Jonangu
Fushimi, Kyoto
- Daily
- 9:00 to 16:30
Hours are for the garden, with last entry at 16:00. Amulets and goshuin are available 9:00 to 17:00.
Source: jonangu.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Jonangu was founded in 794, with the new capital, to guard its southern approach, and people still come to pray for protection from unlucky directions and for safe travel. Its garden, Rakusuien, covers about 30,000 square metres, and the weeping plums and camellias from mid February to March are the big draw.
Insider tip
The grounds are free. The garden is ¥800, ¥1,000 during the weeping plum and camellia festival (18 February to 22 March) and ¥300 in July and August, when only the north gardens open. Kyokusui no Utage, a Heian-style poetry gathering by the garden stream, is held on 29 April. Tripods and selfie sticks aren't allowed in the garden.
What's on at Jonangu
Upcoming events at Jonangu and within a ten-minute walk, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Jonangu Festival (Jonan-sai)
城南祭
Time Rite 9:00, mikoshi procession from 12:00 Station Takeda (Karasuma Line, Kintetsu), 15 min walk
Three big mikoshi, the pine, bamboo and plum shrines of Shimotoba, Takeda and Kamitoba, are carried round the worship hall after noon and then out through the parish. Watching is free.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Weeping Plum and Camellia Festival at Jonangu
しだれ梅と椿まつり（城南宮）
Time 9:00 to 16:30 (last entry 16:00) Station Takeda (Karasuma Line, Kintetsu Kyoto Line), about 15 min walk
About 150 weeping plum trees flower in the Haru no Yama garden, with about 400 camellias of 150 kinds around them, and for a few days as the plums drop their petals the moss turns pink. A stall on the approach sells tsubaki-mochi, rice cakes wrapped in camellia leaves, during the festival.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Kyokusui no Utage at Jonangu
曲水の宴（城南宮）
Time 15:00 to about 15:50 Station Takeda (Karasuma Line, Kintetsu Kyoto Line), about 15 min walk
Poets in Heian court dress write waka by a winding stream in the shrine garden while cups of sake float past on trays shaped like mandarin ducks. Seats are by advance application by return postcard, opening in early March.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Kyoto Antique Fair
京都アンティークフェア
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (last day to 16:00) Station Takeda (Karasuma Line, Kintetsu Kyoto Line), then the free shuttle bus from west exit 4
Over 300 dealers from all over Japan sell antiques and old art, furniture, paintings, Asian goods and Western antiques under one roof at Pulse Plaza, so the weather doesn't matter. Entry is free, and a free shuttle bus runs from Takeda Station.
Kyoto Antique Fair (Autumn)
第96回 京都アンティークフェア
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (16:00 on the last day) Station Takeda (Karasuma Line, Kintetsu), free shuttle bus from exit 4
More than 300 dealers from across Japan fill Pulse Plaza with antiques and old art, furniture, paintings, Asian goods and Western antiques, at what the organiser bills as western Japan's biggest antiques fair. It's indoors and free, and a free shuttle bus runs from exit 4 of Takeda Station.
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 Jonangu?
- 7 Nakajima Tobarikyu-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市伏見区中島鳥羽離宮町7番地).
- What are the opening hours of Jonangu?
- Daily 9:00 to 16:30. Hours are for the garden, with last entry at 16:00. Amulets and goshuin are available 9:00 to 17:00.
- How do I get to Jonangu?
- The nearest station is Takeda (Karasuma Line, Kintetsu). Jonangu is in Fushimi, Kyoto.
- How much does Jonangu cost?
- Jonangu is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Jonangu?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Jonangu?
- Late February to mid March.
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