Nanzenji Junsei
Okazaki, Kyoto
- Daily
- 11:00 to 15:30, 17:00 to 21:30
Last orders 14:30 at lunch and 19:00 at dinner. Closed on irregular days posted each month on its site.
Source: to-fu.co.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Junsei serves yudofu, Kyoto's simmered tofu, in the garden grounds of a school of medicine opened by the Edo-period physician Shingu Ryotei. The old Junsei Shoin building is a registered tangible cultural property, and the tofu is made from Japanese soybeans and served with the house dipping sauce.
Insider tip
Tofu courses start at ¥3,850. Book online on its site, and check the closing days first, which change month to month (in September and October 2026 they were mostly Wednesdays). Lunch last orders are at 14:30.
What the guides say about Nanzenji Junsei
Nanzenji Junsei serves yudofu, Kyoto's simmered tofu, by Nanzen-ji, in the garden grounds of a medical school the Edo-period physician Shingu Ryotei opened. Tofu courses start at ¥3,850, and you book online.
What's on near Nanzenji Junsei
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Nanzenji Junsei, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Kyoto City Zoo Autumn Night Opening
京都市動物園 秋の夜間開園
Time 10 to 12, 17, 24 and 31 Oct and 7 Nov, open to 20:00 (last entry 19:30) Station Keage (Tozai Line), 7 min walk
On seven autumn days the zoo stays open until 20:00 and is lit after dark, with keeper talks at 17:30, 18:00 and 18:30 and an outdoor film at 19:00 from 12 Oct. Entry is the usual ¥750, free for junior high school students and younger, and gorillas, monkeys and some birds aren't on show at night.
inunami, CC BY 2.0 Eikan-do Autumn Treasure Exhibition
永観堂 秋の寺宝展
Time 9:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:00) Station Nanzenji Eikando-michi bus stop (City Bus 5), 3 min walk
Eikan-do brings out Important Cultural Properties from its collection while its roughly 3,000 maples turn. The ¥1,500 ticket includes the garden, and the nearest bus stop, Nanzenji Eikando-michi, closes at the busiest times.
Tetsuhiro Terada, CC BY 2.0 Awata Matsuri
粟田神社大祭（粟田祭）
Time Night lantern procession 11 Oct from 17:00, kenboko procession 12 Oct from 10:00 Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 7 min walk
Awata Shrine's main festival runs for six days. Come on the evening of 11 Oct for the Awata Daitoro, big painted lanterns paraded through the parish, or on 12 Oct from 10:00 for the kenboko halberds, said to be the forerunners of the Gion Matsuri floats.
Awata Matsuri
粟田神社大祭（粟田祭）
Time Yowatari from 17:00 (Sun), procession from 10:00 (Sports Day) Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 7 min walk
Awata Shrine's festival runs over the Sports Day weekend. The Oide-matsuri is on the Saturday evening and the Yowatari night procession on the Sunday, and on Sports Day kenboko halberds, said to be the forerunners of the Gion Matsuri floats, go out ahead of the mikoshi. The main rite follows on 15 October.
Thinking Sculptors: Raphaël Zarka and Horiuchi Masakazu
思考する彫刻家 ラファエル・ザルカと堀内正和（仮称）
Time 10:00 to 18:00 (last entry 17:30), closed Mondays except 22 March and 3 May Station Higashiyama (Tozai Line), 8 min walk
The Paris sculptor Raphaël Zarka, known for sculpture you can skate on, shown with the Kyoto-born abstract pioneer Horiuchi Masakazu through finished works, sketches, notebooks and models. Zarka is researching at Villa Kujoyama and will show new pieces made there.
そらみみ, CC BY-SA 3.0 Nearby
Around Okazaki
Art museums, Meiji gardens and Nanzen-ji along the Lake Biwa Canal
Okazaki is Kyoto's museum quarter. Two art museums sit either side of the approach to Heian Shrine, by its giant torii, and the zoo, a crafts museum and ROHM Theatre Kyoto are a few minutes away round Okazaki Park. Follow the Lake Biwa Canal east and you're at Nanzen-ji, with Eikan-do and Murin-an a short walk from its gate.
Okazaki has 27 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 9 shrines and temples, 6 museums, 4 restaurants, 2 cafes, 2 shops, 2 landmarks and 2 parks and gardens. Read the Okazaki guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Nanzenji Junsei?
- Nanzenji Monzen, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都府京都市左京区南禅寺門前).
- What are the opening hours of Nanzenji Junsei?
- Daily 11:00 to 15:30, 17:00 to 21:30. Last orders 14:30 at lunch and 19:00 at dinner. Closed on irregular days posted each month on its site.
- How do I get to Nanzenji Junsei?
- The nearest station is Keage (Tozai Line). Nanzenji Junsei is in Okazaki, Kyoto.
- How much does Nanzenji Junsei cost?
- Nanzenji Junsei is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Nanzenji Junsei?
- Plan for 1-2 hours.
- When is the best time to visit Nanzenji Junsei?
- Lunch.
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