Experts' Choice Award Daitoku-ji Temple
What the experts agree on
This sprawling 685-year-old Zen monastery compounds roughly two dozen interconnected temples within walled grounds, offering hours of peaceful exploration through a landscape that feels frozen in time.
“The riverside 685-year-old Zen monastery has 24 temples on the property.”
– Travel + Leisure
Fodor's "Two dozen temples can be found in this walled compound, a holy place for the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism." Full review
Concierge "You could spend a few hours wandering, and easily believe you've gone back in time."
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"Daitoku-ji is a vast Buddhist complex reminiscent of a miniature village, whose single main temple is surrounded by 22 sub-temples." Full review
National Geographic+81 75-491-0019
53 Murasakino Daitoku-ji-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture 603-8231
