Shigetsu
Arashiyama, Kyoto
- Mon to Wed, Fri to Sun
- 11:00 to 14:00
- Thu
- Closed
Source: tenryuji.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Shigetsu is Tenryu-ji's own restaurant, serving shojin ryori, the Zen vegetarian cooking made with no animal products at all, in a hall just south of the Sogen Pond. The Michelin Guide Kyoto Osaka 2026 gave it a Bib Gourmand and a Green Star.
Insider tip
The Yuki set (one soup, five dishes) is ¥3,800 and needs booking two days ahead. Tsuki (¥6,500) and Hana (¥9,000) need at least two people and three days' notice. You pay the ¥500 garden fee on top, and it's closed on Thursdays.
What the guides say about Shigetsu
Shojin ryori is Zen vegetarian cooking with no animal products at all. Shigetsu is Tenryu-ji's own restaurant, with a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a Green Star in the Kyoto Osaka 2026 guide. Its Yuki set (one soup, five dishes) is ¥3,800, you book it two days ahead, and the ¥500 garden fee goes on top. Daitokuji Ikkyu has cooked Daitoku-ji's vegetarian food since the late 1400s. The fuchidaka box is ¥6,050, and a full honzen meal on red lacquer trays starts at ¥9,680.
What's on near Shigetsu
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Shigetsu, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Hogon-in Autumn Opening and Night Viewing
宝厳院 秋の特別拝観・夜間特別拝観
Time 9:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:45), night viewing from 13 Nov 17:30 to 20:30 (last entry 20:00) Station Arashiyama (Randen), 3 min walk
This Tenryu-ji sub-temple opens its Shishiku garden, which borrows Arashiyama as a backdrop, round a lion-shaped rock under heavy maples, and for an extra ¥500 you can see Tamura Noriko's paintings in the main hall. From 13 Nov the garden is also lit at night (17:30 to 20:30, ¥1,000).
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Shapes of Love: The Lost Shunga Scroll Chigo no Soshi
「愛のカタチ－幻の春画《稚児草紙》公開－」
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30) Station Arashiyama (Randen), 4 min walk
The museum shows the early 14th-century Chigo no Soshi scroll in public for the first time, with painted shunga by Tsukioka Settei and others, Hokusai's Nami Chidori, made in his 70s, and paintings about love by Uemura Shoen and Kaburaki Kiyokata. Nobody under 18 is admitted, and you may be asked for photo ID.
運動会プロテインパワー, CC BY-SA 4.0 Arashiyama Tsukitouro Bamboo Light-up
嵐山月灯路
Time 18:00 to 21:00 (last entry 20:40) Station Saga-Arashiyama (JR Sagano Line), 10 min walk
The bamboo grove path is lit every evening, with a 30-metre bamboo corridor hung with 1,500 woven bamboo balls and mist drifting through the grove. In 2026 it was ¥1,500 cash at the ticket booth in the grove or ¥2,000 online, and free for 12 and under.
dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0 Arashiyama Tsukitouro Bamboo Light-up
嵐山月灯路 Arashiyama Bamboo Light-up
Time 18:00 to 21:00 (last entry 20:40) Station Saga-Arashiyama (JR Sagano Line), 10 min walk
Bamboo lanterns, some made by local residents in workshops, line the Bamboo Grove path and about 1 km of lit walkways. At the gate it's ¥1,500 in cash, online tickets with guaranteed entry cost ¥2,000, and children 12 and under go free.
dconvertini, CC BY-SA 2.0 Saigu Procession
斎宮行列
Time Procession from 12:00 Station Saga-Arashiyama (JR Sagano Line), 10 min walk
A Heian-style procession re-creates an imperial princess setting out to serve at Ise Shrine, walking from Nonomiya Shrine to Togetsukyo Bridge from noon after a rite at the shrine. A purification rite at the river's north boat landing is planned for about 14:00.
Seven010, CC BY-SA 3.0 Nearby
Around Arashiyama
Bamboo at first light, then the maple temples under Mount Ogura
Arashiyama is on Kyoto's north-western edge, where Togetsukyo Bridge crosses the Oi River with wooded hills right behind it. You'll want the bridge, Tenryu-ji and the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, and so will everyone else. Go early. Then walk north into Sagano. Its temples line the foot of Mount Ogura, and it's quieter at the far end, which Kyoto's official tourism site calls Okusaga.
Arashiyama has 30 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 14 shrines and temples, 4 landmarks, 3 parks and gardens, 2 restaurants, 2 bathhouses, 1 cafe, 1 museum, 1 viewpoint, 1 shop and 1 neighbourhood. Read the Arashiyama guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Shigetsu?
- 68 Saga-Tenryuji Susukinobaba-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都府京都市右京区嵯峨天龍寺芒ノ馬場町68).
- What are the opening hours of Shigetsu?
- Mon to Wed, Fri to Sun 11:00 to 14:00; Closed Thu.
- How do I get to Shigetsu?
- The nearest station is Arashiyama (Randen). Shigetsu is in Arashiyama, Kyoto.
- How much does Shigetsu cost?
- Shigetsu is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Shigetsu?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Shigetsu?
- Weekday lunch.
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