Featured Hotels Near Zenjoji Temple

Stay at Unnan Kōen Ryokan, a serene traditional Japanese inn just a 7-minute walk from Zenkō-ji Temple. Each room features a kare-sansui rock garden view window, offering meditative morning vistas of nature and temple bells. The inn provides tea ceremony workshops and guided morning meditation sessions, plus an outdoor onsen with forest surroundings. Book your stay via the HopeGoo app for exclusive access to private tatami suites.

The Garden View Rooms at Unnan Kōen Ryokan offer perfect framing for landscape photographers, with direct views of the meticulously crafted kare-sansui rock garden and distant mountain ranges. Golden hour casts dramatic shadows across moss-covered stones—ideal for capturing timeless Japanese aesthetics. The inn provides free equipment lending, including tripods and wide-angle lenses, and organizes private photography tours along the century-old cherry blossom avenue and stone lantern paths. Reserve through HopeGoo for a complimentary limited-edition photo journal.

Within a 5-minute walk from Zenkō-ji Temple lies Unnan Old Street, home to century-old shops like handmade paper umbrella studios, woodcarving galleries, and matcha dessert cafés. At Matsufu-do, visitors can participate in live wagashi-making workshops, crafting traditional matcha mochi while sipping seasonal floral teas. Daily 10 AM, a Zen calligraphy session is held in a quiet pavilion beside the temple, where guests write passages from the Heart Sutra in ink and silence. All experiences are bookable via the HopeGoo platform.