Tourist Information Center
Address: 8-7 Yawata-takabo, Yawata-shi, Kyoto (inside the Yawata City Tourist Information Center)
TEL : 075-981-1141 / FAX : 075-981-1132
How to Access
By Train
From Kyoto
Take the Kintetsu Line from Kyoto Station to Tambabashi Station, and transfer to the Keihan Line bound for Yodoyabashi. Get off at Iwashimizu-hachimangu Station.
From Nara
Take the Kintetsu Line to Tambabashi Station, and transfer to the Keihan Line bound for Yodoyabashi. Get off at Iwashimizu-hachimangu Station.
From Osaka/Hirakata
Take the Keihan Line bound for Demachiyanagi. Get off at Iwashimizu-hachimangu Station.
*From Osaka Station, take the JR Line to Kyobashi Station, and transfer to the Keihan Line bound for Demachiyanagi. Get off at Iwashimizu-hachimangu Station.
By Car
"Exit the Meishin Expressway at Oyamazaki IC. -----Take National Highway 171 toward Kyoto.-----Turn right at the first traffic light onto National Highway 478.-----Cross the Katsura River, and turn right at the first traffic light.-----Cross the Uji and Kizu rivers, and turn left at the Miyukibashi-minamizume Intersection. -----Turn left at the first traffic light, and the downtown area is ahead.
From Kyoto/Nara
"Exit the Meishin Expressway at Kyoto-minami IC. -----Take National Highway 1 toward Osaka.-----Cross the Kizu River Bridge, and turn right at the first traffic light. The downtown area is straight ahead.-----Take the Keiji Bypass to the Daini-Keihan Road, and exit at Yawata-higashi IC toward National Highway 1.-----Pass National Highway 1, and the road leads into the downtown area.
From Osaka/Hirakata
Take National Highway 1 toward Kyoto. -----Pass over Horagatake Pass into Kyoto Prefecture, and turn left at the Yawata-ichinotsubo Intersection. The downtown area is ahead.-----Take the Kyoto-Moriguchi Road toward Kyoto, and drive straight through the Kizugawa-miyukibashi-minamizume Intersection, which will lead you to the downtown area.
Yawata City Parking Lot Information
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Parking is available every day, 24 hours a day.
*Parking will be restricted during the Yawata Cherry Blossom Festival.
(for 2019, entrance to parking lots was restricted from 8:00 to 18:00 during the period of March 30 to April 7.)Parking Fees(Passenger Vehicles) Operating hours Parking fees For entry between 6:00 and 18:00 100 yen per hour for the first 6 hours, and 100 yen per 2 hours afterward For entry between 18:00 and 6:00 100 yen per 2 hours For entry between 9:00 on December 31 to 12:00 on January 5 1,500 yen per entry (up to 24 hours) Inquiries about public parking areas:
Commerce, Industry and Tourism Section of the Yawata City Office, TEL: 075-983-2853 (Direct)
Public Parking Areas, TEL: 075-981-9823 (9:00-12:00) -
Keihan Cable Line
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Use the Keihan Cable Line to travel to the top of Mt. Otokoyama (Cable-hachimangu-sanjo Station) from Cable-hachimangu-guchi Station.
For details, check the Keihan Electric Railway website.