What other travelers are saying about Shoren-in Temple
Great way to escape the busy streets but still enjoy the core of Japanese culture. For a small price it is a must visit for anyone interested in classical, historical and traditional Japanese craftsmanship and architecture. Beautiful spaces and corridors. The garden is nice, quite and peaceful. Some of the exterior is under construction but it does not effect the experience. Probably makes it more of a hidden gem, for know, with fewer people. At noon there where only a handful of guest walking around. Worth every penny.
Beautiful temple and garden and much less crowded than Chionji next door. You take your shoes off first for the temple walk, then return and use shoes for the splendid garden. You can even ring a large bell. Beautiful inside and out. The goshuincho entry is hand-written and stamped as it should be. The monks were very polite and accommodating.
Back to when i was in Kyoto, there's this huge park called Maruyama Park that is amazingly beautiful.
Anyway we skip that part for now 😂😂. I ended up walking to this building that apparently a Buddhist temple, Sorenin Monzeki. Fee entrance was about AUD6
inside was so pretty and peaceful, there's a verandah that you can just sit and quietly admiring the garden. It was on construction so not 100% peaceful but still, everyone was quiet which is awesome.
I walked around both the garden and building, they don't really have lots of signs that explain which is which but they did give me some brochures about this temple
