Requests to Visitors

Frequently Asked Questions

Information

Kyoto Gyoen National Garden is open at all times. Admission is free.

Request to Visitors

Kyoto Gyoen is a national garden for everyone’s use.

• ●Take care of and do not harm living things.
• ●Do not litter, such as empty cans, paper scraps, and cigarette butts.
• ●When walking a dog, attach it securely to a leash and bring home any feces.
• ●Do not feed stray cats, pigeons, or other animals.
• ●Do not operate or fly drones or radio-controlled helicopters.
• ●Do not disturb others.

Visiting Shusui-tei (Former Kujo Family Tea Ceremony House)

• ●Open
  Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays (excluding New Year’s holidays)
  Aoi Matsuri Hollyhock Festival (May 15), Jidai Matsuri Festival of the Ages (October 22)
• ●Hours
  9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
• ●Admission
  100 yen (high school student and older)

*Tea ceremony, haiku, and Noh chant gatherings can be arranged with prior reservation, except on days when Shusui-tei is open and during the New Year’s holidays.
*For more information, visit the National Gardens Association website:　　https://fng.or.jp/kyoto/en/place/history/ - shusuitei
*A video on Shusui-tei and its Japanese-style garden, with commentary by Professor AMASAKI Hiromasa of Kyoto University of the Arts, is available on the Ministry of the Environment’s official YouTube channel.

Visiting Storage and Exhibition at the Site of the Kan-in no Miya Residence

• ●Open
  Year-round (excluding Mondays, New Year’s holidays) Open on Monday if it is a national holiday
• ●Hours
  9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Closes at 4:30 p.m.
• ●Admission
  Free

*Tea ceremony, haiku, and Noh chant gatherings can be arranged with prior reservation, except on days when Shusui-tei is open and during the New Year’s holidays.
*For more information regarding the site of the Kan-in no Miya Residence:　https://fng.or.jp/kyoto/en/place/history/ - kan-in-no-miya
*A video on the Japanese-style garden at the site of the Kan-in no Miya Residence, with commentary by Professor AMASAKI Hiromasa of Kyoto University of the Arts, is available on the Ministry of the Environment’s official YouTube channel.

Sports Facilities

• ●Kyoto Gyoen has playing fields, tennis courts, and gateball fields.
• ●Prior reservation required.

*For more information, visit the National Gardens Association website: 　https://fng.or.jp/kyoto/en/place/

Parking

• ●Parking is available for visitors to Kyoto Gyoen.
• ●Nakadachiuri Parking Lot (capacity: 131 standard vehicles and 16 buses)
  Hours [Passenger vehicles] 7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. (vehicles may be retrieved 24 hours a day)
  [Buses] 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
  Hours for night buses
  Entry: 5:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
  Exit: 8:00 a.m. of following morning

*Kyoto Gyoen promotes the use of electric vehicles (EVs) and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to decarbonize transportation. As part of such measures, up to three hours of parking in the Nakadachiuri Parking Lot are free for EVs and FCVs from April 1, 2021.
Please inform Nakadachiuri Parking Lot Administration Building or parking lot staff between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. A coupon will be issued upon confirmation of EV or FCV.

• ●Seiwain Parking Lot (capacity: 81 standard vehicles)
  　Hours: 7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. (vehicles may be retrieved 24 hours a day)

*For more information regarding fees and other details, check the National Gardens Association
– Kyoto Gyoen National Garden website: 　https://fng.or.jp/kyoto/en/access/