Entokuin Temple: Teikan-zu Folding Screens and Autumn Night Light-Up
- Dates
- Oct 23 (Fri) – Dec 13 (Sun)
- Hours
- 10:00 – 22:00
- Price
- Adults 500 yen, junior and senior high 200 yen, elementary and younger free (combined ticket with Kodaiji and Sho Museum 900 yen)
- Where
- Entokuin Temple (Kodaiji sub-temple) (Gion-Shijo)
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A special showing of the Teikan-zu screens handed down in the Toyotomi family.
Good to know
The sub-temple of Kodaiji where Nene, the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, spent her final years. It shows the Teikan-zu folding screens handed down in the Toyotomi family, and in autumn lights up its pond-stroll and dry landscape gardens at night. Lights come on at 17:00, last entry is 21:30 and the gate closes at 22:00, with no day/night changeover. Closed December 11 and 12 for temple services.
- Dates
- Oct 23 (Fri) – Dec 13 (Sun)
- Hours
- 10:00 – 22:00
- Venue
- Entokuin Temple (Kodaiji sub-temple)
- Nearest station
- Gion-Shijo
- Admission
- Adults 500 yen, junior and senior high 200 yen, elementary and younger free (combined ticket with Kodaiji and Sho Museum 900 yen)
About this event
The place where Kita-no-Mandokoro (Nene), the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, spent her last years also opens on autumn nights. Entokuin, a sub-temple of Kodaiji, has been showing the Teikan-zu folding screens handed down in the Toyotomi family since March 2026, and from October 23 it lights up its pond-stroll garden and dry landscape garden at night. Lights come on at 17:00, last entry is 21:30 and the gate closes at 22:00, so you can come late. There is no day/night changeover, so you can see the screens in daylight and stay on as the garden darkens. Admission is 500 yen, and a combined ticket for Kodaiji, the Sho Museum and Entokuin is 900 yen. It is one evening for the Toyotomi screens and the garden Nene lived beside.
Highlights
- A special showing of the Teikan-zu screens handed down in the Toyotomi family.
- The garden of the sub-temple where Nene spent her last years, at night.
- Light-up of the pond-stroll garden and the dry landscape garden.
- No day/night changeover: stay from daylight into the night garden.
- Good for
- Fans of the story of Hideyoshi and Nene, and anyone who wants to walk Higashiyama late in the evening.
Good to know before you go
- Lights on from 17:00. Last entry 21:30, gate closes 22:00.
- Closed December 11 and 12 for temple services.
- A combined ticket for Kodaiji, the Sho Museum and Entokuin is 900 yen.
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FAQ
- What is Entokuin Temple: Teikan-zu Folding Screens and Autumn Night Light-Up?
- The place where Kita-no-Mandokoro (Nene), the wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, spent her last years also opens on autumn nights. Entokuin, a sub-temple of Kodaiji, has been showing the Teikan-zu folding screens handed down in the Toyotomi family since March 2026, and from October 23 it lights up its pond-stroll garden and dry landscape garden at night. Lights come on at 17:00, last entry is 21:30 and the gate closes at 22:00, so you can come late. There is no day/night changeover, so you can see the screens in daylight and stay on as the garden darkens. Admission is 500 yen, and a combined ticket for Kodaiji, the Sho Museum and Entokuin is 900 yen. It is one evening for the Toyotomi screens and the garden Nene lived beside.
- When is Entokuin Temple: Teikan-zu Folding Screens and Autumn Night Light-Up?
- From Oct 23 (Fri) to Dec 13 (Sun), 2026.
- What are the opening hours?
- 10:00 – 22:00
- How much does it cost?
- Adults 500 yen, junior and senior high 200 yen, elementary and younger free (combined ticket with Kodaiji and Sho Museum 900 yen)
- Where is it and what is the nearest station?
- Entokuin Temple (Kodaiji sub-temple). The nearest station is Gion-Shijo.
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