Gokonomiya Shrine
Fushimi, Kyoto
Source: gokounomiya.kyoto.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Gokonomiya is the guardian shrine of old Fushimi, named for a fragrant spring that the shrine says welled up here in 862. The Gokosui is on the Environment Ministry's list of Japan's 100 best springs, and the main hall, built in 1605 on Tokugawa Ieyasu's orders, is an Important Cultural Property.
Insider tip
Bring a bottle and fill it at the spring between 7:00 and 19:00. The front gate was the main gate of Fushimi Castle, given to the shrine in 1622. The stone garden, moved here in 1957 from a garden Kobori Enshu made at the Fushimi magistrate's office, is ¥200 and open 9:00 to 15:30. The Shinkosai festival in early October runs for nine days with more than a hundred food stalls.
What's on at Gokonomiya Shrine
Upcoming events at Gokonomiya Shrine and within a ten-minute walk, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Shinko-sai at Gokonomiya Shrine
御香宮神幸祭
Station Momoyama-Goryomae (Kintetsu Kyoto Line), 1 min walk
Fushimi's nine-day autumn festival, with over a hundred stalls in the grounds. On the first evening neighbourhoods carry their decorated hanagasa umbrellas to the shrine, there's a hanagasa parade from the Otesuji arcade on the eighth, and on the last day three mikoshi go round the parish from morning to night.
ignis, CC BY-SA 3.0 Fushimi Sake Kairo Brewery Open Day
伏見酒回廊2026
Time From 10:00 (closing times vary by brewery) Station Chushojima, Fushimi-Momoyama or Tambabashi (Keihan)
Thirteen Fushimi brewers open up at 11 sites on the same day, with tastings, sales, limited sakes, food and a stamp rally as you walk between them. Entry is free, each brewery keeps its own hours, and you should come by train if you're drinking.
Nearby
Around Fushimi
Torii tunnels at dawn, then sake by the old castle moat
Fushimi is two trips in one. In the north, about 10,000 torii line the paths up Mount Inari behind Fushimi Inari Taisha, and the grounds never close, so you can walk them at dawn. Five stops south on the Keihan line, about 20 breweries still make sake in the old river port, and you can taste most of them in one alley.
Fushimi has 21 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 8 shrines and temples, 4 restaurants, 2 shops, 2 landmarks, 1 bar, 1 neighbourhood, 1 cafe, 1 museum and 1 bathhouse. Read the Fushimi guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Gokonomiya Shrine?
- 174 Gokonomiya Monzen-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市伏見区御香宮門前町174).
- How do I get to Gokonomiya Shrine?
- The nearest station is Momoyama-Goryomae (Kintetsu), Fushimi-Momoyama (Keihan). Gokonomiya Shrine is in Fushimi, Kyoto.
- How much does Gokonomiya Shrine cost?
- Nothing. Gokonomiya Shrine is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Gokonomiya Shrine?
- Plan for 30 min.
- When is the best time to visit Gokonomiya Shrine?
- Morning.
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