Ginkgo · December
Nishi Hongan-ji Water-spouting Ginkgo
Starts in ~5 wksTemple
西本願寺 水吹きイチョウ · Ginkgo · Kyoto & Kansai
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About this spot
The huge, spreading "Sakasa Icho" in front of the Founder's Hall is a Kyoto city natural monument, its heavy branches reaching sideways rather than up. Legend says it sprayed water to save the hall from the Great Fire of 1788, giving it its other name, the water-spouting ginkgo. Free.
Getting there
Nearest station
15 min walk from Kyoto Station
Address
Horikawa-dori Hanayacho-sagaru, Shimogyo, Kyoto
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西本願寺 水吹きイチョウ
