Takao (area) and the *kawadoko*

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You eat on platforms built over the stream, from 1 April to the end of November.

Three restaurants set up wooden platforms, the *kawadoko*, over the Kiyotaki stream and serve lunch on them: you eat above running water, under a roof, with maples all around. The season runs from April to November, whereas in Kibune the *kawadoko* run only from May to September: here you eat on the river even when the leaves turn red in autumn. The riverside walk to Kiyotaki starts from here.

The stretch of valley along the Kiyotaki stream below the temples of Takao. *Kawadoko* is the name of the wooden platforms that restaurants set up over the water to serve meals on; here there are three: Momijiya, the Takao hotel and the Kinsuitei.

ℹ️ Period stated by the municipality: 1 April – end of November for lunch; the evening service is shorter, from 9 May to the end of September. ⚠️ There are only three establishments in all, and in high season you need to book. Prices and opening hours of the individual restaurants are not stated on the page. Get off at the ‘Takao’ or ‘Toganoo’ bus stop; ⚠️ the walking time from the bus stop is not stated by any official source.

🚉 Takao · in front of the station

Sources: ja.kyoto.travel

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