Between Teramachi-dori Street and Karasuma-dori Street, it is now a narrow one-way street, but many modern-era architectural structures are found along it, such as the Old Kyoto Branch, Bank of Japan (present Museum of Kyoto Annex) and the Nakagyo Post Office, because it was the main street in the Meiji period.
寺町通から烏丸通にかけては一方通行の狭い道路だが、明治時代はメインストリートだったので、旧日本銀行京都支店（現在は京都文化博物館の別館）や中京郵便局などの近代建築が多い。