Toyokuni Shrine
Higashiyama, Kyoto
- Daily
- 9:00 to 17:00
These are the treasure hall hours (last entry 16:30). The grounds and the Karamon gate are open to all.
Source: toyokuni-kyoto.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Toyokuni Shrine enshrines Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was rebuilt in 1880 on the site of Hoko-ji's Great Buddha Hall, which was the largest building in Japan in its day. The National Treasure Karamon gate in front is said to come from Fushimi Castle. Next door hangs Hoko-ji's bell of 1614, whose inscription Tokugawa Ieyasu used as a pretext to turn on the Toyotomi.
Insider tip
The grounds and the gate are free. The treasure hall is ¥500 and has Kano Naizen's folding screens of the shrine's great festival and things said to be Hideyoshi's, like a pillow shaped as a baku, the beast that eats nightmares. A market, the Hokoku-san Omoshiro-ichi, sets up on the 8th, 18th and 28th unless it rains.
What's on near Toyokuni Shrine
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Toyokuni Shrine, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
The Tale of Genji: Radiance of the Heian Court
特別展 源氏物語 王朝のかがやき
Time 9:00 to 17:30, Fridays to 20:00 (last entry 30 minutes before) Station Shichijo (Keihan), 7 min walk
The Kyoto National Museum's first Tale of Genji exhibition in about 50 years shows paintings, crafts, manuscripts and commentaries, about 250 works across its Kyoto and Tokyo runs, including the Aobyoshi-bon text edited by Fujiwara no Teika and the scattered 'phantom' Moriyasu Genji scroll. The display changes on 3 Nov, and the museum is closed on Mondays (open 12 Oct and 23 Nov), 13 Oct and 24 Nov.
kajikawa, CC BY 3.0 New Year Feature: All About Sheep
新春特集展示 ひつじづくし 干支を愛でる
Time 9:30 to 17:00, Fridays to 20:00 (last entry 30 minutes before) Station Shichijo (Keihan), 7 min walk
For 2027, the Year of the Sheep, the museum's New Year display gathers sheep in art from its collection, an animal rarely kept in Japan outside Hokkaido, so expect some oddities. A tea utensils feature runs at the same time, the ticket covers every gallery in the Heisei Chishinkan, and it's closed on Mondays (open 11 Jan), from 28 Dec to 1 Jan and on 12 Jan.
kajikawa, CC BY 3.0 The Great Kano School, Part 2: Edo to Meiji
京都国立博物館開館130周年記念 特別展 大狩野派 第2部 江戸～明治編
Time 9:00 to 17:30 (last entry 17:00), Fridays to 20:00, closed Mondays except 19 July Station Shichijo (Keihan), 7 min walk
The second half of the museum's 130th-anniversary survey of the Kano painters, Japan's biggest school of artists, in the first show this size in half a century. Part 2 takes the story from the Edo period to Meiji with every work changed from Part 1. It's open to 20:00 on Fridays, and ticket prices haven't been announced yet.
kajikawa, CC BY 3.0 800 Years of the Shimazu Clan of Satsuma
京都国立博物館開館130周年記念 特別展 薩摩島津家八〇〇年
Station Shichijo (Keihan), 7 min walk
Heirlooms of the Shimazu, the samurai family who ruled southern Kyushu from Satsuma, marking 800 years since the death of their founder Shimazu Tadahisa. The museum says it's the first big show of the clan's treasures on Honshu, and some pieces change during the run.
kajikawa, CC BY 3.0 Shuntoe Peach Festival at Sanjusangendo
春桃会（三十三間堂）
Time 9:00 to 15:30 Station Hakubutsukan Sanjusangendo-mae bus stop (City Bus 206, 208), right by the stop
On 3 March, a day of threes at the hall of 33 bays, entry is free and the Ikenobo school offers flowers. You can view the 1,000 Kannon statues from a raised platform, and a women's peach charm (¥1,000) is sold that day only.
Olivier Bruchez, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nearby
Around Higashiyama
Kiyomizu-dera at opening, then the temples and pottery below it
Higashiyama is a whole ward, but this guide covers the slope from Kiyomizu-dera down to Shichijo-dori. Go early. The temple's gates open at 6:00, and if you're there then, you'll reach its wooden stage long before the day's crowds. Later, walk down past the pottery shops of Gojozaka to Sanjusangendo, where 1,001 statues of Kannon stand in a hall 120 metres long.
Higashiyama has 22 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 10 shrines and temples, 4 shops, 2 museums, 2 neighbourhoods, 1 cafe, 1 viewpoint, 1 restaurant and 1 landmark. Read the Higashiyama guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Toyokuni Shrine?
- 530 Chaya-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市東山区茶屋町530).
- What are the opening hours of Toyokuni Shrine?
- Daily 9:00 to 17:00. These are the treasure hall hours (last entry 16:30). The grounds and the Karamon gate are open to all.
- How do I get to Toyokuni Shrine?
- The nearest station is Hakubutsukan Sanjusangendo-mae bus stop (City Bus 100, 206, 208). Toyokuni Shrine is in Higashiyama, Kyoto.
- How much does Toyokuni Shrine cost?
- Nothing. Toyokuni Shrine is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Toyokuni Shrine?
- Plan for 30 min.
- When is the best time to visit Toyokuni Shrine?
- On the 8th, 18th or 28th.
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