This delightful hillside temple is beautiful to visit at any time of year, but particularly so in May when the grounds are festooned with lanterns for Buddha’s birthday. There’s a small teahouse and the temple offers an overnight templestay program on the third weekend of the month.
A shuttle bus runs roughly once an hour between 8.30am and 4.30pm to the temple from near the subway exit – see the website for details.
The buildings here once housed the elite restaurant Daewongak, where gisaeng (female entertainers accomplished in traditional arts) performed. In 1997 the property was donated by its owner, a former gisaeng, to a Buddhist monk to be turned into a temple.
