The tranquility touches the soul. Enjoy a moment of peace at the moss and bamboo of Gio-ji Temple.

📝 Spot details

📍Gio-ji Temple
32 Saga Toriimoto Kosaka-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture

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🕛 Business hours and admission fees

Admission hours: 9:00-17:00 (last admission at 16:30)

Temple closed days: Open every day (but may be closed temporarily during New Year's holidays, etc.)

Admission fee:

General: 300 yen

Elementary, junior high and high school students: 100 yen

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🚃 Access

About 20 minutes walk from JR Saga-Arashiyama Station

About 15 minutes walk from Kyoto Bus "Saga Elementary School Mae" or "Saga Shakado Mae"

About 7 minutes by taxi from Arashiyama Station

*Located at the quiet foot of the mountains in Oku-Saga, it has beautiful bamboo forests and thatched roof gates.

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🚗 Parking

There is no dedicated parking lot for Gion-ji Temple

Use the nearby paid parking lots (near Saga Shakado and Daikaku-ji Temple)

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Post by futaritabi | Jul 27, 2025