What other travelers are saying about Ninnaji Temple
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.
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.
This is a Buddhist temple in North west Kyoto that is deeply related with the Imperial family of Japan. The temple is especially famous for its Omuro Sakura cherry trees which are the latest blooming cherries in the whole of Kyoto. But we havent seen the Sakura trees yet here
A lot of the Goten and Shinden temple section is under reconstruction, so you don't see a lot of palace and garden for ¥800. But the bits I did see were lovely. It's also a bit naughty that I had to pay an extra ¥500 to access the area with the Kondo Main Hall, Kannon-do and five-storey pagoda because it was the "cherry blossom season" even though there was no blossom at all.
