Temple

Keishun-in

Kinkakuji, Kyoto

Address
11 Hanazono Teranonaka-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 〒616-8036 京都市右京区花園寺ノ中町11
Hours
Daily
9:00 to 17:00

Closes at 16:30 in winter.

Source: keishunin.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.

The veranda at Keishun-in in Myoshin-ji, looking onto a moss garden with clipped azalea hedges and maples
Photo: Hiro2006 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Keishun-in is a small Myoshin-ji subtemple with four gardens by Gyokuenbo, a pupil of Kobori Enshu, laid out to trace a monk's path to enlightenment. Its founder, Tsuda Hidenori, was Oda Nobunaga's grandson, and the buildings have kept the same shape for about 400 years. The gold sliding doors of pine and a crescent moon are by the Edo painter Kano Sansetsu.

Nearest station Myoshinji (Randen Kitano Line)
Cost ¥
Time needed 30 min
Best time Weekday mornings

Insider tip

It's one of the few Myoshin-ji subtemples open all year. Entry is ¥500 from junior high school age up, and primary school children with an adult get in free. Matcha with a seasonal sweet costs ¥800. In the Shinnyo garden, south of the abbot's hall, you'll see moss covering the ground under the maples and azaleas.

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Garden ¥1,600

Sal Tree Flower Viewing at Torin-in

沙羅の花を愛でる会（東林院）

11 to 24 Jun (dates to be confirmed) Torin-in, Myoshin-ji, Kinkakuji

Time 9:30 to 15:00 (last entry 14:30) Station Hanazono (JR Sagano Line), 8 min walk

This Myoshin-ji subtemple opens while the sal trees in front of its hall are in white flower. You sit with matcha and a sweet for ¥1,600, or add a vegetarian temple meal for ¥6,300, no booking needed.

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A large two-roofed wooden Zen hall at the centre of the Myoshin-ji complex, Kyoto Kentaro Ohno, CC BY 2.0

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Nearby

Mancho Food · 3 min walk Mancho is a Kyoto cuisine restaurant facing Myoshin-ji's north gate, about five minutes' walk from Ninna-ji. Myoshin-ji Temple · 4 min walk Myoshin-ji is the head temple of a Rinzai Zen school of about 3,300 temples, and more than 40 subtemples stand in its grounds. Shunko-in Temple · 4 min walk Shunko-in is a Myoshin-ji subtemple founded in 1590 by Horio Yoshiharu, later the first lord of Matsue. Taizo-in Temple · 5 min walk Taizo-in is one of the oldest of Myoshin-ji's subtemples, founded around 1404, and it has two very different gardens. Toji-in Temple · 9 min walk Ashikaga Takauji founded Toji-in in 1341 at the foot of Mount Kinugasa, and it became the family temple of the Ashikaga shoguns. Ninna-ji Temple · 12 min walk Emperor Uda finished Ninna-ji in 888, and imperial princes served as its head priests until 1867.

Around Kinkakuji

Three World Heritage temples on one road under Mount Kinugasa

Kinkaku-ji, Ryoan-ji and Ninna-ji all sit on Kinukake-no-Michi, a road that climbs about 2.5 km from Omuro-Ninnaji Station up to the Golden Pavilion. Start at Ryoan-ji, which opens at 8:00 from March to November, an hour before Kinkaku-ji. South of the road, Myoshin-ji's grounds don't close at all, and they hold more than 40 subtemples.

Kinkakuji has 14 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 9 shrines and temples, 2 museums, 1 cafe, 1 restaurant and 1 viewpoint. Read the Kinkakuji guide.

Good to know

What is the address of Keishun-in?
11 Hanazono Teranonaka-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市右京区花園寺ノ中町11).
What are the opening hours of Keishun-in?
Daily 9:00 to 17:00. Closes at 16:30 in winter.
How do I get to Keishun-in?
The nearest station is Myoshinji (Randen Kitano Line). Keishun-in is in Kinkakuji, Kyoto.
How much does Keishun-in cost?
Keishun-in is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Keishun-in?
Plan for 30 min.
When is the best time to visit Keishun-in?
Weekday mornings.

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