Temple · Uji

Mimuroto-ji 三室戸寺

Uji's "flower temple": 20,000 azaleas in May, 20,000 hydrangeas in June, and lotus in July, with a heart-shaped hydrangea hunt that went viral.

Hours8:30-16:30 (Apr-Oct); 8:30-16:00 (Nov-Mar)

Closed29-31 Dec

PriceAdult (flower seasons): ¥1,000
Child (flower seasons): ¥500

Getting thereMimurodo Station (Keihan Uji Line), 15 min

Time needed1 hour

Best timeJune hydrangeas; May azaleas

Address21 Todo-Shigatani, Uji, Kyoto

Websitemimurotoji.com

About

Mimuroto-ji is a Shugen-related temple founded in the 8th century and the 10th stop on the Saigoku 33-temple Kannon pilgrimage. It stands in the hills east of Uji, surrounded by a 5,000 square metre garden planned around seasonal blooms: about 20,000 azaleas and rhododendrons in late April and May, some 20,000 hydrangeas of 50 varieties in a cedar-shaded valley in June, and more than 250 pots of lotus around the main hall in July. Social media fame came from heart-shaped hydrangea flower clusters, which visitors search for in June. The main hall, rebuilt in 1814, is flanked by a stone rabbit holding a ball, a cow statue whose mouth holds a stone ball you rub for success, and a snake statue for wealth. Illumination nights are held in hydrangea season.

Highlights

20,000 hydrangeas in a cedar valley in June
Hunt for heart-shaped hydrangeas
Azalea garden in May
Lotus pots around the main hall in July
Lucky rabbit, cow and snake statues

Tips

Weekday mornings in June are the only calm times; weekend queues can be long.
Fees rise in flower seasons; check the official site.
Keihan Uji Line Mimurodo Station is 15 minutes on foot; combine with Byodo-in.
The garden closes in the off-season for maintenance; check before visiting in winter.

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