Daiei-dori shopping street

About Daiei-dori shopping street

Daiei-dori shopping street is a shopping district in the vicinity of Horinouchi-cho Uzumasa Ukyo-ku Kyoto-shi. From east to Arashiyama Electric Railway Uzumasa station west to the vicinity of Arashiyama Electric Railway Katabiranotsuji. Daiei-dori shopping street began with the postwar night shop street and developed together with the Daiei Kyoto Studios.

On the street there is a demonic statue that is a hero of “Great Demonic Trilogy”, and there are stylish eating places that are likely to be used for movie shooting.

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Daiei-dori shopping street photos

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Photographer: Hiroki Iwata

Details

Location	〒616-8165 17-70, Uzumasa Katsuragahara-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Daiei-dori Shopping Street Promotion Association	31 Tanukido Bookstore, Uzumasa Horigauchi-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan TEL 075-861-0534 FAX 075-865-1561
best time to see	Night stalls, summer festivals, etc. (see URL below) http://kinemastreet.com/event/
Access	Keifuku Electric Railway Arashiyama Line Short walk from “Uzumasa-Koryuji” station. 1 minute walk from “Katabinotsuji” station. JR 10 min. walk from “Uzumasa” station. Kyoto bus 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 bus lines Short walk from the bus stops of “Uzumasa Koryuji-mae,” “Uzumasa Hiraki-cho,” and “Katabira-no-tsuji. City bus Short walk from the “Uzumasa Koryuji-mae”, “Uzumasa Hiraki-cho”, and “Katabira-no-tsuji” bus stops on Route 11. Subway Tozai Line 11 minutes walk from “Uzumasa-Tenjingawa” station.
Site URL	http://kinemastreet.com/

Recommended places to visit in conjunction with

Koryu-ji Temple

Koryu Temple is a Shingon sect temple located in Uzumasa, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-city. There are aliases such as Hachioka Temple, Hatanokimi Temple, Uzumasa Temple, etc., and also called Uzumasakoryu Temple.

Kaikonoyashiro

The official name of the Kaikonoyashiro Shrine is Konoshima-ni-Masu-Amateru-Mitama Shrine. It is also known as Kijima Shrine. The shrine has long been worshipped as a god of praying for rain, and is known for the unusual three-pillar torii gate on the shrine grounds.

Arashiyama park

From my house, I took the Kyoto municipal subway to Uzumasa Tenjingawa station, then I changed trains to Arashiyama railroad(common name:Randen) and arrived at Arashiyama station. It took long time. Arashiyama is very famous among foreigner tourist, and many of them are European people and Chinese people.