Kyoto Junior College of Foreign Languages
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Saiin-mura, Sain, Sain-mura
