Jonangu
Fushimi, Kyoto
- Daily
- 9:00 to 16:30
Hours are for the garden, with last entry at 16:00. Amulets and goshuin are available 9:00 to 17:00.
Source: jonangu.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Jonangu was founded in 794, with the new capital, to guard its southern approach, and people still come to pray for protection from unlucky directions and for safe travel. Its garden, Rakusuien, covers about 30,000 square metres, and the weeping plums and camellias from mid February to March are the big draw.
Insider tip
The grounds are free. The garden is ¥800, ¥1,000 during the weeping plum and camellia festival (18 February to 22 March) and ¥300 in July and August, when only the north gardens open. Kyokusui no Utage, a Heian-style poetry gathering by the garden stream, is held on 29 April. Tripods and selfie sticks aren't allowed in the garden.
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What's on at Jonangu
Upcoming events at Jonangu, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Maple Tea Seat at Jonangu
城南宮 もみじのお茶席
Time 10:00 to 15:30 (closes 16:00)
Matcha and a dry sweet shaped like a maple leaf and a camellia, served in the Muromachi garden. Garden admission (adults ¥800) is needed to take a seat.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Harae Kagura at Jonangu
祓神楽
Time 9:00 to 16:00, about every 30 minutes Station Takeda (Kintetsu Kyoto Line / Karasuma Line), about 15 min walk
Jonangu performs Harae Kagura on the Kagura-den stage about every 30 minutes on January 1 to 3, free to watch.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Weeping Plum and Camellia Festival at Jonangu
しだれ梅と椿まつり（城南宮）
Time 9:00 to 16:30 (last entry 16:00) Station Takeda (Karasuma Line, Kintetsu Kyoto Line), about 15 min walk
About 150 weeping plum trees flower in the Haru no Yama garden, with about 400 camellias of 150 kinds around them, and for a few days as the plums drop their petals the moss turns pink. A stall on the approach sells tsubaki-mochi, rice cakes wrapped in camellia leaves, during the festival.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Hojo Taisai Entertainment and Flower Offering at Jonangu
方除大祭 神賑行事・奉献花展（城南宮）
Time Apr 10 at 10:30 and 14:30 (worship hall); Apr 11 at 10:40 and 14:40 (Musubi-den hall) Station Takeda (Karasuma Line, Kintetsu), 15 min walk
Performances are offered at the shrine during its Hojo Taisai in early April, two shows a day, with a Saga Goryu flower exhibition in the main hall wings. Programme not yet announced.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Kyokusui no Utage at Jonangu
曲水の宴（城南宮）
Time 15:00 to about 15:50 Station Takeda (Karasuma Line, Kintetsu Kyoto Line), about 15 min walk
Poets in Heian court dress write waka by a winding stream in the shrine garden while cups of sake float past on trays shaped like mandarin ducks. Seats are by advance application by return postcard, opening in early March.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Smaller local events nearby
Hitaki-sai fire festival at Jonangu Festival
Fri 20 Nov (dates to be confirmed) · Jonangu, Fushimi
On November 20 at 3 pm the shrine burns about 10,000 wish sticks in a sacred fire, with the Great Purification prayer recited by everyone present and the Urayasu no Mai dance offered.
Map · Source: Jonangu · 火焚祭
Chonahajime Ceremony Festival
Tue 5 Jan · Jonangu, Fushimi
An old-style ceremony held at noon on the kagura hall stage at the start of the year to pray for safe construction work.
Map · Source: Jonangu · 釿始式
Nearby
Around Fushimi
Torii tunnels at dawn, then sake by the old castle moat
Fushimi is two trips in one. In the north, about 10,000 torii line the paths up Mount Inari behind Fushimi Inari Taisha, and the grounds never close, so you can walk them at dawn. Five stops south on the Keihan line, about 20 breweries still make sake in the old river port, and you can taste most of them in one alley.
Fushimi has 21 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 8 shrines and temples, 4 restaurants, 2 shops, 2 landmarks, 1 bar, 1 neighbourhood, 1 cafe, 1 museum and 1 bathhouse. Read the Fushimi guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Jonangu?
- 7 Nakajima Tobarikyu-cho, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市伏見区中島鳥羽離宮町7番地).
- What are the opening hours of Jonangu?
- Daily 9:00 to 16:30. Hours are for the garden, with last entry at 16:00. Amulets and goshuin are available 9:00 to 17:00.
- How do I get to Jonangu?
- The nearest station is Takeda (Karasuma Line, Kintetsu). Jonangu is in Fushimi, Kyoto.
- How much does Jonangu cost?
- Jonangu is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Jonangu?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Jonangu?
- Late February to mid March.
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