Food day trips from Kyoto

Hieizan (Mount Hiei Shojin-Ryori)

  • ★ 4.0
  • 1 hour by cable car and bus
  • Day trip from Kyoto

Mount Hiei rises northeast of Kyoto with the Enryakuji monastery on top. Shojin-ryori lunches in the monastery kitchens, a Heian-era Tendai tradition.

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The trip

Famous for
Enryakuji shojin-ryori with monastery vegetables
Getting there
Eizan Line to Yase, cable car and ropeway to Enryakuji
Distance
1 hour by cable car and bus of Kyoto

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