Day-by-day trip plan on a budget

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Which year, and which four November dates? Opening days, foliage, and crowds depend on that. Where you sleep, and your arrival time on day 1, will change every route below.

Opening times, tickets, fares, and travel times are unverified. I am not stating hours or prices. Your budget is USD 120 per person per day, flights excluded. I cannot say whether that covers food, entry, and local transit, because those prices were not supplied.

The plan stays in one area each day so you can walk, take photos, and skip a long queue instead of rushing to the next sight.

Day 1. Eastern hills, one district only
Morning: one temple area and the lanes beside it. If a queue is already long, leave it and walk the lanes.
Afternoon: the same neighbourhood, slowly, for photographs. Do not add a second district.
Evening: dinner in that district, then back to your lodging.
Food idea: a simple noodle or tofu meal in the same area. No restaurant named, because none was checked.
Rain: stay under the covered shopping street in that district, and one indoor hall only if you confirm it is open that morning.
Route: keep the whole day on the eastern hills. Do not cross the city.

Day 2. Western edge, river and one garden
Morning: the riverside path and the bamboo grove, early, so you can turn back if it is crowded.
Afternoon: one temple garden nearby, then stop. Use the rest of the afternoon to sit and take photos.
Evening: dinner on that side of the city, not a second major sight.
Food idea: tofu hot-pot or noodles near the river. Confirm the place is open.
Rain: one indoor museum you have checked that morning. Do not assume a named museum is open or close to where you are.
Route: west-side sights only.

Day 3. One famous garden, then stop
Morning: one well-known temple garden. If the line is long, skip it. That matches what you dislike.
Afternoon: a quieter walk in a park or a smaller garden in the same part of town, only if entry that day is open. Unverified.
Evening: one food street for dinner, then stop.
Food idea: a set meal you choose at the counter, so you are not waiting on a long menu queue.
Rain: a downtown museum you confirm the same day. Drop the garden rather than doing both.
Route: one area in the morning, dinner near the centre only if the move is a single ride you have already checked.

Day 4. A slow walk, then a buffer
Morning: a canal-side walk and one nearby temple, only as far as you feel like going. Autumn colour is not guaranteed. Treat it as unverified.
Afternoon: no new district. Pack, or sit with tea, depending on your departure time, which you have not given.
Evening: an easy meal near your lodging.
Food idea: whatever is simple beside the lodging, so a late train or a delay does not wreck the day.
Rain: stay indoors near the lodging. Do not start the canal walk in heavy rain and then rush a temple.
Route: north or east canal area in the morning only, then back.

Packing list, an estimate for a typical November trip, not a forecast: worn-in walking shoes, a thin rain layer, a warmer layer for the evening, spare socks, a small umbrella, a battery for your phone, any medicine you already use, and the lodging address written down. I am not giving a temperature.

Before you book, check these, and do not rely on a URL from me:
- The official page of each temple, garden, or museum for closed days, tickets, and photo rules
- The Kyoto city bus and subway operator pages for fares and passes
- Your lodging's own map, so the "one area a day" plan still works from where you sleep

Still missing: the year and the four dates, the neighbourhood you stay in, arrival and departure times, how far you want to walk, and any food you will not eat.