Tenryū-ji Temple

天龍寺

Tenryū-ji Temple is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kyoto's Sagano-Arashiyama area and the head temple of the Tenryū-ji school. The official site describes it as one of Kyoto's leading sightseeing destinations and notes registration as part of the World Heritage listing for Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. Pages introduce the temple precinct, seasonal scenery, the Unryū-zu (cloud dragon) painting, and events, and the temple runs the Shigetsu vegetarian restaurant set in a famous garden. The office telephone is answered 8:30–17:00 at 68 Susukinobaba-cho, Saga-Tenryuji, Ukyo-ku.