Tojiin Temple
Tojiin Temple（等持院） is the family temple of the Ashikaga family.It is a temple of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism, founded in 1341 by Shogun Ashikaga as a separate temple, and belongs to the Tenryuji school.
Wooden statues of successive Ashikaga shoguns and Tokugawa Ieyasu are also enshrined.In the closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate, wooden statues of Ashikaga Takauji, Ashikaga Yoshinori, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu were taken from Tojiin Temple, and their heads were hanged at Sanjogawara.
The garden is composed of Shinji Pond in the east and Fuyo Pond in the west in a pond-enrichment style.Tojiin Temple is a beautiful temple with beautiful autumn leaves. It is a good spot to visit because there are not many people.
To get to Tojiin from Kyoto Station, take the bus for about 32 minutes and walk about 8 minutes from the bus stop.
Tojiin Temple Map
| opening hours | 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.※Admission until 30 minutes before closing time.※December 30 - January 3, 9:00 - 15:00 |
| regular closing day | without a holiday |
| entrance fee | Adults 500 yen, Elementary and junior high school students 300 yen |
| bus stop | City bus Ritsumeikan-mae Bus Stop※10 minutes walk from the nearest bus stop※Tojiin Minamimtyo bus stop is also nearby. |
| station | Randen Toji-in/Ritsumeikandaigaku Kinugasa Campus-mae Sta.※Approx. 10 minutes walk from the nearest station |
| parking lot | Parking available（free）※10 units |
| official site | Tojiin Temple |
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