Fushimi, Kyoto · Things to do
Things to Do in Fushimi, Kyoto: 11 Places with Hours, Prices and Access
11 things to do · checked October 20, 2026
11 things to do in Fushimi, from Fushimi Inari to the sake district
Hours, prices and access checked against each place's own page on October 20, 2026. They change; check before you go.
1Fushimi Inari Taisha伏見稲荷大社
Shinto shrine · Inari
The head shrine of the Inari shrines, founded in 711 by its own account. The whole of Mt. Inari (233 m) is its precinct, and about 10,000 torii of all sizes stand along the mountain paths.
- Access
- JR Inari Station, right beside the shrine: 2 stops from Kyoto Station on the JR Nara Line (the shrine says 5 minutes; Kyoto City says about 9). About 5 minutes on foot east of Keihan Fushimi-Inari Station; limited express trains do not stop there.
- Hours
- No closing gate; worship is possible day and night. Prayer and reception 8:30–16:30; amulet counter 8:00–18:00.
- Closed on
- Open all year
- Price
- Free
2Mt. Inari mountain path (Oyama-meguri)稲荷山（お山めぐり）
Mountain path with torii · Inari
The path that circles the shrine's holy mountain, past small shrines and memorial stones. Kyoto City gives the loop as about 4 km and about 2 hours, and puts the climb from the Senbon Torii to the summit (Ichinomine) at about 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Access
- Starts behind the main hall of Fushimi Inari Taisha, through the Senbon Torii. The Okusha Hohaisho prayer hall stands at the end of the Senbon Torii, and the Yotsutsuji crossing is about halfway up the approach path.
- Hours
- Same grounds as the shrine: no closing gate. Kyoto City's trail page tells walkers to plan around sunset.
- Price
- Free
3Tofuku-ji東福寺
Zen temple with garden and covered bridge · Tofukuji (Higashiyama Ward, not Fushimi Ward)
A Kyoto Zen temple whose Hojo garden (1939, by Mirei Shigemori) has four gardens around the abbot's hall, and whose Tsutenkyo bridge looks over a maple valley. It is in Higashiyama Ward, on the same JR Nara Line as Fushimi Inari.
Higashiyama Ward, not Fushimi Ward. Listed here because it is on the same JR Nara Line, about 3 minutes from Kyoto Station.
- Access
- JR Tofukuji Station (JR Nara Line, about 3 minutes from Kyoto Station) or Keihan Tofukuji Station, about 10 minutes on foot from either. City Bus 88 or 208 from Kyoto Station takes about 15 minutes, then about 4 minutes on foot.
- Hours
- 1 April–13 November 9:00–16:00 (closes 16:30); 14 November–6 December Tsutenkyo from 8:30, Hojo garden from 9:00, both until 16:00; 7 December–31 March 9:00–15:30. The last entry is the closing time listed, and the dates of the autumn period change every year.
- Price
- Hojo garden ¥500 (¥600 from 1 November 2026); Tsutenkyo and Kaisando ¥600 (¥1,000 during 14 November–6 December). Children (elementary and junior high) ¥300, or ¥500 in the autumn period. Combined ticket ¥1,000, not sold in the autumn period.
4Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum月桂冠大倉記念館
Sake museum with tasting · Chushojima
Gekkeikan's museum in Fushimi, covering the company's history and sake brewing. The visit is self-guided, takes about 40 to 60 minutes and ends with a tasting of three sake chosen from about ten seasonal kinds (age 20 and over).
- Access
- About 5 minutes on foot from Chushojima Station (Keihan Main Line); about 10 minutes from Fushimi-Momoyama Station (Keihan) or Momoyamagoryo-mae Station (Kintetsu Kyoto Line); about 18 minutes from JR Momoyama Station.
- Hours
- 9:30–16:30 (last entry 16:00). Shorter days: 26 October 9:30–13:00 (last entry 12:30; a separate evening light-up event runs 17:30–19:30), 7 November 13:00–16:30, 10 and 20 November 9:30–14:00 (last entry 13:30).
- Closed on
- 13–16 August; 28 December–4 January; other temporary closures
- Price
- Age 20 and over ¥600 (includes three sake tastings); 13–19 ¥100 (with a souvenir); 12 and under free. Cashless payment only.
5Fushimi Yume Hyakushu伏見夢百衆
Sake tasting room, shop and café · Chushojima
A 1919 building that was Gekkeikan's head office until 1993, now run as a tasting room and shop for sake from 17 Fushimi breweries (about 80 brands), with a café. A tasting of the 17 seasonal sake lasts about 30 minutes.
- Access
- At 247 Minamihama-cho, the district of the Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum. It is the meeting point of the Fushimi Tourism Association's walking courses, one of which goes on to the museum, Teradaya and Chushojima Station.
- Hours
- 10:30–17:00 (tasting: last entry 16:30)
- Closed on
- Mondays
- Price
- 17-brewery tasting ¥2,400 for 30 minutes, tax included; it can vary slightly with the season's sake
6Kizakura Kappa Country (Memorial Museum and Kappa Gallery)黄桜記念館・河童資料館（キザクラカッパカントリー）
Brewery museum and free gallery · Chushojima
Kizakura's free museum, with dioramas and tools of old sake brewing, a kappa gallery and its television commercials from the Showa 30s (1955–64) onward. Kizakura's own pub-restaurant, Kizakura Sakaba, serves its sake and the beer it brews in Kyoto on the same grounds.
- Access
- About 7 minutes on foot from Chushojima Station or Fushimi-Momoyama Station (Keihan Main Line); about 8 minutes from Momoyamagoryo-mae Station (Kintetsu Kyoto Line).
- Hours
- Museum 10:00–16:00
- Closed on
- Tuesdays (Wednesday when Tuesday is a holiday); 31 December and 1 January
- Price
- Museum free
7Fushimi Jikkokubune canal boat伏見十石舟
Canal boat ride · Chushojima
A 20-seat boat on the Fushimi canal. It runs from a landing behind the Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum to the Fushimi Minato Plaza, with a stop of about 15 minutes at the Misu Lock Gate museum, then back; the round trip takes about 55 minutes.
Runs 20 March–6 December 2026; no service from mid-December to mid-March.
- Access
- Landing on the river behind the Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum, which is about 5 minutes on foot from Chushojima Station. Arrive 15 minutes before departure (20 minutes from March to May).
- Hours
- 2026 season 20 March–6 December. Departures 10:00–11:20 and 13:00–16:20, every 20 minutes; from 25 November to 6 December the last departure is 15:40. Dates and times can change for safety reasons.
- Closed on
- Mondays except national holidays (it runs on Mondays in April, May, October and November). In August it runs only 1–11 August. No service from mid-December to mid-March.
- Price
- Adults (junior high and over) ¥1,900; elementary school and under ¥900. Online reservation only; seats still free can be boarded without one.
8Teradaya寺田屋
Historic boatmen's inn and museum · Chushojima
A Fushimi boatmen's inn, the setting of the 1862 Teradaya incident and of the 1866 raid from which Sakamoto Ryoma escaped. It burned in the 1868 Battle of Toba-Fushimi and was rebuilt, and operates today as an inn and museum.
- Access
- About 5 minutes on foot from Chushojima Station (Keihan Main Line); about 1 minute from the City Bus Kyobashi stop; about 10 minutes from Momoyamagoryo-mae Station (Kintetsu Kyoto Line).
9Gokonomiya Shrine御香宮神社
Shinto shrine with spring · Momoyama
A shrine whose main hall was rebuilt in 1605 under Tokugawa Ieyasu and is an Important Cultural Property. Its Gokosui spring is one of the Ministry of the Environment's 100 Famous Waters, and visitors come daily to draw it.
- Access
- About 4 minutes on foot from Momoyamagoryo-mae Station (Kintetsu Kyoto Line); about 6 minutes from Fushimi-Momoyama Station (Keihan Main Line); City Bus South 8, Gokonomiya-mae stop, right outside.
- Hours
- Shrine office and amulets 9:00–16:00; the spring can be drawn 7:00–19:00
- Closed on
- Irregular (Kyoto City listing)
10Fushimi Momoyama Castle (replica keep)伏見桃山城（模擬天守）
Replica castle keep and park · Momoyama
A reinforced-concrete replica keep built in 1964 for the Fushimi Momoyama Castle Land amusement park, which closed in 2003. It now stands in Kyoto City's Fushimi Momoyama Castle sports park; the inside is closed for seismic reasons, so only the exterior can be seen, and it is not on the site of Hideyoshi's castles.
- Access
- About 20 minutes on foot from Keihan Tanbabashi or Fushimi-Momoyama Station, Kintetsu Tanbabashi or Momoyamagoryo-mae Station, or JR Momoyama Station.
- Hours
- 7:00–17:00 (Kyoto City tourism project listing)
- Price
- Free (exterior only)
11Daigo-ji醍醐寺
Buddhist temple (World Heritage) · Daigo (east Fushimi Ward)
A Shingon temple built in 874 and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994, where Toyotomi Hideyoshi held his cherry-blossom viewing party in 1598. The paid area is split into Sanboin, the Garan and the Reihokan; Kami-Daigo is a climb of a little under an hour from the Nyonindo trailhead.
In Fushimi Ward but far to the east, on the Tozai subway line rather than the Keihan or Kintetsu lines.
- Access
- Daigo Station on the Tozai subway line, exit 2, about 10 minutes on foot. From JR Kyoto Station, about 5 minutes to Yamashina, then about 10 minutes on the Tozai Line.
- Hours
- 1 March–first Sunday of December 9:00–17:00; the day after that Sunday–end of February 9:00–16:30. Admission closes 30 minutes before closing; Kami-Daigo entry closes at 15:00 in the summer period and 14:00 in winter.
- Price
- Normal period (from 20 April): ¥600 for one area, ¥1,000 for two, ¥1,500 for all three (Sanboin, Garan, Reihokan); junior and senior high ¥400, ¥700 and ¥1,000; elementary school and under free. Spring period (from 20 March to the third Sunday of April) is higher.
Good to know
Fushimi has two halves. Fushimi Inari Taisha and the Mt. Inari path are free and have no closing gate, two stops from Kyoto Station on the JR Nara Line. The sake district around Chushojima, Fushimi-Momoyama and Momoyamagoryo-mae stations holds the Gekkeikan and Kizakura museums, the canal boat, Teradaya and Gokonomiya Shrine, and most of it closes between 16:00 and 17:00 (boats leave until 16:20). If you plan both in one day, the shrine is the one that can run late.
Daigo-ji is in Fushimi Ward too, but east of everything else, on the Tozai subway line. Tofuku-ji is on the list because it sits on the same JR Nara Line, about 3 minutes from Kyoto Station, but it is in Higashiyama Ward, not Fushimi Ward.
Dates to plan around: the canal boat runs until 6 December 2026 and then stops until mid-March. The Gekkeikan museum has shorter days on 26 October, 7 November and 10 and 20 November. Tofuku-ji's Hojo garden fee rises from ¥500 to ¥600 on 1 November, and its autumn period runs 14 November–6 December. Daigo-ji changes to winter hours (until 16:30) the day after the first Sunday in December.
Shrine, sake district, history stops or Daigo-ji
Nearest station and walk, what it costs to get in, and when the last visitor is let in. Adult prices; children's prices are on each card above.
| Where | Nearest station on foot | Entry (adult) | Latest start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fushimi Inari Taisha and the Mt. Inari path | JR Inari Station, right beside the shrine; Keihan Fushimi-Inari about 5 min | Free | No closing gate; amulet counter 8:00–18:00 |
| Tofuku-ji (Higashiyama Ward) | JR or Keihan Tofukuji about 10 min | Hojo garden ¥500 (¥600 from 1 Nov) · Tsutenkyo and Kaisando ¥600 | 16:00 (15:30 from 7 Dec) |
| Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum | Keihan Chushojima about 5 min | ¥600 (age 20 and over, includes tastings) | 16:00 (shorter on 26 Oct, 7, 10 and 20 Nov) |
| Fushimi Yume Hyakushu | Minamihama-cho, the museum's district (no walking time published) | Tasting ¥2,400 for 30 min | Tasting 16:30; closed Mondays |
| Kizakura Kappa Country museum | Keihan Chushojima or Fushimi-Momoyama about 7 min | Free | Museum closes 16:00; closed Tuesdays |
| Fushimi Jikkokubune | Landing behind the Gekkeikan museum | ¥1,900 | Last departure 16:20 (15:40 from 25 Nov); ends 6 Dec |
| Teradaya | Keihan Chushojima about 5 min | Not confirmed from an operator source | Not confirmed |
| Gokonomiya Shrine | Kintetsu Momoyamagoryo-mae about 4 min; Keihan Fushimi-Momoyama about 6 min | Not confirmed | Office 16:00; spring water until 19:00 |
| Fushimi Momoyama Castle (exterior only) | About 20 min on foot from the nearest station | Free | Park 7:00–17:00 |
| Daigo-ji | Tozai Line Daigo Station about 10 min | ¥600 per area · ¥1,500 for all three | Closes 17:00 (16:30 in winter); entry stops 30 min before |
By kind of trip
First visit: the shrine and the mountain
Fushimi Inari Taisha is free and has no closing gate. The Mt. Inari path is about 4 km and about 2 hours as a full loop, or about 1 hour 30 minutes to the summit from the Senbon Torii. Tofuku-ji is the other stop on the same JR Nara Line.
Fushimi Inari Taisha · Mt. Inari mountain path (Oyama-meguri) · Tofuku-ji
A half day in the sake district
Gekkeikan's last entry is 16:00, the Kizakura museum closes at 16:00 and the last boat leaves at 16:20, so all four close before the shrine does. Yume Hyakushu's tasting takes 30 minutes, last entry 16:30.
Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum · Fushimi Yume Hyakushu · Kizakura Kappa Country (Memorial Museum and Kappa Gallery) · Fushimi Jikkokubune canal boat
History: Ryoma, Ieyasu and Hideyoshi
Teradaya is the 1866 Sakamoto Ryoma inn. Gokonomiya Shrine has the main hall rebuilt in 1605 under Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Fushimi Momoyama Castle keep is a 1964 replica that can only be seen from outside, and Daigo-ji is where Hideyoshi held his 1598 blossom viewing.
Teradaya · Gokonomiya Shrine · Fushimi Momoyama Castle (replica keep) · Daigo-ji
Free to enter
These four cost nothing to enter. For comparison, the Gekkeikan museum is ¥600 with three tastings and the boat is ¥1,900.
Fushimi Inari Taisha · Mt. Inari mountain path (Oyama-meguri) · Kizakura Kappa Country (Memorial Museum and Kappa Gallery) · Fushimi Momoyama Castle (replica keep)
Autumn, through 6 December
Tofuku-ji's autumn period is 14 November–6 December, with Tsutenkyo at ¥1,000 and no combined ticket. The boat runs on Mondays in October and November and ends its season on 6 December. Daigo-ji keeps its summer hours (until 17:00) up to the first Sunday in December.
Questions
How long does Fushimi Inari take, and how far up should I go?
Kyoto City gives the full mountain loop as about 4 km and about 2 hours, and its Kyoto Trail page puts the climb from the Senbon Torii to the summit (Ichinomine, 233 m) at about 1 hour 30 minutes. The Okusha Hohaisho prayer hall stands at the end of the Senbon Torii, and the Yotsutsuji crossing is about halfway up the approach path. The guide below, How Far Up Fushimi Inari, sets the three stops against your hours, start time and legs.
Is Fushimi Inari free, and can I go at night?
Kyoto City's listing shows it as free, with no closing gate and worship possible day and night. Prayer and reception run 8:30–16:30 and the amulet counter 8:00–18:00. None of the pages checked says that the mountain path is lit, so the hours of daylight are the limit on the mountain.
Do I need to book the Gekkeikan Okura Sake Museum?
No. The museum asks for an online booking, open from two weeks before the visit until 16:30 the day before, but walk-ins are accepted and may have to wait or be turned away when it is full. Entry for ages 20 and over is ¥600 with three tastings, paid cashless only, and anyone who is driving or cycling cannot taste.
Is the Fushimi canal boat running now?
The 2026 season runs 20 March–6 December. It is closed on Mondays except national holidays, but runs on Mondays in April, May, October and November. The fare is ¥1,900 for junior high age and over and ¥900 for elementary school and under, booked online only, and free seats can be boarded without a booking. The last departure is 16:20, or 15:40 from 25 November.
Can I go inside Fushimi Momoyama Castle?
No. The keep is a 1964 concrete replica from a former amusement park, and its inside is closed for seismic reasons, so only the exterior can be seen. Entry to the park is free, and the Kyoto City tourism project lists it as open 7:00–17:00.