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Tenryuji Temple, Kyoto

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#9 of 610 in Historic Sites in Kyoto

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Visit Tenryuji Temple, a Zen Buddhist temple and World Heritage Site, to meditate and reflect among daily visitors and worshippers. The temple, originally completed in 1345 to appease the spirits of the late Emperor Go-Daigo, underwent several reconstructions over the ages. Approach the temple through a walking path lined with soaring bamboo stalks. Be sure to stroll around the temple's garden, which survived the centuries in its original form. Use our Kyoto tour itinerary planning site to visit Tenryuji Temple on your trip to Kyoto, and learn what else travelers and our writers recommend seeing nearby.

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4.3

• By Cosmopolitan826787

  入り口近くの湯豆腐が有名です。有名な雲龍図は平日ぢと公開日が決まっているみたいなので、調べる必要があります。庭園のみと、本堂セットが選べます。庭園の紫陽花は庭園内に固まって咲いてる訳ではなく、所々に紫陽花が植わってる感じで、期待ハズレでした。  more »

  Yutofu near the entrance is famous. The famous Unryu-no-chart seems to have a good public date on weekdays, so you need to look into it. You can choose only the garden and the main hall set. The hydrangea in the garden was not blooming in the garden, but it was a feeling that hydrangea was planted in some places, and it was a expectation gap.
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• By travelg38

  Not to miss if you like gardens; all plants labeled in English. I walked for a bit; lots of places to sit. Don't buy a ticket to go in; you can see what's essential from the outside.  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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