Temple

Taizo-in

Kinkakuji, Kyoto

Address
35 Hanazono Myoshinji-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto 〒616-8035 京都市右京区花園妙心寺町35
Hours
Daily
9:00 to 17:00

Last entry 17:00, or 16:00 from mid-December to the end of February. Open every day except 21 October 2026.

Source: taizoin.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.

The Yoko-en pond garden at Taizo-in, with its stepped waterfall, clipped shrubs on green banks and red maples in autumn
Photo: ttshr1970 / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)

Taizo-in is one of the oldest of Myoshin-ji's subtemples, founded around 1404, and it has two very different gardens. The dry Motonobu garden was laid out by the painter Kano Motonobu, while the Yoko-en is a pond garden you walk around. Near the abbot's hall hangs a copy of Josetsu's Hyonen-zu, a National Treasure the temple calls the oldest ink painting in Japan.

Nearest station Hanazono (JR Sagano Line)
Cost ¥
Time needed 30 min
Best time Spring and autumn

Insider tip

Entry is ¥700 (high school students included) and ¥400 for primary and junior high students. In the Daikyu-an tea seat in the garden, matcha comes with Kore Nanzo, a gourd-and-catfish sweet the temple serves nowhere else, for ¥900. Allow 20 to 30 minutes. It's closed all day on 21 October 2026.

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What's on near Taizo-in

Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Taizo-in, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.

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
Garden ¥500

Lotus Viewing at Hokongo-in

観蓮会（法金剛院）

3 to 25 Jul (dates to be confirmed) Hokongo-in, Kinkakuji

Time 7:30 to 12:30 (last entry 12:00) Station Hanazono (JR Sagano Line)

About 90 kinds of lotus, Oga lotus among them, flower in the pond of the temple's paradise garden, a designated scenic spot, and it opens early in the morning for the viewing.

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Nearby

Myoshin-ji Temple · 2 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 · 3 min walk Shunko-in is a Myoshin-ji subtemple founded in 1590 by Horio Yoshiharu, later the first lord of Matsue. Keishun-in Temple · 5 min walk 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. Mancho Food · 6 min walk Mancho is a Kyoto cuisine restaurant facing Myoshin-ji's north gate, about five minutes' walk from Ninna-ji. Ninna-ji Temple · 12 min walk Emperor Uda finished Ninna-ji in 888, and imperial princes served as its head priests until 1867. Toji-in Temple · 14 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.

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 Taizo-in?
35 Hanazono Myoshinji-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市右京区花園妙心寺町35).
What are the opening hours of Taizo-in?
Daily 9:00 to 17:00. Last entry 17:00, or 16:00 from mid-December to the end of February. Open every day except 21 October 2026.
How do I get to Taizo-in?
The nearest station is Hanazono (JR Sagano Line). Taizo-in is in Kinkakuji, Kyoto.
How much does Taizo-in cost?
Taizo-in is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
How long do you need at Taizo-in?
Plan for 30 min.
When is the best time to visit Taizo-in?
Spring and autumn.

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