Yasui Konpira-gu
Gion, Kyoto
- Daily
- Open all day
Charms and ema sold 9:00 to 17:30. Ema museum 10:00 to 16:00, closed Mondays (Tuesday after a holiday) and at year end.
Source: yasui-konpiragu.or.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Yasui Konpira-gu is where people come to cut bad ties and make good ones. The centrepiece is a stone 1.5 metres tall and 3 metres wide, shaped like an ema plaque and plastered with paper charms, with a hole you crawl through, front to back to end a bad tie and back to front to start a good one.
Insider tip
Take a katashiro paper from the stand beside the stone (an offering of ¥100 or more), write your wish, crawl through both ways, then stick it on the stone. You can pray at the stone at any hour. The small ema museum, ¥500, includes a Dale Chihuly glass work you look down on through the floor, and opens 10:00 to 16:00, closed Mondays.
What's on near Yasui Konpira-gu
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Yasui Konpira-gu, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Rokudo Mairi at Rokudo Chinno-ji
六道まいり（六道珍皇寺）
Time 6:00 to 22:00 Station Kiyomizu-michi bus stop (City Bus 206), 3 min walk
Before Obon, Kyoto families come to this temple at the old crossroads to the underworld to ring the mukae-gane bell and call their ancestors home, carrying sprigs of koyamaki bought from stalls on the approach.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Onshukai Recital of Gion Kobu
祇園甲部 温習会
Station Gion-Shijo (Keihan), 8 min walk
Gion Kobu's geiko and maiko dance the Inoue-school Kyomai handed down since the Edo period, with a different programme on each of the six days.
Entoku-in Autumn Exhibition and Night Viewing
圓徳院特別展と夜間特別拝観
Time Night viewing 17:00 to 22:00 (last entry 21:30), screens on show from 10:00 Station Higashiyama Yasui bus stop (City Bus 206)
Nene spent her last 19 years at this Kodai-ji sub-temple, and its north garden, a dry landscape later reworked by Kobori Enshu, is lit at night while the Toyotomi family's Teikan-zu screens are on show. A ¥1,200 ticket covers both Entoku-in and Kodai-ji, and it's closed on 11 and 12 Dec.
Hatsuka Ebisu Festival
二十日ゑびす大祭
Time Eve 19 Oct from 16:00, main festival 20 Oct from 14:00 Station Shijo-Kawaramachi bus stop (City Bus), 10 min walk
The autumn counterpart of January's Toka Ebisu welcomes the god Ebisu back from the sea, and lucky bamboo branches, charms and talismans for business are handed out. The eve is on 19 Oct from 16:00 and the main festival on 20 Oct from 14:00.
masato_photo, CC BY-SA 2.0 Toka Ebisu at Kyoto Ebisu Shrine
十日ゑびす大祭
Station Shijo-Kawaramachi bus stop (City Bus), 10 min walk
Kyoto Ebisu Shrine's big New Year festival runs from 8 to 12 Jan, and around the 10th you can get lucky bamboo branches for business. In 2026 the shrine stayed open all night on the 9th and 10th.
masato_photo, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nearby
Around Gion
The teahouse streets below Yasaka Shrine, best early or at dusk
Gion grew up as the town at the gate of Yasaka Shrine, and it's still where Kyoto's geiko and maiko live and work. Gion Kobu, the largest of the city's five geiko districts, keeps its teahouses along Hanamikoji-dori, and the Shirakawa canal runs through Gion Shinbashi to the north. Go early for the shrine and the temples behind it. Come back at dusk for the streets.
Gion has 25 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 6 shrines and temples, 4 shops, 4 neighbourhoods, 3 cafes, 2 landmarks, 2 restaurants, 1 bar, 1 museum, 1 park or garden and 1 bathhouse. Read the Gion guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Yasui Konpira-gu?
- 70 Shimobenten-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市東山区東大路松原上ル下弁天町70).
- What are the opening hours of Yasui Konpira-gu?
- Yasui Konpira-gu is open all day. Charms and ema sold 9:00 to 17:30. Ema museum 10:00 to 16:00, closed Mondays (Tuesday after a holiday) and at year end.
- How do I get to Yasui Konpira-gu?
- The nearest station is Higashiyama Yasui bus stop (City Bus 206). Yasui Konpira-gu is in Gion, Kyoto.
- How much does Yasui Konpira-gu cost?
- Nothing. Yasui Konpira-gu is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Yasui Konpira-gu?
- Plan for 20 min.
- When is the best time to visit Yasui Konpira-gu?
- Weekday mornings.
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