Yasui Konpira-gu
Gion, Kyoto
- Daily
- Open all day
Charms and ema sold 9:00 to 17:30. Ema museum 10:00 to 16:00, closed Mondays (Tuesday after a holiday) and at year end.
Source: yasui-konpiragu.or.jp, checked 11 Oct 2026.
Yasui Konpira-gu is where people come to cut bad ties and make good ones. The centrepiece is a stone 1.5 metres tall and 3 metres wide, shaped like an ema plaque and plastered with paper charms, with a hole you crawl through, front to back to end a bad tie and back to front to start a good one.
Insider tip
Take a katashiro paper from the stand beside the stone (an offering of ¥100 or more), write your wish, crawl through both ways, then stick it on the stone. You can pray at the stone at any hour. The small ema museum, ¥500, includes a Dale Chihuly glass work you look down on through the floor, and opens 10:00 to 16:00, closed Mondays.
What's on at Yasui Konpira-gu
Upcoming events at Yasui Konpira-gu and within a ten-minute walk, from the weekly Kyoto events calendar.
Last Konpira Festival of the Year at Yasui Konpira-gu
終い金比羅祭
The year's last monthly rite. From this day until the first Konpira on 10 January the shrine gives out the lucky charm Inehorai (paid, limited numbers).
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Ono no Takamura Memorial Service at Rokudo Chinno-ji
小野篁忌ご命日法要と特別寺宝展
Time Service from 8:30 Station Bus Kiyomizu-michi, 5 min walk
A memorial service starts at 8:30 for Ono no Takamura, with a special treasure display and a special seal handwritten on seal books brought by visitors.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Kunpu Temple Treasures Opening at Rokudo Chinno-ji
薫風寺宝特別公開
A hidden principal image, the Yakushi Nyorai, repaired for the first time in 130 years, is shown with a Hell painting and other treasures.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Hatsu Enma-mairi and New Year treasure opening at Rokudo Chinno-ji
初ゑんま詣ならびに新春寺宝特別公開（六道珍皇寺）
First Enma visit of the year, with a special New Year opening of temple treasures at Rokudo Chinno-ji.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Winter temple treasure opening at Rokudo Chinno-ji
冬期寺宝特別公開（六道珍皇寺）
Three-day winter special opening of temple treasures at Rokudo Chinno-ji.
663highland, CC BY 2.5 Smaller local events nearby
Andrew Cranston: Birds, beasts and flowers Exhibition
6 to 22 Nov · Ryosoku-in, Higashiyama
An exhibition of paintings by Andrew Cranston inside the Ryosoku-in temple, with last entry at 16:30.
13:00 to 17:00 · Map · Source: Art Collaboration Kyoto · B05 アンドリュー・クランストン「Birds, beasts and flowers」
Senkokai zazen morning at Kennin-ji Festival
Sun 8 Nov, Sun 13 Dec, Sun 10 Jan · Kennin-ji, Gion
Kennin-ji holds a zazen and Dharma talk session on the second Sunday of each month at 7:30, with no booking and no fee, and pauses it in August.
Free · Map · Source: Kennin-ji · 千光会（建仁寺）
Nearby
Around Gion
The teahouse streets below Yasaka Shrine, best early or at dusk
Gion grew up as the town at the gate of Yasaka Shrine, and it's still where Kyoto's geiko and maiko live and work. Gion Kobu, the largest of the city's five geiko districts, keeps its teahouses along Hanamikoji-dori, and the Shirakawa canal runs through Gion Shinbashi to the north. Go early for the shrine and the temples behind it. Come back at dusk for the streets.
Gion has 25 places on the Roam Kyoto map: 6 shrines and temples, 4 shops, 4 neighbourhoods, 3 cafes, 2 landmarks, 2 restaurants, 1 bar, 1 museum, 1 park or garden and 1 bathhouse. Read the Gion guide.
Good to know
- What is the address of Yasui Konpira-gu?
- 70 Shimobenten-cho, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto (in Japanese: 京都市東山区東大路松原上ル下弁天町70).
- What are the opening hours of Yasui Konpira-gu?
- Yasui Konpira-gu is open all day. Charms and ema sold 9:00 to 17:30. Ema museum 10:00 to 16:00, closed Mondays (Tuesday after a holiday) and at year end.
- How do I get to Yasui Konpira-gu?
- The nearest station is Higashiyama Yasui bus stop (City Bus 206). Yasui Konpira-gu is in Gion, Kyoto.
- How much does Yasui Konpira-gu cost?
- Nothing. Yasui Konpira-gu is free to visit.
- How long do you need at Yasui Konpira-gu?
- Plan for 20 min.
- When is the best time to visit Yasui Konpira-gu?
- Weekday mornings.
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