Bogon-in Temple with beautiful strolling garden with Arashiyama as a backdrop

Leaf KYOTO Store information Bogon-in Temple has a beautiful strolling garden with Arashiyama as a borrowed scenery.

2023.8.20

Bogon-in Temple has a beautiful strolling garden with Arashiyama as a borrowed scenery.

One of the sub-temples of Tenryu-ji Temple, which was built in 1461 (Kansei 2). Although it is usually closed to the public, it is open for special viewing from early October every year, and is lit up in November, when the autumn leaves season is approaching.

Shishiku no Niwa, a circuit-style landscape garden with Arashiyama as a borrowed scenery, is a famous garden that is also recorded in the Edo period guide to famous places in Kyoto, the Miyakorinsen Meisho Zue.

Autumn leaves season information

Best time/usually late November to early December
Autumn special viewing
Period of visitation / Saturday, October 7, 2023 - Sunday, December 10, 2023
Hours of visit/9:00-17:00 (last admission/16:45), Main Hall - 16:30 (last admission)
Admission: 700 yen for adults, 300 yen for elementary and junior high school students, separate admission fee to the main hall is required.
Autumn Night Special Viewing
Period of visitation / Saturday, November 11, 2023 - Sunday, December 3, 2023
Hours: 17:30 - 20:30 (last admission at 20:00) *Perfectly changeable day and night hours
Entrance fee: Adults 1,000 yen, Elementary and junior high school students 300 yen

Hogon-in Temple

Hogon Inn
Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto City
Immediately from the bus stop "Arashiyama Tenryu-ji Mae"
5 minutes walk from Randen "Arashiyama Station"
10 minutes walk from JR "Saga-Arashiyama Station" or Hankyu "Arashiyama Station"
Tel.075-861-0091
100 parking lots (same as Tenryu-ji P, 1000 yen per car, not available at night)
https://hogonin.jp/
[Normal visit]
Visiting hours/9:00-17:00 (Last entry/main hall 16:30, garden 16:45)
Admission: 700 yen for adults, 300 yen for elementary and junior high school students

*Please note that the information contained herein is subject to change without notice.
*Since this site uses automatic translation, the translation may differ from the original Japanese content.

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