Shigetsu
Arashiyama, Kyoto
- Mon to Wed, Fri to Sun
- 11:00 to 14:00
- Thu
- Closed
Source: tenryuji.com, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Shigetsu is Tenryu-ji's own restaurant, serving shojin ryori, the Zen vegetarian cooking made with no animal products at all, in a hall just south of the Sogen Pond. The Michelin Guide Kyoto Osaka 2026 gave it a Bib Gourmand and a Green Star.
Insider tip
The Yuki set (one soup, five dishes) is ¥3,800 and needs booking two days ahead. Tsuki (¥6,500) and Hana (¥9,000) need at least two people and three days' notice. You pay the ¥500 garden fee on top, and it's closed on Thursdays.
What the guides say about Shigetsu
Shojin ryori is Zen vegetarian cooking with no animal products at all. Shigetsu is Tenryu-ji's own restaurant, with a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a Green Star in the Kyoto Osaka 2026 guide. Its Yuki set (one soup, five dishes) is ¥3,800, you book it two days ahead, and the ¥500 garden fee goes on top. Daitokuji Ikkyu has cooked Daitoku-ji's vegetarian food since the late 1400s. The fuchidaka box is ¥6,050, and a full honzen meal on red lacquer trays starts at ¥9,680.
What's on near Shigetsu
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Shigetsu, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Tenryu-ji Hatto Cloud Dragon Painting Autumn Opening
天龍寺 法堂「雲龍図」特別公開
Time 9:00 to 16:30 (last entry 16:20) Station Randen Arashiyama Station (Keifuku), 13 min on foot from JR Saga-Arashiyama
The Hatto hall's Cloud Dragon ceiling painting by Kayama Matazo is open daily in autumn, with a separate ticket from the garden.
Kimon Berlin, CC BY-SA 2.0 Hogon-in Autumn Opening and Night Viewing
宝厳院 秋の特別拝観・夜間特別拝観
Time 9:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:45), night viewing from 13 Nov 17:30 to 20:30 (last entry 20:00) Station Arashiyama (Randen), 3 min walk
This Tenryu-ji sub-temple opens its Shishiku garden, which borrows Arashiyama as a backdrop, round a lion-shaped rock under heavy maples, and for an extra ¥500 you can see Tamura Noriko's paintings in the main hall. From 13 Nov the garden is also lit at night (17:30 to 20:30, ¥1,000).
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Kogen-ji Autumn Special Opening
弘源寺 秋の特別拝観
Time 9:00 to 17:00 (last entry 16:45) Station Arashiyama (Randen), 3 min walk
A Tenryu-ji sub-temple opens its dry landscape garden, the Bishamonten statue and paintings by Takeuchi Seiho and his circle. A combined ticket with Hogon-in is ¥1,000.
Early Morning Visit to Sogenchi Garden at Tenryu-ji
天龍寺 曹源池庭園《早朝参拝》
Time From 7:30 (garden ticket office only; north gate from 8:30) Station Randen Arashiyama Station (Keifuku), 13 min on foot from JR Saga-Arashiyama
The garden opens early on the garden ticket during the peak autumn-leaf weeks.
Kimon Berlin, CC BY-SA 2.0 New Year's Eve Bell at Tenryu-ji
天龍寺 除夜の鐘
Time From about 23:30 (tickets from 23:15) Station Randen Arashiyama Station (Keifuku), 13 min on foot from JR Saga-Arashiyama
The temple bell is rung from about 23:30 on New Year's Eve, with numbered tickets for the first 108 groups handed out from 23:15.
Kimon Berlin, CC BY-SA 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Knowing and Enjoying Kyoto Through Paintings Exhibition
On now, until 28 Feb · Saga Arashiyama Museum of Arts and Culture
An exhibition of Nihonga that introduces Kyoto sights, festivals, geiko and Kyoto vegetables, with folding screens of Kyoto and wagashi wrapping paper designs.
¥1,000, combined ticket with Fukuda Art Museum ¥2,300 · 10:00 to 17:00 · Map · Source: Saga Arashiyama Bunkakan · 絵で知る、もっと楽しむ京都
Monthly zazen at Tenryu-ji Festival
Sun 8 Nov, Sun 13 Dec, Sun 10 Jan · Yuun-an, Tenryu-ji, Arashiyama
A 9:00 to 10:00 zazen session on the 2nd Sunday of the month needs no booking and welcomes beginners. A talk (Ryumonkai) follows at 10:00. There are no sessions in February, July or August.
Free · Map · Source: Tenryu-ji · 天龍寺坐禅会
Nearby
Around Arashiyama
Bamboo at first light, then the maple temples under Mount Ogura
Arashiyama is on Kyoto's north-western edge, where Togetsukyo Bridge crosses the Oi River with wooded hills right behind it. You'll want the bridge, Tenryu-ji and the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, and so will everyone else. Go early. Then walk north into Sagano. Its temples line the foot of Mount Ogura, and it's quieter at the far end, which Kyoto's official tourism site calls Okusaga.
Arashiyama has 30 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 14 shrines and temples, 4 landmarks, 3 parks and gardens, 2 restaurants, 2 bathhouses, 1 cafe, 1 museum, 1 viewpoint, 1 shop and 1 neighbourhood. Read the Arashiyama guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Shigetsu?
- 68 Saga-Tenryuji Susukinobaba-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都府京都市右京区嵯峨天龍寺芒ノ馬場町68).
- What are the opening hours of Shigetsu?
- Mon to Wed, Fri to Sun 11:00 to 14:00; Closed Thu.
- How do I get to Shigetsu?
- The nearest station is Arashiyama (Randen). Shigetsu is in Arashiyama, Kyoto.
- How much does Shigetsu cost?
- Shigetsu is mid-range, marked ¥¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Shigetsu?
- Plan for 1 hour.
- When is the best time to visit Shigetsu?
- Weekday lunch.
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