Take a Break With a View of the Garden: Five Temples in Kyoto Where You Can Have Matcha and Wagashi Sweets

At Hosen-in, you can enjoy matcha with a view of a very famous garden called Gakubuchi Teien (picture-frame garden).
In the Gakubuchi Teiein, the scenery created by trees, such as 700-year-old pine trees, is considered to be the framework within which the whole garden can be enjoyed as if it were a painting. The wonderful view enjoyed with a comforting cup of matcha is sure to wipe any travel weariness away.

Matcha price (includes entrance fee and a wagashi sweet): 800 JPY

Entoku-in is a sub-temple of Kodaiji Temple, and is the temple that the wife of the famous daimyo (feudal lord), Toyotomi Hideyoshi, spent the last years of her life in.
Tea is served in a tearoom by the North Garden, which is designated as a Special Place of Scenic Beauty. The matcha is served in teacups handmade by the priest, together with wagashi sweets in the shape of a gourd, which was Hideyoshi's symbol mark. There are not that many places where tea is regularly served in an authentic tearoom, so you'll be able to have a special experience here!

Matcha price (includes a wagashi sweet): 500 JPY
Entrance fee is separate: 500 JPY/adult; 200 JPY/junior high and high school

Toji-in was established in 1341. It is famous for its two chisen-kaiyushiki-teien gardens (gardens that are designed around a pond and surrounding paths).
Tea is served in a building in the garden to the west. You can enjoy a quiet, relaxing time while savoring baked sweets (with azuki sweet bean filling) made in the image of the garden pond.

Matcha price (includes a wagashi sweet): 500 JPY
Entrance fee is separate: 500 JPY/adult, university and high school students; 300 JPY/elementary and junior high school students