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Shisendo is located in Kyoto, Japan. It is accessible by car, bus, and train. If you take the train or bus, it will allow you to walk by the site of Musashi Miyamoto’s famed duel at Ichijoji Temple while on your way to Shisendo. Scroll past the map for detailed travel information.
Cost: 500 yen (adults), 400 yen (high school students), 200 yen (children)
Hours: Open Daily 09:00-17:00 (Last entry 16:45)
Phone Number: 075-781-2954 (Japan’s country code is 81)
Please note that Shisendo is closed every May 23 to observe the anniversary of Ishikawa Jozan’s death in 1672.
Taxi: Easiest and most expensive option. There are usually one or two taxis waiting outside for return trips.
Train: Take the Keihan line north to the Demachi Yanagi terminus. Switch to the Eizan Line. Disembark at Ichijoji Station. Walk east for about ten minutes.
Bus: Take the Number 5, which serves the east side of Kyoto from Nanzenji Temple in the south to Shugakuin Imperial Villa in the north. Disembark at Ichijoji Sagarimatsu-cho. You can also take the Kita 8 (北8) crosstown bus from Daitokuji Temple to the same stop.
For directions in Japanese, please visit Shisendo’s official website.
Nearby attractions: Across the street is a small museum that displays Ishikawa Jozan’s work. It is affiliated with Nobotokean just up the road, an Edo era house that serves green tea and sweets in a quiet setting. There is also Konpukuji Temple, where the haiku poet Matsuo Basho resided for a year, and Enkoji Temple, which displays a printing press owned by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Further afield lie Shugakuin Imperial Villa, Manshuin Temple, and Ginkakuji Temple. For a more opinionated perspective on these attractions, please see the following blog links:
Haiku Poets, a Shogun, and a Swordsman (Covers Konpukuji, Enkoji, Nobotokean, Hachidai Shrine, and Manshuin)
Ginkakuji: Silver Pavilion Under a Fiery Mountain
