Enkoji Temple was originally opened by Tokugawa Ieyasu in 1601 as Enko-ji School in Fushimi, and was moved to its current location in Ichijodani in 1667. Cultural assets in the temple include a six-panel screen depicting bamboo groves by Maruyama Okyo (Important Cultural Property) and 50,000 wooden typefaces produced in the early modern period (Important Cultural Property).
See Temple’s official WEB site for the details.
Jugyu-no-niwa in the precincts of the Enkoji temple is famous for its autumn leaves and mosses. You can view the gardens from inside the temple, or you can walk around and enjoy the gardens again.
Access to the Enkoji Temple
Access to Enkoji Temple is not very good.
By bus, take the No. 5 bus (bound for Ginkakuji/Iwakura) from Kyoto Station and get off at the Ichijyoji Sagarimatsu-cho stop. From there, it is about a 7-minute walk.
By train, take the Eizan Electric Railway at Demachiyanagi Station. Get off at Ichijoji Station and walk about 17 minutes from there. It is easier to take a bus as it is uphill.
Model course to visit Enkoji Temple
You can visit this temple together with other small but beautiful temples in Ichijoji area of Kyoto City.
Nearby places
Manshu-in temple is a monzeki temple located in Ichijodani. From Enkoji Temple, you will pass through a residential area and walk along a path called Manshuin-do (Manshuin Road), which leads to a wooded area. After passing through there, you will see Manshuin Temple.
Shisendo is a branch temple of Eiheiji Temple of the Soto sect of Buddhism, where Ishikawa Jozan lived until his death in 1672 at the age of 90. Ishikawa participated in the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. And quit the warrior’s life after the Summer Battle of Osaka in 1614. Afterwards, Ishikawa wrote poems on the portraits of 36 Chinese poets, which gave rise to the name Shisendo.
Tanukidani-san Fudoin is the head temple of Shugendo, the Shingon sect of Buddhism, located in Ichijoji, Sakyo-ku. The main hall of the temple, built in the Kengai-zukuri style (stage style), is located up the hill from Shisen-do Hall and 250 more steps.
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