Kyoto Botanical Garden: Free Entry in Kimono

• Wear kimono and show the Kyoto Kimono Passport (web screen) to the staff on your smartphone or tablet
• Showing the passport screen in Western clothes does not qualify
• The official FAQ says yukata, hakama and furisode also qualify; standards for yukata, jinbei and similar are left to each facility
• There is no paper passport and no app
• The Kyoto Kimono Passport runs until 30 September 2027, but benefits at prefectural facilities end on 25 December

• Nakaragi-no-mori: the garden's only natural woodland, preserving the old vegetation of the Yamashiro Basin. Maples line its four ponds and turn colour in autumn
• Nakaragi Shrine: an outlying shrine of Kamigamo Shrine inside the woodland, long revered as a guardian of weaving, as silk farming once thrived in the area
• Camphor Avenue: a 200 m avenue dating from the garden's opening, lined with 75 camphor trees over 100 years old
• Conservatory: about 4,500 plant varieties in eight rooms. Included in garden admission, open 10:00–16:00 (last entry 15:30). The day-night reversal room is closed November to April

• 9–12 Oct: Autumn Wild Plants and Fern Show
• 10–12 Oct: Craft Marche at Kyoto Botanical Garden
• 20 Oct–15 Nov: Chrysanthemum Show
• 22–25 Oct: Autumn Orchid and Epiphyte Show
• 24–25 Oct: Mushroom Show
• 31 Oct–1 Nov: Autumn Rose Show

*The garden is closed 28 December to 4 January, so there are no closing days during the benefit period

*Opening hours may change depending on the season or events