The most prominent north-south street is Karasuma-dori (Karasuma Street), which runs fromKyoto Stationvia the city center toKyoto Imperial Palace. Another north-south axis is Kamo River, about one kilometer east of Karasuma-dori. Kyoto has a rather inadequately developed public transportation system...
The subway is easy to use as there are two main lines: the north-south Karasuma Line and the east-west Tozai Line. Another useful line is the privately ownedKeihan main linethat links Fushimi Inari and Gion. Buses were pretty slow and we often needed to change lines which isn’t great ...