Enri-an (厭離庵)

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Enri-an is a small temple hidden in a bamboo forest, itself hidden in a residential area. The fact that this temple is only open to visitors a few days per year (if at all) also makes it a bit hard to visit. To find its entrance, you'll have to walk the road between Seiryo-ji and Nison-in and spot the narrow path leading north in a bamboo forest.

Enri-an has a couple of small zen gardens and is particularly beautiful in autumn. Which incidentally is probably the only season when it is likely to open. There is also an old tea house called Shigure-tei (時雨亭) but I missed it during my (only) visit. Darn!

Recommended for: Access: 500 円

Nearby: Hōkyō-in 宝筺院 (240m), Nison-in 二尊院 (280m), the Rakushisha 落柿舎 (280m), Seiryō-ji 清涼寺 (330m), Giyō-ji 祇王寺‎ (350m), Takiguchi-dera 滝口寺 (380m), Jōjakkō-ji 常寂光寺‎ (410m), Furoan フロアン (420m), Shōkaku-ji 正覚寺 (550m), the Bamboo alley 嵯峨竹林 (640m),...

External links: ウィキペディア, Kyoto Navi, Kyoto Design, 京都風光, Satellite view, Map

Keywords: Japan, 日本, Japon, Kyoto, 京都, arashiyama, 嵐山, 厭離庵, Enri-an, temple, 寺院, 仏閣

Statistics: visited on 5 occasions, id 461, 15 photos (23 extra photos can be found in the archive).

Photos of Enri-an:

Thatched tea house in Enri-an temple
Noh mask inside Enri-an temple hall
Stone lantern in moss garden, Enri-an temple
Bright red fallen maple leaves on dry tsukubai, Enri-an temple, Kyoto, Japan
Red autumn colours in the small garden of Enri-an temple, Kyoto, Japan
A carpet of bright red maple leaves and a little round tsukubai in Enri-an temple, Kyoto, Japan
100% red: a carpet of fallen maple leaves in the small and discrete temple of Enri-an, Kyoto, Japan
Sekimori-ishi lost in the perfect red leaves carpet of Enri-an temple, Kyoto, Japan
An impressive carpet of fallen red maple leaves in the small temple of Enri-an, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
Pure red carpet of fallen maple leaves in Enri-an temple, Kyoto, Japan
Mossy spherical tsukubai with a sprinkle of bright red autumn leaves, Enri-an temple, Kyoto, Japan
Enri-an temple tea room, Kyoto, Japan
Photographing the little thatched-roof hut at the entrance of the Enri-an temple, Kyoto, Japan