Getting off the beaten Kyoto temple path and onto a mossy one with the Kyoto Moss Tour Passport

Getting off the beaten Kyoto temple path and onto a mossy one with the Kyoto Moss Tour Passport

New pass gets you access to six beautiful moss temples that aren’t that Moss Temple. Kyoto’s Saihoji Temple is often called Kokedera, or “Moss Temple,” because of the vegetation that grows in abundance in its garden. However, Kyoto has more than one temple with moss-covered grounds, and unlike Saihoji, they don’t require advance reservations that quickly fill up, nor do they require you to copy sutras when visiting. To highlight these often-over…