Konchi-in

4.5

A sub temple of the Nanzen-ji Zen Temple located in Sakyo Ward in Kyoto City. The temple is said to have been erected in Kitayama by Ashikaga Yoshimochi, the fourth Muromachi shogun, and moved to its current location in 1605. Toshogu Shrine, erected according to the will of the great shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, serves as the temple’s richly decorated main hall. The front hall is famous for paintings such as the Crying Dragon ceiling painting by Kano Tan’yu and the Thirty-Six Great Poets by Tosa Mitsuoki. An Important Cultural Property, the Toshogu Shrine also enshrines a lock of Ieyasu’s hair and his personal image of the Buddha. The main temple nave is famous for its gold wall paintings created in the Kano school style. The grounds offer numerous points of note, such as a tea room deemed on the of three best in Kyoto, as well as the Crane and Tortoise Garden, a designated Place of Scenic Beauty.

Spot details

Address: Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Nanzenjifukuchichou Map
Area: Around Okazaki Area
Phone: 0757713511
Hours: [Mar.- Nov.]9:00-17:00
[Dec.- Feb.]9:00-16:30
Closed: open everyday
Fees: [Admission fee] Adults500yen (450yen for groups)
Parking Lot: Available (55spaces) * Nanzenji parking lot
Credit Card: Not available
Smoking: Not available
Wi-Fi: Available
Can be enjoyed even on a rainy day: Yes
Average budget: [Lunch] 1-1,000yen
Estimated stay time: 0-30 minutes
Wheelchair accessible: Available
Infant friendly: Available

Information Sources: NAVITIME JAPAN

Review

Crane and Turtle karesansui

Reviewed : 2020.08.09

Konchi-in is a temple (a subtemple of Nanzen-ji) with a stroll garden and the “Crane and Turtle Garden”, a karesansui garden viewed from temple balcony. Toshugu shrine on temple grounds has a history...
Beautiful small temple with beautiful grounds!

Reviewed : 2019.09.15

We happened upon this temple walking back to the subway from Nanzen-ji and decided to stop because it cost only about 400¥ each to get in. It looked peaceful and something was drawing us here.You...
A respected old temple

Reviewed : 2019.04.20

This temple, around the corner from the super-busy Nanzen-ji gate on an active pedestrian street, is quiet. The grounds are perhaps not energetically maintained, but the paths and garden design are...