Kodai-ji

高台寺

Zen temple with a bamboo grove and night lights

⚠ Night lights from Oct 23

Hours

About 9:00–17:00 (evening opening 17:00–22:00, last entry 21:30)

Tickets

Adults ¥600

Address

526 Kodaiji Shimogawara-cho, Higashiyama-ku

Nene, widow of Hideyoshi, founded this temple in 1606 to honor her husband, and it sits just up the stone steps from Ninenzaka. A bamboo grove path leads to a garden where raked gravel is drawn into waves beside a pond. After dark the garden is lit and the lights reflect in the pond. This year's autumn evening opening runs from October 23 to December 13.