I visited on December 2nd, 2020. A 2-3 minute walk from the Hojo Garden of Tofukuji Temple, you will cross the wooden bridge bridge called Egetsukyo (Egetsukyo), which spans the valley called Sengyokukan. Stone statues of Nio are enshrined on either side of the Sanmon gate. In the late Heian period, Kanpaku Fujiwara no Tadamichi built the Imperial Palace's East Mido Hall on this site. Tadamichi's son, Kanezane, made his mountain villa Tsukiwa-dono. ``Sokusoin'' garden is the site of ``Tsukirinden.'' It has a reputation for the beauty of its autumn leaves and cedar moss, and in winter you can see the red and yellow ``Senryo'' fruits. This time I visited the garden from inside the building. (No entry was allowed inside the garden.) There were chairs set up inside the building so we could relax and enjoy the garden.

東福寺方丈の裏手、国宝・龍吟庵のすぐ隣にあるお寺。 紅葉の名所で大混雑する東福寺に隠れがちですが、こちらも美しい風景を持っています。お寺と言うより、小ぢんまりとしたお屋敷といった風情で、懐かしい日本家屋の風情です(建物はそれほど古くありません)。 こちらは徳川13代将軍・家定の正室となった天璋院篤姫が、輿入れする際に１週間ほど滞在した場所だそう。 さらに薩摩繋がりで、西郷隆盛が密談に使用したり、彼が揮毫した碑が残っていたりします。 当時の建物は残っていませんが、静かに庭を眺めたり、散策したり、のんびり出来る場所です。

I just happened to enter this small temple. It has a nice garden! (Nov. 2022)

Proceed through the passage to the right of the Hojo of Tofuku-ji Temple and cross the bridge to find Sokushu-in Temple. This garden is said to be the site of a mountain lodge called Tsukiwa-dono. Currently, it is designated as a historic site of Kyoto City. It was raining, so we couldn't go into the garden, but the view from the building was beautiful. It is said that during the Meiji Restoration, Saigo Takamori defeated the Shogunate army by firing a cannon from the mountain behind where he was hiding. There was a cenotaph for the warriors of the Satsuma domain, handwritten by Saigo Takamori.

This is the family temple of the Shimazu family located on the east side of Ryugin-an, and is known as a temple associated with Honen Shonin and Saigo Takamori. There are the ruins of the tea room ``Torigi-tei,'' where Saigo Takamori and Gessho Shonin are said to have had secret meetings, and a monument commemorating Saigo Takamori's death during the Eastern Conquest.

Visited on 10/16, not open It is located behind Tofukuji Temple and is little known. According to the reviews, it is open to the public during the maple viewing period.

(18/02/03) 「月輪殿」 御朱印(書置き)をいただきました。 第52回京の冬の旅非公開文化財特別公開（2018年1月6日(土)～3月18日(日)）にて公開中です。 拝観料金600円で解説がつきます。 臨済宗東福寺派の寺院。 東福寺塔頭です。 本尊：宝冠釈迦如来坐像 薩摩藩の菩提寺。 庭園は手入れがよく素晴らしいです。 境内東の慧日山に西郷隆盛自筆の「薩摩藩士東征戦亡之碑」が立てられています。 ＪＲ奈良線、京阪本線：東福寺駅より1.0km。

(Translated by Google) It is open for a limited time. It is a quiet place in Tofukuji with few people. (Original) 公開期間限定です🍁東福寺の中では人も少なく静かな場所です🍀

2022/11/25 Sokushuin Special viewing: Until December 4, 2022 We pass through the crowd of tourists at Tsutenbashi reception and cross Egetsu Bridge. Admission fee is 300 yen, the autumn leaves are beautiful and there are not many people. It's a little-known spot because you can sit on a chair and enjoy the beautiful garden slowly 🍁 Due to the weather, the leaves are turning more beautiful than last week, but they may already start to wither next week. If you go a little further up the mountain path in the back, you will find a monument written by Takamori Saigo in commemoration of the deaths of Satsuma feudal warriors during the Eastern Conquest. Apparently Saigo Takamori's younger brother's name is also engraved on it, so be sure to look for it.

普段は非公開 秋の頃に特別公開がある 境内は書院とその前にある池泉回遊式庭園が見どころだが 奥の小山を登ると、幕末の戊辰戦争で戦死した薩摩藩の隊士を弔った石碑が鎮座 隊士名の墓碑は、西郷隆盛が書き記したものだという

No chinese

Unfortunately all of the other reviews are meant for Tofukuji Temple and not this small private cemetery. This is a very quiet and well maintained cemetery that is on the grounds of an old manor that is now owned by the temple. For anyone who mistakingly enters the cemetery section, please remember to show respect by not taking any photos.

Nice little temple if you like moss, otherwise no real highlight here.

You can see the beautiful garden called Tsukirinden. It is located in the back of Tofuku-ji Temple and next to Ryugin-an. It is only open to the public during special exhibition periods.

(Translated by Google) I couldn't walk in the garden, but there were chairs lined up indoors facing the garden. (Original) 庭の中は歩けませんが、屋内に椅子が庭に向かって並べてありました。

(Translated by Google) It was the autumn leaves season, but the gates opened at 9:00, so I had to wait for about 30 minutes, so I gave up on visiting from the schedule for the day. Founded in 1387 as the family temple of the Satsuma-Shimazu family. (Original) 紅葉時期でしたが、9:00開門とのことで、30分くらいの待ちになりそうで、当日のスケジュールから拝観を断念。 1387年薩摩島津家の菩提寺として創設された

(Translated by Google) This temple has a connection with the Satsuma clan. Red senryo and yellow senryo are cultivated. (Original) 薩摩藩に縁の有るお寺です。赤千両、黄千両が栽培されています。