Tenju-an
Okazaki, Kyoto
Source: ja.kyoto.travel, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Tenju-an is a Nanzen-ji subtemple founded in 1339 as the memorial hall of Nanzen-ji's founding priest and rebuilt in 1602 by Hosokawa Yusai. It has two gardens, one round a pond and one of dry stone and gravel.
Insider tip
There's an entry fee. The sliding-door paintings by Hasegawa Tohaku in its abbot's hall are Important Cultural Properties, but they aren't shown to the public.
What's on near Tenju-an
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Tenju-an, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
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 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 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.
Sumitomo Shunsui: 100 Years On
特別展 没後100年記念 住友春翠 －仕合せの住友近代美術コレクション
Time 10:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:30), closed Mondays (open 23 Nov) and 24 Nov Station Miyanomae-cho bus stop (City Bus 32, 105), 1 min walk
A centenary show for Sumitomo Shunsui, the 15th head of the Sumitomo family, whose collecting laid the museum's foundations, with Japanese and Western paintings and crafts including Monet's Parc Monceau and Fujishima Takeji's Sachi aru asa. Under-18s get in free, and the ticket covers the Bronze Gallery of ancient Chinese bronzes too.
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 Tenju-an?
- Nanzenji Fukuchicho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市左京区南禅寺福地町).
- How do I get to Tenju-an?
- The nearest station is Keage (Tozai Line). Tenju-an is in Okazaki, Kyoto.
- How much does Tenju-an cost?
- Tenju-an is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Tenju-an?
- Plan for 30 min.
- When is the best time to visit Tenju-an?
- Mornings.
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