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name: "Nanzen-ji Temple"
lat: 35.0115254
lng: 135.7927213
official_url: "https://www.nanzenji.or.jp/"
fee: "Hojo garden, individual: 600 yen for adults, 500 for high school and 400 for elementary and junior high; groups of 30 or more pay 500, 450 and 350; no fee for preschoolers is stated."
last_verified: "2026-10-10"
url: "https://www.piggybackjapan.com/spots/spot_0000269/"
publisher: "Piggyback Japan"
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# Nanzen-ji Temple

The 22-meter Sanmon gate pulled a 3½-year-old into a run (May 2017). Climbing it means steep stairs, so one family with a stroller stayed below. Stairs at the brick aqueduct's far end climb to water running fast (October 2022). The pond is where a grade-school child who groaned at "another temple" watched carp and turtles and came to like this one (June 2016). And an old water-channel tunnel kept a 5-year-old wandering (March 2025). Altogether: big things to look up at, small things to look at closely.

- Area: Kyoto
- Type: See
- Hours: Visiting hours from March 1 to November 30 are 8:40 to 17:00, with the last entry 20 minutes before closing.
- Last verified: 2026-10-10

## Family facts (value + conditions + source + verified date)

| Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing space | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Diaper changing table | Conditional | Yes: The Kyoto city list shows one multi-function toilet at the temple's tourist toilet with a diaper-changing table, baby chair and fitting board; the list does not say where in the grounds it is, and one blogger found no changing sheet (#2). / No: A blogger writing about the grounds said there was no diaper-changing sheet, without saying where she looked. | 2025-03-18 (web) | [source](https://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kankyo/page/0000331336.html) |
| Family restroom | Yes | Wheelchair-accessible toilets: three in the grounds (Kyoto prefecture tourism listing). | 2026-10-10 (web) | [source](https://www.kyoto-kankou.or.jp/info_search/8238) |
| Stroller friendly | Yes | A parent whose husband pushed the stroller took a side path at the Sanmon gate (a parent's report). | 2026-10-10 (web) | [source](https://ameblo.jp/yokogillam/entry-12767190791.html) |
| Lost-child support | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Indoor / outdoor | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Diaper disposal bin | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Kids' toilet seat & step stool | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Elevator | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| English support | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Outside food allowed | No | Eating and drinking in the grounds is listed as a prohibited act (tea-room matcha is separate; the notice says nothing about bringing your own food). | 2019-10-01 (web) | [source](https://www.nanzenji.or.jp/information/notices/20191001) |
| Official family-friendly certification | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| High chair | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Kids' menu | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Best-fit ages (guide) | Not checked yet |  |  |  |

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