Iwakura Station (Kyoto)

Miyake-Hachimangū (三宅八幡宮) is a Shinto shrine, in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The shrine is famous for worship to beneficial to children, such as baby colic, academic achievement, safe delivery of childbirth. Because Mushi (虫, parasitic worms, insects, bugs) was thought to cause baby colic (疳の虫; kan-no mushi), the shrine also has worship for power to expel Mushi. Therefore the shrine is so-called Mushi-hachiman (虫八幡). Recently, many pieces of large size of Ema was excavated, that represent worship to expel Mushi, and the Ema were designated as National Folk Cultural Properties.

Hachiman-mae Station (八幡前駅, Hachiman-mae-eki) is a train station located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

Kokusaikaikan Station (国際会館駅, Kokusai-Kaikan-eki) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan. It is the beginning of the line, and was opened on 3 June 1997.

Kino Station (木野駅, Kino-eki) is a train station located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

The Kyoto International Conference Center (国立京都国際会館, Kokuritsu Kyōto Kokusai Kaikan), abbreviated as ICC Kyoto and previously called the Kyoto International Conference Hall, is a large conference facility located at Takaragaike, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The Kyoto Protocol was signed in this hall. The center was designed by architect Sachio Otani to an unusual hexagonal framework, resulting in few vertical walls or columns, and opened in 1966 with an addition in 1973. It is a rare remaining example of Metabolism in Japan (the newer and more famous Nakagin Capsule Tower Building is undergoing demolition in 2022). Today the total facility provides 156,000 m² of meeting space, and consists of the main Conference Hall with large meeting room (capacity 2,000) and a number of smaller rooms, an Annex Hall (capacity 1,500) and Event Hall, with the Grand Prince Hotel Kyoto nearby. Both Main Hall and Annex Hall are equipped with simultaneous interpreting facilities for 12 languages.It is located north of downtown Kyoto, and may be reached via the Karasuma Line subway.The complex is the location for the finale of John Frankenheimer's cult 1982 martial arts action film The Challenge, starring Scott Glenn and Toshiro Mifune. The complex also serves as the backdrop for a meeting between Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) and Goro Tanaka (James Shigeta) in The Yakuza (1975).

Miyake-Hachiman Station (三宅八幡駅, Miyake-Hachiman-eki) is a train station located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

Takaragaike Station (宝ヶ池駅, Takaragaike-eki, station number: E06) is a train station in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

The Kurusuno Tile Kiln ruins (栗栖野瓦窯跡, Kurusuno no kawara gama ato) is an archaeological site with the remains of roof tile kilns located in the Iwakura Hataeda-cho neighborhood of Sakyō-ku, Kyoto city in the Kansai region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1934.

Kyoto Seika University (京都精華大学, Kyōto Seika Daigaku) is a private university in Iwakura, Kyoto, Japan. The school's predecessor was founded in 1968, and it was chartered as a university in 1979. The school is noted for its faculties of manga and anime, and being involved in the teaching and training of future manga artists. The dean of the manga faculty is Keiko Takemiya, and noted American anthropologist and translator Rachel Matt Thorn is also an associate professor at the school's faculty of manga. Graduates of the university have forged successful careers in the manga, anime, and media industries. In 2006, Kyoto Seika University and the city of Kyoto established the Kyoto International Manga Museum. Located in a converted elementary school building in downtown Kyoto, it has the world's largest manga collection.

Kyoto Seikadai-mae Station (京都精華大前駅, Kyoto Seikadai-mae-eki) is a train station located in Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

Shūgakuin Station (修学院駅, Shūgakuin-eki, station number: E05) is a train station located on the Eizan Electric Railway (Eiden) Eizan Main Line in Yamabana-Itchodacho, Sakyō-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.

Matsugasaki Station (松ヶ崎駅, Matsugasaki-eki) is a train station on the Kyoto Municipal Subway Karasuma Line in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan.