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Soanji Garden - The garden at Soanji is called "Hikone Shiramichi-no-Niwa or Hakuro-no-Niwa. At the back of the main hall you can see the dry landscape garden, the dry pond garden, and two gardens. Each of them expresses the teachings of the Jodo sect's "Nigabyakudo". Yoshinobu. The white gravel is made of Argentine stone, that is illuminated on the moonlit nights and giving it a white glow. This "white dew garden" was created in the style of Kobori Enshu though its creator is not known. The stone lantern in front of the main hall was designed by Masataro Kawakatsu, a leading figure in stone statue art during the Showa era

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Soanji Garden - The garden at Soanji is called "Hikone Shiramichi-no-Niwa or Hakuro-no-Niwa. At the back of the main hall you can see the dry landscape garden, the dry pond garden, and two gardens. Each of them expresses the teachings of the Jodo sect's "Nigabyakudo". Yoshinobu. The white gravel is made of Argentine stone, that is illuminated on the moonlit nights and giving it a white glow. This "white dew garden" was created in the style of Kobori Enshu though its creator is not known. The stone lantern in front of the main hall was designed by Masataro Kawakatsu, a leading figure in stone statue art during the Showa era