自転車で三条会商店街へA bit west of downtown is one of Kyoto's best shopping arcades.
Sanjokai Shotengai ("shotengai" is a neighborhood high street, often a covered arcade) is 800 meters long and wide enough for cycling even at its most crowded.
A typical shotengai has all the things you need: grocery, vegetable and fruit stands, fish market, a barber, a post office, a police box, hardware store, etc.
Nothing too fancy.
Because of the growth of suburbs, many now have a bit of a forlorn air about them.
Not Sanjo Arcade. It connects the edge of downtown with neighborhoods all the way to JR Nijo Station.
As a result, there are many, many interesting shops, including two good cycling shops. Plenty of funky and not so funky mom and pop shops.
Access
Due south of Nijo Castle. Go several blocks south along Horikawa, then turn right at Sanjo.
Due west of downtown. Go along Oike until Horikawa, Cross to the west side, and head down to Sanjo. Turn right.
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