Find your next shop to visit

The core of Kyoto vintage. Shops stack floor over floor, from the Teramachi and Shinkyogoku arcades up to the second and third storeys of backstreet walk-ups. The density — a chain store next door to a one-person selection — is the point.

The southern belt running into the Shijo shopping district. Heavy on large chains and cheap volume, so it works as the closing stretch after Sanjo.