During spring 🌸 sakura blossom season, the garden is closed off for paid visits which, ¥500 is nothing compared to the breathtaking bloom. Rest of the Shrine is stunningly beautiful too and remains free to worshipers
I visited in November, and I think the shrine is particularly popular for its cherry blossoms. Out of season, there may not be much to see, so there weren’t many people there either. It’s a fairly small shrine that you can easily walk around, but it’s very authentic. It’s worth popping in before or after visiting Kitano Tenman-gū, as the two shrines are very close to each other.
It is quite far from the city centre and does not attract too many tourists so we can have many spaces to walking around and enjoy it. Visiting the sakura garden costs 500Yen/person but doing so to the main shrine and its small adjacent garden is free, and of course, extremely beautiful with cherry blossoms are in their peaks.
Updated on 30 March 2024
More Cherry Blossom trees are in full bloom at this Shrine than other places in Kyoto.
A mixture of Cherry blossoms and small yellow flowers create an amazing picture. You will spend at least half full day there. Along the flower path, there are chairs for resting.
Apart from a lot of beautiful flowers, there are a lot of tall old trees. Compared to other popular Shrines, most visitors are from local residents.
Furthermore, there is no entrance fee. You may make voluntary donation to the Shrine. You also make a wish at the Shrine.
Highly recommeded.
Found this very nice shrine and garden when walking towards the kinkakuji. Well worth a visit!
The garden was very nice, and I expect it will be much prettier when in bloom!
