Passes: city-bus day vs subway+bus vs plain ICOCA
City-bus-only days (Kinkaku, Ryoan-ji, Kiyomizu bus): city-bus day pass. A few Karasuma/Tozai rides plus buses: subway+bus day pass. Mixing JR, Keihan, Hankyu, Eizan: plain ICOCA/PiTaPa. Osaka Metro day passes cover none of Kyoto.
When Keihan, Hankyu or JR
Higashiyama, Fushimi, Uji: Keihan (Kiyomizu-Gojo, Gion-Shijo, Fushimi-Inari, Uji). Kawaramachi shopping and Hankyu Arashiyama: Hankyu Kyoto-Kawaramachi, change at Katsura. Fastest Arashiyama: JR Sagano Kyoto→Saga-Arashiyama. Kinkaku is almost always a city bus.
Where the day stops
Finish one line, then stop. Karasuma is not an excuse to stack Kinkaku and Kiyomizu. Check last runs; many city buses board rear, exit front.