What other travelers are saying about Ninnaji Temple
World heritage site temple. Worth a visit. Not too many tourists. Half of the Japanese garden is currently a construction site. Still full price charged. The second 'exhibition' you can enter a temple, no pictures allowed, explains the brochure with pictures of what you see inside... Safe the money for that.
Beautiful world heritage site without many tourists. The garden was specially gorgeous and the atmosphere was peaceful and tranquil. Definitely one of the more underrated temples in Kyoto. The surrounding streets were nice to walk and catch a glimpse of old city Kyoto. There were some cafes to wind down after a long walk and the train station is worth checking out as it is old timey too.
Nin’na-ji Temple was founded in 888 as a retirement home for the emperor.
It is free to wander around the temple grounds and view the exteriors of the beautiful historic buildings.
Only the palace and gardens, which were relocated from the Imperial Palace, require an admission fee.
The interiors of other buildings are sometimes open to the public for limited periods.
Absolutely worth the trip if you are in the area seeing Kinkaku-ji. Far less crowded, and many pagodas to visit. The combined special ticket for both areas is pretty pricy at ¥1300, and was to be honest not worth it. The special exhibition allows you access to a small temple, it’s beautiful but not large and the presentation is only in Japanese. You are better off getting the base ticket.
Ninnaji (仁和寺) is one of Kyoto's great temples that are listed as World Heritage Sites. Ninnaji is also famous for a grove of locally cultivated, late blooming cherry trees called Omuro Cherries. Because the trees are late blooming, Ninnaji is a good place to visit towards the end of Kyoto's cherry blossom season, which is usually around mid April.
