Kamigamo Shrine is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Kyoto.This famously beautiful shrine is mostly barrier-free and easily accessible to wheelchair users. We recommend Kamigamo Shrine for a sunny day. Please see below for information in English on the shrine. 

• Facility Overview and Access

• Wheelchair accessibility and facilities

• Parking

• Restroom

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• Facility Overview

  Facility Name: ​Kamo Wakeikazuchi Jinja (Kamigamo Shrine)

  Address: 339 Kamigamo-motoyama, kita-ku, Kyoto-city

  Telephone Number: 075-781-0011

  Opening Hours: 8:30-17:00(Reception hours)

  Closed: Open Year Round

  General Admission Fee: Free

  Discount for those with Disabilities: N/A

  Home Page URL: https://www.kamigamojinja.jp/en/

  Access

  Nearest Station/Bus Stop: Bus #4 Bus stop: Kamigamo Jinja Mae

  Distance from Nearst Station/Bus Stop: In front of the bus stop

  Approximate travel time from station/bus stop: 1 minute
• Accessability

  Suitable in All Weather: Not good for rainy days, Mostly outdoors

  Estimated Visiting time for Persons with Disabilities: 30-40 min (building and garden)

  Parking for those with Disabilities: Available, see photos

  Mulitlingual Guidance Available: No

  Map of Wheelchair accesible paths Available: No

  Basic Information for Accessability

  Step into Entrance of Facility（Height）: None

  Wheelchair accessable Entryway option(Slope）: N/A

  Elevator: N/A

  Nursing Room Available: Yes

  First Aid Room: Yes

  Babysitting/Childcare: No

  Sensory Room: No

  Prayer Room:​ ​No

  Service Dogs Allowed:　N/A

  Rentals

  Wheelchair Rental: Yes,1

  Baby Buggy/Stroller Rental: No

  Audio Guide Rental: No

  Other Available Rentals: No
• Parking Area

  Map from Parking to Facility Availale: None​

  Multilingual Guide Map of Parking Area Available: N/A

  Surface type of Parking Area: ​ ​Public parking: Asphalt Disabled parking spaces: Ground is not paved

  Parking Area Facility with covered Roof Path: No

  Distance from Parking Area to an Indoor Facility: 200m

  Parking Attendants Available: Yes, call the staff by intercom

  Information for those with Physical Disabilities

  Parking Space for those with Disabilities Available: Yes​

  Steps on Pathway from Parking Area to Entryway: ​No

  Vehicle Avaible to Drive up to Entryway for drop off: No
• Toilet Information for those with Physical Disabilities

  Toilet stall for those with Physical Disabilites:  Available,2

  Door Style: Sliding Door

  Door Width: 86 cm

  Handrail Available: L bar style & adustable U bar style

  Warm Water Bidet Available: N/A

  Ostomate-compatile facilities: Yes

  Universal Changing bed（for adults）: No

  Emmergency Alert Button in Stall: No

  For Young Children

  Baby Chair in Restroom stalls: ​Yes

  Diaper Changing Bed: Yes

  For the Visually Impaired

  Audio Guide Available: N/A​

  Braille Guide, Braille Map Available: No

  Toilet for Seeing Eye Dog Available: No

 Wheelchair Accessibility from nearest station/bus stop

Wheelchair Accessibility at facility 

Restrooms

Parking

• Walkways & Stairways in Facility

• Information & Guidance System

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• Facility

  Layout plan of building available/Map: Yes(Brochure)

  Wheelchair accessible:  Yes (Main sanctuary and the Romon gate have stairs)

  Type of Door: No door

  Width of Doorway: No door

  Stairways present: Main sanctuary: stairs with many steps, Romon gate:3 steps

  Staircase information/ Step Height: N/A

  Methods of avoiding steps for wheelchair users: None

  Width of aisles in building: N/A

  Availability of tactile floor plans and models to show facilities: Brochure(in Japanese)​

  Possibly Hazardous Areas: some spots have steps and stairs

  Availability of Braille blocks at entrances and exits, elevator, stairs, etc:  No

  Paths & Walkways at Facility

  Uneven surfaces on Paths: Gravel, stone paved

  Stairs at Facility: Main sanctuary and the Romon gate have stairs

  Accesibility Path around Steps: No

  Pathway Surfaces: Most paths are gravel, stone paved

  Inaccessible Areas to those with physical disabilities: ​Main sanctuary and the Romon gate

  Rest Area: None

  Braille Ground Blocks : None

  Braile Exhibit Guide Information: None

  Other difficult to traverse areas: N/A

  Condition of Stairways at Facility

  Wheelchair Stairlift Available: No

  Handrail Available: Almost all stairs have handrails

  Braille Labelled Handrails: No
• Accomodations for Different Needs at Facility

  Support & Guidance Available: No​

  Facilities & Exhibits that are accessible to those with Physical Disabilities: N/A

  Areas not accessible to those with Physical Disabilities: ​Main sanctuary and the Romon gate

  Audio Guide Available: No

  Displays/Exhibits made for the Visually impaired & Blind: No

  Displays/Exhibits made for the Hearing impaired & Deaf: No

  Speech to Text Conversion Available: No

  Multilingual Displays: Yes, English brochure

  Multilingual Audio Guide, Headset Audio Guide Available: No

  Accommodations provided by Staff

  Staff trained to accommodate those with Physical Dissabilities: No​

  Staff trained to accommodate the Visually Impaired & Blind: No

  Staff trained to accomodate the Hearing Impairments & Deaf: No

  Staff can use Sign Language: No

  Multilingual Staff Available: No
• Escalators

  Escalator: None

  Audio Guidance to Escalator Available: N/A

  Elevators

  Number of Elevators Available: None

  Width Inside Elevator:  N/A

  Door Width: N/A

  Wheelchair Accesible Control Panel: N/A

  Rear-view Mirror in Elevator: N/A

  Audio guidance at Destination Floors: N/A

  Braille on Control Panel: N/A

  Visual Display of Destination Floor: ​N/A

  Multilingual Guidance: N/A

  Multilingual Control Pannel: N/A