Tree Walks in Kyoto

Kyoto has 2 walks that string its ancient trees together on foot, from 1.11 km to 1.88 km, past 9 trees in all. Each one is an afternoon rather than a hike, and every tree on it has a story worth the stop.

The order is ours, worked out from where the trees actually stand; the walking distance is the real one along streets and paths where we have been able to route it, and a straight line between trunks where we have not. Nothing here is a signposted trail.

Kyoto Gyoen

5 trees · about 1.11 km · 14 min on foot

Begins at The Grand Ginkgo of Goo Shrine (Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)) and ends at Sudajii of Omiya Gate, Kyoto Gyoen.

Kyoto walk

4 trees · about 1.88 km · 24 min on foot

Begins at The Hackberry of Nashinoki Shrine (Chinese Hackberry (Celtis sinensis)) and ends at Ginkgo of Inui Gate, Kyoto Gyoen.

All of these stand in Kyoto, where we map 18 remarkable trees in total. Or walk somewhere else: Alicante · Alkmaar · Amersfoort · Amsterdam · Arnhem · Assen

Over 1,900 old trees worth the walk