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Kingen-ji Temple Great Ginkgo
金言寺の大イチョウShimane · Chugoku
Kingen-ji is a small thatched-roof temple at Omaki in the Okuizumo hills, whose grounds hold a ginkgo of about 400 years, 33 metres tall with a trunk five and a half metres round. The tree is a Shimane prefectural natural monument and stands directly beside a flooded paddy, so it appears twice — once upright and once inverted in the water. The temple hall behind it is thatched, which is why the pairing won a prefectural landscape award.
- Crowd level
- Hidden gem
- Rating
- 4.4· 344 reviews
- Opening hours
- Daily Open 24 hours
- Admission
- Free. The car park is charged (about ¥500) during the ginkgo season only.
Usual hours — confirm with the official site for holidays + seasonal closures.
Today
Open 24 hours¥500Stored weekly hours
Daily Open 24 hours
How to get there
From Hiroshima Station · ~2h 16m by car
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