Directions to
Nanzen-ji Temple
JR Kyoto Station
Make your way to the Biwako Line platform in JR Kyoto Station. Take any train leaving Platform 2 or 3 toward JR Yamashina Station!
*Some trains depart from Platform 0.
Travel time: About 5 min.
JR Yamashina Station
Get off at JR Yamashina Station.
Exit the ticket gates and head down the stairs toward Kyoto Municipal Subway Yamashina Station.
On foot: About 5 min.
Yamashina Subway Station
At the Yamashina subway station ticket machines, buy a subway ticket and enter the ticket gate. If you have an ICOCA or other IC card, just press it against the reader on the ticket gate!
Yamashina Subway Station
Take the train from Platform 1 (toward Uzumasa Tenjingawa Station).
Trains run roughly once every 8 minutes.
Travel time: About 5 min.
Keage Subway Station
Turn left after leaving the ticket gate, and go toward Exit 1.
Keage Subway Station
Turn right after exiting from Exit 1, and walk straight ahead for about 80 m.
On foot: About 10 min.
Nejirimanpo
Keep walking and you’ll come to a brick tunnel named “Nejirimanpo.”
Go through this tunnel and go straight for about 400 m until you see the San-mon Gate of Nanzen-ji Temple.
Nanzen-ji Temple
You’ve reached Nanzen-ji Temple!
Enjoy your visit!