Ginkakuji Temple is a famous Zen temple and was built as a retirement villa for Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa in 15 century.
This beautiful temple is mostly barrier-free and easily accessible to wheelchair users. We recommend Ginkakuji for a sunny day. Please see below for information in English on the temple. 

• Facility Overview and Access

• Wheelchair accessibility and facilities

• Parking

• Restroom

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• Facility Overview

  Facility Name: ​Ginkakuji Temple(Silver Pavillion)

  Address: 2 Ginakuji-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8402

  Telephone Number: 075-771-5725

  Opening Hours: Summer (3/1-11/30): 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. ​Winter (12/1-2/28): 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

  Closed: Open Year Round

  General Admission Fee: General: 500 yen  Primary and Middle School Students: 300 yen

  Discount for those with Disabilities: Available, disability certificate issued in Japan must be presented. ​*Admission fee reduction and exemption application form is required."

  Home Page URL: https://www.shokoku-ji.jp/en/ginkakuji/

  Access

  Nearest Bus Stop: City Bus Ginkakuji bus stop

  Distance from Nearest Bus Stop: 300m

  Approximate travel time from bus stop: 5 minute walk from the bus stop
• Accessability

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

  Estimated Visiting time for Persons with Disabilities: About 40 - 50 minutes depending on the crowd level

  Parking for those with Disabilities: None(Municipal or coin-operated parking lot available)

  Mulitlingual Guidance Available: No

  Map of Wheelchair accessible paths Available: No (There are few spots where wheelchairs and strollers cannot access. Please check the map of the temple grounds)

  Basic Information for Accessability

  Step into Entrance of Facility（Height）: About 1cm step at the entrance gate

  Wheelchair accessable Entryway option(Slope）: None

  Elevator: None

  Nursing Room Available: None

  First Aid Room: None

  Babysitting/Childcare: None

  Sensory Room: None

  Prayer Room:​ ​None

  Service Dogs Allowed:　Yes

  Rentals

  Wheelchair Rental: No

  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: No

  Surface type of Parking Area: ​N/A (Surface condition at the nearby municipal parking lot is flat)

  Parking Area Facility with covered Roof Path: N/A

  Distance from Parking Area to an Indoor Facility: N/A

  Parking Attendents Available: N/A(Available at the nearby municipal parking lot)

  Information for those with Physical Disabilities

  Parking Space for those with Disabilities Available: N/A (Unavailable at the nearby municipal parking lot)​

  Steps on Pathway from Parking Area to Entryway: ​N/A (There are stairs from the nearby municipal parking lot, but you can make a detour)

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

  Restroom Entryway Width: About100 cm

  Toilet Stall Entryway Width: 59 cm

  Western Style Toilets Available: Yes

  Western style Toilets with Handrails Available: Yes

  Availability of heated bidet: Yes

  Toilet Information for those with Physical Disabilities

  Toilet stall for those with Physical Disabilites:  Available

  Door Style: Sliding Door

  Door Width: 90 cm

  Handrail Available: L bar style & adustable U bar style

  Warm Water Bidet Available: Yes

  Ostomate-compatile facilities: Yes

  Universal Changing bed（for adults）: None

  Emmergency Alert Button in Stall: Yes

  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: Braille on Toilet Operational Panel, No Braille Map

  Toilet for Seeing Eye Dog Available: No

 Wheelchair Accessibility from nearest station/bus stop

Wheelchair Accessibility at facility 

Restrooms

Parking

Brochure

• Walkways & Stairways in Facility

• Information & Guidance System

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• Facility

  Layout plan of buliding available/Map: Yes

  Wheelchair accesible: Basically accessible, but there are few inaccessible areas.

  Type of Door: No door

  Width of Doorway: About 1 m

  Stairsways present: Yes

  Staircase information/ Step Height: On the website, it says wheelchair users need to return back before the stairs . (However, there is no information at the site.)

  Methods of avoiding steps for wheelchair users: None

  Width of aisles in building: Aisle width about 80 - 120 cm

  Availability of tactile floor plans and models to show facilities: None on the premises

  Possibly Hazardous Areas: There are steps and low beams at the gate, but there are no warnings for people with disabilities.

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

  Other information: Stone pavement with 8° slope in front of the main gate (30 meters)

  Paths & Walkways at Facility

  Uneven surfaces on Paths: Some

  Stairs at Facility: Steps at several points

  Accesibility Path around Steps: None (On the website, it says wheelchairs users need to return back before the stairs.)

  Pathway Surfaces:  Sandy surface ground from the main gate, partly stone-paved

  Inaccesible Areas to those with physical disabilities: On the website, it says there are stairs on the path and wheelchair users are inaccessible. (However, there is no information at the site.)

  Rest Area: Yes

  Braille Ground Blocks : None

  Braile Exhibit Guide Information: None

  Other difficult to traverse areas: None

  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: Most areas

  Areas not accessible to those with Physical Disabilities: On the website, it says there are stairs on the path and wheelchair users are inaccessible. (However, there is no information at the site.)

  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: Available on the pamphlet

  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