Palace and Nijo: castle and park — Kinkaku another day
Nijo Castle nightingale floors and Ninomaru garden in the morning; palace park booking follows that day’s notice. Tozai Nijojo-mae or Karasuma transfer. One meal near Karasuma-Oike. Stop north-central — not Kinkaku or Arashiyama. Katsura/Shugakuin-class need separate bookings — do not pivot the axis same day.