Tenryuji Temple, Kyoto

Tenryuji Temple Reviews

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4.3

• By johnandlizb

  This temple offers a two part visit. You can either do just the garden or the temple or both. I opted for both because the price wasn't much more for both. Although you can see everything, pretty...  more »

• By stephdangiles

  The garden gets an A+. So beautiful and well thought out, even in February. Definitely worth seeing and strolling (leisurely) through. Much of the temple can be viewed from the garden (if you don't...  more »

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• By Victor San Gil

  Tenryuji temple was beautiful. There's a fee to visit the grounds at 500yen for the garden and 300yen for the temple. We opted to go through both and we were not disappointed. Before reviewing further, I would recommend that the place be visited during the fall when all the trees still have their autumn color leaves. We visited in late December and while the place was still beautiful, all the trees looked dead. The temple requires you to remove your shoes and had I known that before buying my temple ticket I would not have proceeded. The ground was very cold, but they do make an effort to warm it up a bit by placing mats everywhere. I highly recommend this temple and would definitely go again during autumn.

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• By Virginia Choy

  Very photogenic gardens! If you visit on a hot day, I recommend buying the temple & garden ticket. It's much cooler from inside the temple and you get an elevated view of the garden. Also fewer people buy the temple ticket so there's more room to move around and sit down. You'll need to be VERY patient to get shots without other tourists in it though.

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