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name: "Chion-in Temple"
lat: 35.0056216
lng: 135.7835389
official_url: "https://www.chion-in.or.jp/"
fee: "The Kyoto City Tourism Association says the temple grounds are free to enter."
last_verified: "2022-01-20"
url: "https://www.piggybackjapan.com/spots/spot_0000299/"
publisher: "Piggyback Japan"
method: "Each fact below was read from the official page it links to. The date in the Verified column is the day we last opened that page."
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# Chion-in Temple

The Sanmon gate sets the scale, and beyond it the temple becomes a hunt for odd details. Past the gate, the main hall, Mieido, has door stoppers shaped like a water imp, a turtle and a cicada. The paid Hojo Garden route adds a ladle 2.5 meters long and a cat painting that appears to glare from any side. Another find waits in the Yuzen-en garden: a Kannon statue in the middle of the pond. So a visit is about looking up at big things and finding small odd ones.

- Area: Kyoto
- Type: See
- Hours: The grounds run 6:00 to 16:00, Yuzen-en 9:00 to 16:00 and Hojo Garden 9:00 to 15:50.
- Last verified: 2022-01-20

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

| Feature | Value | Conditions | Verified | Source |
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| Nursing space | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Diaper changing table | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Family restroom | Yes | An accessible toilet with ostomy support sits behind Mieido Hall, inside the same door as the elevator (a 2022 visitor's account). | 2022-01-20 (web) | [source](https://ashitodo.hatenablog.com/entry/2022/01/20/134926) |
| Stroller friendly | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| 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 | Yes | An elevator behind Mieido Hall let a wheelchair user reach the hall; it is shallow, so the wheelchair went in at an angle (2022). | 2022-01-20 (web) | [source](https://ashitodo.hatenablog.com/entry/2022/01/20/134926) |
| English support | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| Outside food allowed | Not checked yet |  |  |  |
| 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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