There were many roads that passed through the city: the Nara Kaido Road that extended south from Osaka (the Hokurikudo Road when Nara was capital), the Shibuya Kaido Road that crossed Mt. Higashi south of Hinooka (linking eastern regions with Rokuhara Tandai (the Kamakura Shogun's Kyoto Agent)), present-day the Kajuji Imagumano Line of Kyoto Prefectural Route 118, and Oiwa Kaido Road.
また、逢坂から南へ抜ける奈良街道（奈良に都があった頃の北陸道）、東山を日ノ岡の南で越える渋谷街道（東国と六波羅探題を結んだ）や京都府道118号勧修寺今熊野線、大岩街道など数多くの街道があった。