Address

78 Muro, Uda, Nara

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Phone

+81-745-93-2003

Official site (English)

https://www.murouji.or.jp/en/

Official site (Japanese)

https://www.murouji.or.jp/

Admission

Mountain entrance fee: Adults 600 yen, Children 400 yen (Treasure Hall costs an extra 400 yen)

Hours

8:30–17:00 (9:00–16:00 from Dec. 1 to Mar. 31)

Nearest station

From Kintetsu Muroguchi-Ono Station, take a bus bound for Murouji-mae and get off at the last stop; 5-minute walk

A temple known as Nyonin Koya (Koya for women). Low rhododendron shrubs are planted on both sides of the stone steps of Yoroizaka slope, and from around mid-April each year they begin to open their deep crimson buds.