Toji-in
Kinkakuji, Kyoto
30 Dec to 3 Jan
- Daily
- 9:00 to 15:00
Rest of the year
- Daily
- 9:00 to 16:30
Last entry 30 minutes before closing. Open every day of the year.
Source: toujiin.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Ashikaga Takauji founded Toji-in in 1341 at the foot of Mount Kinugasa, and it became the family temple of the Ashikaga shoguns. The Reikoden hall holds wooden statues of the shoguns, and one of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Takauji's grave is a stone pagoda behind the abbot's hall. The Fuyo pond, in a garden said to be by Muso Soseki, is shaped like a lotus flower.
Insider tip
Entry is ¥600 for adults and ¥300 for children. Order a matcha (¥600) and drink it in the shoin looking out over the pond. Walk the abbot's hall veranda slowly and you'll hear its nightingale floor squeak. The garden turns red in autumn, and sasanqua camellias flower there in winter.
What the guides say about Toji-in
11. Myoshin-ji, open day and night. Local roads run through the grounds, so you can wander between more than 40 subtemples at any hour. Hatto tickets, for Kano Tan'yu's ceiling dragon, cost ¥500 and are sold until 15:30, but there are no visits at all from 19 to 22 October 2026. In the same neighbourhood, walk the veranda at Toji-in slowly and you'll hear its nightingale floor squeak.
Tickets and tours
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What's on near Toji-in
Upcoming events within a ten-minute walk of Toji-in, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Festival (Kinugasa Saiten)
立命館大学 衣笠祭典
Station Ritsumeikan-daigaku-mae (Randen), short walk
The student festival committee holds the Kinugasa campus festival and says visitors are welcome, with the programme to be published later.
Ritsumeikan Library 10th Anniversary Concert
立命館大学 平井嘉一郎記念図書館 開館10周年記念 LibraryConcert
Time 17:10 to 18:00
The university symphony orchestra plays Carmen, Hungarian Dance No. 5 and a John Williams tribute in the library's ground-floor Library Valley. Free, no booking, and people from outside the university are welcome.
Muses: The Models Who Inspired Insho's Art
〈開館60周年記念〉特別企画展Ⅱ モデルになったミューズたち
Time 9:30 to 17:00 (last entry 30 minutes before closing) Station Ritsumeikan Daigaku-mae bus stop (City Bus), right outside
Paintings by Domoto Insho of women from his student years to his late career, shown for the museum's 60th anniversary. Closed Mondays except 23 Nov, and closed 24 Nov.
Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert, CC BY 4.0 Insho Domoto Museum: Yama no Atelier Special Opening
堂本印象美術館「山のアトリエ」特別公開
Time Entry 11:00 to 11:30 and 14:30 to 15:00 Station Ritsumeikan Daigaku-mae bus stop (City Bus), right outside
The museum opens the renovated Yama no Atelier, a registered Tangible Cultural Property, to visitors with a museum ticket in a morning and an afternoon slot.
Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert, CC BY 4.0 Ryoan-ji After-hours Viewing
龍安寺 閉門後特別拝観
Time 16:00 to 18:30 (assemble by 15:50), Sat and Sun Station Ryoanji-mae bus stop (City Bus 59), at the gate
A guided evening visit on Saturdays and Sundays to mark the new cloud-dragon painting by Hosokawa Morihiro. Maximum 20 people a day, reservation required, no children of elementary age or under.
Angel de los Rios, CC BY-SA 2.0 Smaller local events nearby
Kyoto Kanji Explorers: Kanji Games and Quiz Festival
Sun 1 Nov · Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus, Igakukan 1F, Kita
Kanji games, a quiz and a bingo for children and parents in the communication lounge at Ritsumeikan University, during its campus festival.
Free · 10:00 to 17:00 · Map · Source: Kyoto City Wakuwaku no Tobira · 第86回京都漢字探検隊 - 漢字あそび&クイズ大会
Nearby
Around Kinkakuji
Three World Heritage temples on one road under Mount Kinugasa
Kinkaku-ji, Ryoan-ji and Ninna-ji all sit on Kinukake-no-Michi, a road that climbs about 2.5 km from Omuro-Ninnaji Station up to the Golden Pavilion. Start at Ryoan-ji, which opens at 8:00 from March to November, an hour before Kinkaku-ji. South of the road, Myoshin-ji's grounds don't close at all, and they hold more than 40 subtemples.
Kinkakuji has 14 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 9 shrines and temples, 2 museums, 1 cafe, 1 restaurant and 1 viewpoint. Read the Kinkakuji guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Toji-in?
- 63 Tojiin Kitamachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市北区等持院北町63番地).
- What are the opening hours of Toji-in?
- 30 Dec to 3 Jan: Daily 9:00 to 15:00. Rest of the year: Daily 9:00 to 16:30. Last entry 30 minutes before closing. Open every day of the year.
- How do I get to Toji-in?
- The nearest station is Toji-in Ritsumeikan Univ. Kinugasa Campus (Randen Kitano Line). Toji-in is in Kinkakuji, Kyoto.
- How much does Toji-in cost?
- Toji-in is cheap, marked ¥ on the site's price scale.
- How long do you need at Toji-in?
- Plan for 45 min.
- When is the best time to visit Toji-in?
- Autumn.
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