Toufukuji (Kyoto) When to go: mid-November to early December. Open from 8AM-4:30PM. Established in 1236, for these long years the beautiful reddish-brown architecture has been immersed in brilliant reds. If you experience the feeling of overlooking the foliage as it’s flooded with light, you might unwittingly feel as though you’ve been transported to a sacred world.