Gangoji Temple, a national treasure and world cultural heritage site in Nara with a history of 1,300 years, is one of the seven great temples in the southern capital. There is fantastic mandala art and mischievous demon statues within the temple and its grounds. 
​You can enter and move around the precincts in a wheelchair, but not able to go in the main hall and other buildings.

• Facility Overview and Access

• Wheelchair accessibility and facilities

• Parking

• Restroom

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• Facility Overview

  Facility Name: ​Gangoji Temple

  Address: 11 Chuin-cho, Nara city

  Telephone Number: +81-742-23-1377

  Opening Hours: 9am-5pm (Last admission 4:30pm)​

  Closed: Open Year round

  General Admission Fee:  ​Adults: 500 yen (600 yen during the special autumn exhibition) Junior- and high-school students: 300 yen Elementary-school students: 100 yen

  Discount for those with Disabilities: No

  Home Page URL: https://gangoji-tera.or.jp/en/

  Access

  Nearst Station/Bus Stop: Kintetsu Nara station, Fukuchiin-cho bus stop

  Distance from Nearest Station/Bus Stop: Kintetsu Nara station 880m, Fukuchiin-cho bus stop 523m

  Approximate travel time from station/bus stop: 15 min walk from Kintetsu Nara station, 5 min walk from Fukuchiin-cho bus stop

  Barrier-free status from the nearest station/ bus stop: It's asphalt, but there are steps.
• Accessability

  Suitable in All Weather: Not good for rainy days, All outdoors

  Estimated Visiting time for Persons with Disabilities: 30 mintues

  Parking for those with Disabilities: None

  Mulitlingual Guidance Available: None

  Map of Wheelchair accesible paths Available: None

  Basic Information for Accessability

  Step into Entrance of Facility（Height）: There are steps and stair with 4 steps

  Wheelchair accessable Entryway option(Slope）: N/A

  Elevator: None

  Nursing Room Available: None

  First Aid Room: None

  Babysitting/Childcare: None

  Sensory Room: None

  Prayer Room:​ ​None

  Service Dogs Allowed:　No

  Rentals

  Wheelchair Rental: Yes

  Baby Buggy/Stroller Rental: No

  Audio Guide Rental: No

  Other Available Rentals: No
• Parking Area

  Map from Parking to Facility Availale: None​

  Multilingual Guide Map of Parking Area Available: N/A

  Surface type of Parking Area: ​Gravel

  Parking Area Facility with covered Roof Path: No

  Distance from Parking Area to an Indoor Facility: About 100m

  Parking Attendents Available: Yes

  Information for those with Physical Disabilities

  Parking Space for those with Disabilities Available: No​

  Steps on Pathway from Parking Area to Entryway: ​None

  Vehicle Avaible to Drive up to Entryway for drop off: No
• Toilet

  Restroom Entryway Width: Men:78cm Women: 94cm

  Toilet Stall Entryway Width: 58 cm

  Western Style Toilets Available: Yes

  Western style Toilets with Handrails Available: No

  Availability of heated bidet: No

  Toilet Information for those with Physical Disabilities

  Toilet stall for those with Physical Disabilites:  Available

  Door Style: Sliding Door

  Inside size: 200cm x 217cm

  Handrail Available: L bar style & adjustable U bar style

  Warm Water Bidet Available: Yes

  Ostomate-compatile facilities: None

  Universal Changing bed（for adults）: None

  Emmergency Alert Button in Stall: None

  For Young Children

  Baby Chair in Restroom stalls: ​No

  Diaper Changing Bed: Yes

  For the Visually Impaired

  Audio Guide Available: No​

  Braille Guide, Braille Map Available: No

  Toilet for Seeing Eye Dog Available: No

 Wheelchair Accessibility from nearest station/bus stop

Wheelchair Accessibility at facility 

Restrooms

Parking

• Walkways & Stairways in Facility

• Information & Guidance System

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• Facility Main Hall

  Layout plan of buliding available/Map: No

  Wheelchair accesible: No

  Type of Door: N/A

  Width of Doorway: N/A

  Stairsways present: Yes

  Staircase information/ Step Height: Gate 2 steps 16cm, 15cm, main hall 4 steps 21cm

  Methods of avoiding steps for wheelchair users: No

  Width of aisles in building: N/A

  Availability of tactile floor plans and models to show facilities: No

  Possibly Hazardous Areas: No

  Availability of Braille blocks at entrances and exits, elevator, stairs, etc: No

  Other information: N/A

  Paths & Walkways at Facility

  Uneven surfaces on Paths: None

  Stairs at Facility: None

  Accesibility Path around Steps: None

  Pathway Surfaces: Gravel

  Inaccesible Areas to those with physical disabilities: ​Yes

  Rest Area: available

  Braille Ground Blocks : None

  Braile Exhibit Guide Information: None

  Other difficult to traverse areas: N/A

  Condition of Stairways at Facility

  Wheelchair Stairlift Available: No

  Handrail Available: No

  Braille Labelled Handrails: No
• Accomodations for Different Needs at Facility

  Support & Guidance Available: None​

  Facilities & Exhibits that are accessible to those with Physical Disabilities: No

  Areas not accessible to those with Physical Disabilities: Wheelchairs cannot go inside of the buildings

  Audio Guide Available: No

  Displays/Exhibits made for the Visually impaired & Blind: None

  Displays/Exhibits made for the Hearing impaired & Deaf: None

  Speech to Text Conversion Available: None

  Multilingual Displays: Yes, broucher available in English, Chinese & Korean

  Multilingual Audio Guide, Headset Audio Guide Available: None

  Accommodations provided by Staff

  Staff trained to accommodate those with Physical Dissabilities: No​

  Staff trained to accommodate the Visually Impaired & Blind: No

  Staff trained to accomodate the Hearing Impairments & Deaf: No

  Staff can use Sign Language: No

  Multilingual Staff Available: No
• Escalators

  Escalator: None

  Audio Guidance to Escalator Available: N/A

  Elevators

  Number of Elevators Available: None

  Width Inside Elevator:

  Door Width:

  Wheelchair Accesible Control Panel:

  Rear-view Mirror in Elevator:

  Audio guidance at Destination Floors:

  Braille on Control Panel:

  Visual Display of Destination Floor:

  Multilingual Guidance:

  Multilingual Control Pannel: