Kyoto Sights

Rakushisha

#152 of 340 things to do in Kyoto

#5491 of 21665 things to do in Asia

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  • Address
    • Hinomyō-jin-chō 20 Ukyō-ku Saga, Ogura-yama
  • Transport
    • 20min walk from Saga Arashiyama Station, Sagano line
  • Phone
    • 075 881 1953
  • Price
    • admission ¥200
  • Hours
    • 9am-5pm

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Lonely Planet review for Rakushisha

This building was the hut of Mukai Kyorai, the best-known disciple of the illustrious haiku poet Bashō. Legend holds that Kyorai dubbed the house Rakushisha (literally ‘House of the Fallen Persimmons’) after he woke one morning following a fierce storm to find the persimmons he had planned to sell were all fallen from the trees in the garden and scattered on the ground.

 

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