Palace
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Kyoto•139m(2 min walk)
Kyoto Gyoen National Garden
京都御苑Kyoto
Garden
What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is a 65-hectare national garden in the middle of Kyoto, surrounding the Kyoto Imperial Palace. It lies between Teramachi, Karasuma, Marutamachi and Imadegawa streets and holds roughly 50,000 trees, with nine perimeter gates from the Edo period still standing.
The land was once the Kugemachi, the district of court nobles around the palace. When the capital moved to Tokyo in the Meiji era, most mansions were abandoned, and in 1877 Iwakura Tomomi urged that the palace be preserved. The empty plots were cleared and turned into the garden, which became a national garden after the war. Inside are the Kyoto Imperial Palace, the Sentō Palace, where a garden and tea houses remain after the buildings burned in 1854, and the Kyoto State Guest House, opened in 2005.
Goshuin within a short walk
Temples, shrines and castles near Kyoto Gyoen National Garden that give goshuin, closest first.
Shrine
Shirakumo Jinja
Kamigyo•277m(3 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 1
Shrine
Nashinoki Jinja
Kamigyo•372m(5 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 1
Shrine
Goo
Kamigyo•425m(5 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 1
Temple
Rozan-ji
Kyoto•444m(6 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 4
Temple
Shojoke-in
Kamigyo•519m(6 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 2
Shrine
Shimogoryo Jinja
Kyoto•813m(10 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 1
Temple
Gyogan-ji
Nakagyo•869m(11 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 3
How do I visit?
Visit Duration
75 minutes
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