Rokudo Mairi 2026

Essentials

location

Daichinzan Rokudo Chinnoji

period

August 7, 2026 (Fri) - August 10, 2026 (Mon)

Time

6:00–22:00（4日間とも）

cost

Free to visit. A water tablet is 400 yen per spirit and a koyamaki branch 2,000 yen

Links

• Official Website

access

About 5 min on foot from the Kiyomizu-michi bus stop (city bus 206 from Kyoto Station, or 207 from Gion-Shijo and Kyoto-Kawaramachi). About 15 min from Keihan Kiyomizu-Gojo Station. It sits right by Gion and Kiyomizudera and gets very crowded, so come by public transport.

TAGS

History Heritage Free Cheap Solo Trip

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NOTE

[How the visit goes]
- Buy a koyamaki branch
- Have the deceased's posthumous name written on a water tablet (400 yen per spirit)
- Strike the welcoming bell to call the spirit back
- Make a water offering

[The welcoming bell]
- Cast at the behest of the founder Keishun, its sound is said to reach the land of the dead
- The Kojidan records a legend that after three years buried in the ground it began to ring by itself at the sixth hour

[2026 offering]
- A limited goshuin book illustrated by Daruma Shoten is available during the four days

[Related]
- Great segaki service: 17 August from 11:00

*Tablet writing is done on site — bring a note of the posthumous name.

出典: 六道珍皇寺 公式サイト