kiyomizudera

how to get kiyomizudera from kyoto station can i use train to go there?
is it possible for somebody using wheelchair to go to kiyomizudera and higashiyama district?
thank you

Best is taking a bus http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3901.html

Not sure if wheelchair accessible along the route going up the hill...I forget if there was stairs last time I was there.

Hope this helps!!!

Have Fun!!

I believe that there are steps and so it is not really accessible in a wheelchair from the bus route. However, I believe that there maybe a way to access the temple in a wheel chair if one uses a car.
"Visitors use stairs in the temple area, but there is a wheelchair route (car road) behind the main route. There is a locked gate with an entry phone, but taxies and cars that wheelchair users are on can enter through the gate by using the entry phone. "

http://www.japan-accessible.com/city/kyoto.htm

It is a fantastic site for people using wheelchairs and wanting to visit Japan.

Good luck.

Thank you to reply my question but i still need more information about access to kiyomizudera by taxi. If i use taxi that means i come from behind main route, can i see the higashiyama district because i want to go there too.
Can i go to higashiyama district using wheelchair?
Thanks again

Here are some maps I made that show Part of Higashiyama and Kiyomizu.
If you take a taxi, they can't go beyond the point shown on the map. From there you can go up to where the stairs go up to Kiyomizu Dera. I think you can go around to the left and maybe get all the way up to the main building. Not sure.
Then when you get back down you should be able to get around a large part of Higashiyama. The Yasaka Pagoda is well worth seeing. I understand there is a garden there, too that might be accessible.
MAPS:
http://dickh.zenfolio.com/img/s12/v181/p584200761-5.jpg
http://dickh.zenfolio.com/img/s10/v100/p612570673-5.jpg
http://dickh.zenfolio.com/img/s12/v186/p608278983-5.jpg