The temple is renowned for its garden with numerous varieties of bamboo, a Kofuku Jizo (happiness Jozo deity) wearing straw sandals that is said will grant only one wish, the hospitality of tea and cakes provided to visitors by the monks as well as suzumushi (bell cricket) sermons, and is an example of a Kyoto temple that has been successful in working to actively attract visitors.
様々な種類の竹を集めた庭園や、わらじをはき、願い事を一つだけ叶えるという「幸福地蔵」、僧侶による参拝者への茶菓のもてなしと鈴虫説法等も有名で、京都市内の寺院の中でも特に積極的な拝観者招致策を展開し、成功した例としても知られる。