Hogon-in Temple — Attraction in Kyoto

The revolt (1467-77) in the Ounin begins with the Hougon-in establishment in 1461 after a while and Hougon-in, too, is burned down. It was reconstructed by Amamasa annual (1573-85) Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Edo period was kept until Bakumatsu by the protection of Tokugawa government. It was in the precincts of Kougen-ji of sub-temple of Tenryu-ji from 1972, but it moves to the present location in 2002 and it is revived. The present place was the old place of Myochi-in of sub-temple of Tenryu-ji and since the recent times, it became a personal villa. Therefore, it is Shishiku of Hougon-in. garden is written down with "the Myochi-in Tenryu-ji sub-temple Tenryu-ji sub-temple Myochi-in rinsen Sakugen Osho conduct", being Former Myochi-in Garden and being carried on "Miyako Rinsen meisho-zue" which was published in 1799. The megalith to make it think that the written turned lion is "Shishi Rock" is put at the center of the screen. Also, Mt. Arashiyama and Sakugen Osho kaizan-do of the distant view, too, are pictured except the garden in this Zue. It seems to be the style which resembles the garden of immediately appearing Kukai and triad stones on cloud, too, when the garden which spreads in front of this Kaizan-do enters to Hougon-in at present. There seems to have been Kaizan-do in the west side at the precincts from the physical relationship of Shishi Rock and Mt. Arashiyama. After that, the arrangement of the building changes fairly when changed to villa and a new nave is...

Absolutely not worth the price. This temple is really small and overpriced, and moreover, they try and charge you more to enter certain areas of this already tiny temple. The views are rather pedestrian and it isn't particularly photogenic, although I suppose it might look nicer with fall foliage. It is quiet, but not exactly conducive to sitting and relaxing. Not worth the money.

They have a combined ticket with the nearby Kogen-ji Temple that costs 800 yen, saving you money versus buying tickets separately. The problem is, as bad as Hogon-in temple is, Kogen-ji is actually even worse. That place isn't even worth the time it takes to visit, let alone all that money.

Save your money and skip this...

Absolutely an overpriced tourist destination. The ticket cost 1000 yen and you only get access on a small garden that is indeed beautiful, but not 1000 yen worth of beautiful.

The one point that irritate me so much is that they REMOVED the LAMP from ARASHIYAMA BAMBOO FOREST to redirect the tourist traffic from there at night (They have some staff waiting for you in front of the Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, feels so scummy.

Oh, also if you want to enter the main building you must pay an...