Daitokuji Jukoin 460th Anniversary Special Opening

Before you go

Jukoin, a sub-temple of Daitokuji, celebrates its 460th founding anniversary with a special public opening, 18 September–6 December 2026. Normally closed to the public, this is its first opening in about three and a half years. The main hall shows the Kano Eitoku father-and-son National Treasure wall paintings (displayed as reproductions), alongside Hiroshi Senju's "Waterfall" and an Important Cultural Property tea room.

• The abbot's garden, Hyakuseki-no-niwa (a Place of Scenic Beauty)

Getting there

58 Daitokuji-cho, Murasakino, Kita Ward, Kyoto. From Kitaoji Station on the Karasuma subway line, take a city bus to Daitokuji-mae, about a 5-minute walk; or city buses 206/205 from Kyoto Station to Daitokuji-mae.

Booking

No reservation needed (groups of 15+ must book ahead). Admission: adults ¥1,000, elementary to high school students ¥500, cash only. Hours 9:30–15:30 (last entry 15:30). Closed: 27–28 Sep; 14, 16–18, 27–28 Oct; 21–22, 27–29 Nov; additional closures possible for temple rites.

Jukoin was founded in 1566 (Eiroku 9) by Miyoshi Yoshitsugu in memory of his father Nagayoshi, with priest Shorei Sokin as founding abbot. Sen no Rikyu, who practiced Zen here, later made it his family temple, and it became the ancestral gravesite of the three Senke tea schools (Omotesenke, Urasenke, Mushakojisenke). The main-hall wall paintings by Kano Eitoku and his father Shoei are National Treasures (originals); the tea room Kan'inseki was reportedly donated by the 7th Omotesenke head Joshinsai for Rikyu's 150th memorial; Hiroshi Senju dedicated "Waterfall" when the study hall was completed in 2013.