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  • Thousands of doors and gates adorn buildings in France.  Some of the best are on government offices, cathedrals and churches, as well as a few chateau.  However, any self-respecting contractor with a decent budget probably spent a lot of consideration in installing suitable doors, windows, grill work and even doorknobs. Some of these gates, doors and windows are very simple, while others are extravagant works of art. The styles of these doors tell about the history of France. As you walk across the 20 arrondissements of Paris, you will discover Gothic, Renaissance, Haussmann and Art Nouveau door styles. It is up to you to take the time to look for little details of these Paris’ most beautiful doors with statues, bas-reliefs, mascarons, gold-leaf, grills, handles and door knobs.
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  • Thousands of doors and gates adorn buildings in France.  Some of the best are on government offices, cathedrals and churches, as well as a few chateau.  However, any self-respecting contractor with a decent budget probably spent a lot of consideration in installing suitable doors, windows, grill work and even doorknobs. Some of these gates, doors and windows are very simple, while others are extravagant works of art. The styles of these doors tell about the history of France. As you walk across the 20 arrondissements of Paris, you will discover Gothic, Renaissance, Haussmann and Art Nouveau door styles. It is up to you to take the time to look for little details of these Paris’ most beautiful doors with statues, bas-reliefs, mascarons, gold-leaf, grills, handles and door knobs.
    avignon-door.jpg
  • Thousands of doors and gates adorn buildings in France.  Some of the best are on government offices, cathedrals and churches, as well as a few chateau.  However, any self-respecting contractor with a decent budget probably spent a lot of consideration in installing suitable doors, windows, grill work and even doorknobs. Some of these gates, doors and windows are very simple, while others are extravagant works of art. The styles of these doors tell about the history of France. As you walk across the 20 arrondissements of Paris, you will discover Gothic, Renaissance, Haussmann and Art Nouveau door styles. It is up to you to take the time to look for little details of these Paris’ most beautiful doors with statues, bas-reliefs, mascarons, gold-leaf, grills, handles and door knobs.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-12.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-14.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-15.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-11.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art is made up of the private collection of Zenko Adach who collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  He was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and  stone for the garden himself from all around Japan.  In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision. Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shoisai Project.
    adachi-garden-06.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-07.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-05.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-01.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-03.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-13.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-09.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-10.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-08.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-04.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-02.jpg
  • Jikko-in is a unique temple because it's dedicated to music, more specifically Buddhist hymns. While silence should be observed in most temples, here it is OK to actually use some of the instruments on display. The sound they make is interesting and beautiful, with a touch of exoticism. If you visit there, try the set of bells on the black rack and the lithophone -  a xylophone but using stones.  More interestingly, the musical aspect is not the only reason to visit this temple: the garden is also very beautiful. The first part is the pond located next to the main hall. It has a few remarkable features: a tsukubai basin, a water fall, a pond with beautiful koi carps and a tortoise-shaped-rock, a stone lantern and pagoda as well as moss and other vegetation. A maple tree covers part of the pond, making this temple a nice spot to visit in autumn. The garden was created in the late Edo period, in the chisen-kansho style; literally "pond-fountain-viewing". The pond empties itself through a small stream that fills the lower pond that is the centre of the second and larger part of the garden. From the hall the mountains Konpira and Koshio can be seen, and are part of the borrowed landscape garden design.
    jikko-in-15.jpg
  • Jikko-in is a unique temple because it's dedicated to music, more specifically Buddhist hymns. While silence should be observed in most temples, here it is OK to actually use some of the instruments on display. The sound they make is interesting and beautiful, with a touch of exoticism. If you visit there, try the set of bells on the black rack and the lithophone -  a xylophone but using stones.  More interestingly, the musical aspect is not the only reason to visit this temple: the garden is also very beautiful. The first part is the pond located next to the main hall. It has a few remarkable features: a tsukubai basin, a water fall, a pond with beautiful koi carps and a tortoise-shaped-rock, a stone lantern and pagoda as well as moss and other vegetation. A maple tree covers part of the pond, making this temple a nice spot to visit in autumn. The garden was created in the late Edo period, in the chisen-kansho style; literally "pond-fountain-viewing". The pond empties itself through a small stream that fills the lower pond that is the centre of the second and larger part of the garden. From the hall the mountains Konpira and Koshio can be seen, and are part of the borrowed landscape garden design.
    jikko-in-14.jpg
  • Jikko-in is a unique temple because it's dedicated to music, more specifically Buddhist hymns. While silence should be observed in most temples, here it is OK to actually use some of the instruments on display. The sound they make is interesting and beautiful, with a touch of exoticism. If you visit there, try the set of bells on the black rack and the lithophone -  a xylophone but using stones.  More interestingly, the musical aspect is not the only reason to visit this temple: the garden is also very beautiful. The first part is the pond located next to the main hall. It has a few remarkable features: a tsukubai basin, a water fall, a pond with beautiful koi carps and a tortoise-shaped-rock, a stone lantern and pagoda as well as moss and other vegetation. A maple tree covers part of the pond, making this temple a nice spot to visit in autumn. The garden was created in the late Edo period, in the chisen-kansho style; literally "pond-fountain-viewing". The pond empties itself through a small stream that fills the lower pond that is the centre of the second and larger part of the garden. From the hall the mountains Konpira and Koshio can be seen, and are part of the borrowed landscape garden design.
    jikko-in-12.jpg
  • Jikko-in is a unique temple because it's dedicated to music, more specifically Buddhist hymns. While silence should be observed in most temples, here it is OK to actually use some of the instruments on display. The sound they make is interesting and beautiful, with a touch of exoticism. If you visit there, try the set of bells on the black rack and the lithophone -  a xylophone but using stones.  More interestingly, the musical aspect is not the only reason to visit this temple: the garden is also very beautiful. The first part is the pond located next to the main hall. It has a few remarkable features: a tsukubai basin, a water fall, a pond with beautiful koi carps and a tortoise-shaped-rock, a stone lantern and pagoda as well as moss and other vegetation. A maple tree covers part of the pond, making this temple a nice spot to visit in autumn. The garden was created in the late Edo period, in the chisen-kansho style; literally "pond-fountain-viewing". The pond empties itself through a small stream that fills the lower pond that is the centre of the second and larger part of the garden. From the hall the mountains Konpira and Koshio can be seen, and are part of the borrowed landscape garden design.
    jikko-in-13.jpg
  • Jikko-in is a unique temple because it's dedicated to music, more specifically Buddhist hymns. While silence should be observed in most temples, here it is OK to actually use some of the instruments on display. The sound they make is interesting and beautiful, with a touch of exoticism. If you visit there, try the set of bells on the black rack and the lithophone -  a xylophone but using stones.  More interestingly, the musical aspect is not the only reason to visit this temple: the garden is also very beautiful. The first part is the pond located next to the main hall. It has a few remarkable features: a tsukubai basin, a water fall, a pond with beautiful koi carps and a tortoise-shaped-rock, a stone lantern and pagoda as well as moss and other vegetation. A maple tree covers part of the pond, making this temple a nice spot to visit in autumn. The garden was created in the late Edo period, in the chisen-kansho style; literally "pond-fountain-viewing". The pond empties itself through a small stream that fills the lower pond that is the centre of the second and larger part of the garden. From the hall the mountains Konpira and Koshio can be seen, and are part of the borrowed landscape garden design.
    jikko-in-11.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    amber-lotus-118.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    amber-lotus-116.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    amber-lotus-115.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2024-34.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    amber-lotus-117.jpg
  • Kikugetsu-tei is a traditional Japanese sukiya teahouse, on the shores of Nanko South Pond, at Ritsurin, one of Japan's most beautiful gardens. Ritsurin Garden is a landscape garden in Takamatsu built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan.  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-23.jpg
  • Kikugetsu-tei is a traditional Japanese sukiya teahouse, on the shores of Nanko South Pond, at Ritsurin, one of Japan's most beautiful gardens. Ritsurin Garden is a landscape garden in Takamatsu built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan.  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-22.jpg
  • Kikugetsu-tei is a traditional Japanese sukiya teahouse, on the shores of Nanko South Pond, at Ritsurin, one of Japan's most beautiful gardens. Ritsurin Garden is a landscape garden in Takamatsu built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan.  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-19.jpg
  • Kikugetsu-tei is a traditional Japanese sukiya teahouse, on the shores of Nanko South Pond, at Ritsurin, one of Japan's most beautiful gardens. Ritsurin Garden is a landscape garden in Takamatsu built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan.  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-7.jpg
  • Kikugetsu-tei is a traditional Japanese sukiya teahouse, on the shores of Nanko South Pond, at Ritsurin, one of Japan's most beautiful gardens. Ritsurin Garden is a landscape garden in Takamatsu built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan.  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-6.jpg
  • Kikugetsu-tei is a traditional Japanese sukiya teahouse, on the shores of Nanko South Pond, at Ritsurin, one of Japan's most beautiful gardens. Ritsurin Garden is a landscape garden in Takamatsu built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan.  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-20.jpg
  • Kikugetsu-tei is a traditional Japanese sukiya teahouse, on the shores of Nanko South Pond, at Ritsurin, one of Japan's most beautiful gardens. Ritsurin Garden is a landscape garden in Takamatsu built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan.  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-5.jpg
  • Kikugetsu-tei is a traditional Japanese sukiya teahouse, on the shores of Nanko South Pond, at Ritsurin, one of Japan's most beautiful gardens. Ritsurin Garden is a landscape garden in Takamatsu built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan.  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-12.jpg
  • Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    koishikawa-korakuen-23.jpg
  • Thanks to its hilltop position, exceptional charm and its preserved architecture, Gordes has been listed as one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France or Plus Beaux Villages de France. <br />
Its labyrthinth of calades or narrow cobblestone streets is an adventure in itself.   Standing on the Monts of Vaucluse, Gordes has long been popular with artists who have made it their home. <br />
Marc Chagall, Victor Vasarely and Pol Mara. At the Abbey of Senanque Cistercian monks still produce liqueurs, honey and lavender essence.
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  • Roussillon, red colored and sitting atop a hill, has been named one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France or the Most Beautiful Villages of France. It’s unknown why geological changes should have caused russet pigments here and not elsewhere in Provence.  Roussillon City Office suggests a legend involving a a doomed love affair between a troubadour and a chatelaine in addition to more scientific explanations.  Mining of ochre ceased in Roussillon itself but ochre remains the cornerstone of the town’s tourist industry.  The nearby Ochre Trail or Sentier des Ocres is an enjoyable hiking trail through a former ochre quarry.  Place de la Mairie is the main hub of activity as well as Place du Pasquier on Thursday mornings when there's a large market.  Roussillon was famously home to Samuel Beckett who went in hiding in Roussillon after having fled from Paris. Beckett worked on a farm and vineyard while continuing his French Resistance activities.  Beckett referred to Roussillon in his most famous play Waiting for Godot.
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  • Roussillon, red colored and sitting atop a hill, has been named one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France or the Most Beautiful Villages of France. It’s unknown why geological changes should have caused russet pigments here and not elsewhere in Provence.  Roussillon City Office suggests a legend involving a a doomed love affair between a troubadour and a chatelaine in addition to more scientific explanations.  Mining of ochre ceased in Roussillon itself but ochre remains the cornerstone of the town’s tourist industry.  The nearby Ochre Trail or Sentier des Ocres is an enjoyable hiking trail through a former ochre quarry.  Place de la Mairie is the main hub of activity as well as Place du Pasquier on Thursday mornings when there's a large market.  Roussillon was famously home to Samuel Beckett who went in hiding in Roussillon after having fled from Paris. Beckett worked on a farm and vineyard while continuing his French Resistance activities.  Beckett referred to Roussillon in his most famous play Waiting for Godot.
    roussillon-3.jpg
  • Thanks to its hilltop position, exceptional charm and its preserved architecture, Gordes has been listed as one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France or Plus Beaux Villages de France. <br />
Its labyrthinth of calades or narrow cobblestone streets is an adventure in itself.   Standing on the Monts of Vaucluse, Gordes has long been popular with artists who have made it their home. <br />
Marc Chagall, Victor Vasarely and Pol Mara. At the Abbey of Senanque Cistercian monks still produce liqueurs, honey and lavender essence.
    gordes-06.jpg
  • Thanks to its hilltop position, exceptional charm and its preserved architecture, Gordes has been listed as one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France or Plus Beaux Villages de France. <br />
Its labyrthinth of calades or narrow cobblestone streets is an adventure in itself.   Standing on the Monts of Vaucluse, Gordes has long been popular with artists who have made it their home. <br />
Marc Chagall, Victor Vasarely and Pol Mara. At the Abbey of Senanque Cistercian monks still produce liqueurs, honey and lavender essence.
    gordes-03.jpg
  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
    okutono-jinya-7.jpg
  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
    okutono-jinya-9.jpg
  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
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  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
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  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
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  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
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  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Roussillon, red colored and sitting atop a hill, has been named one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France or the Most Beautiful Villages of France. It’s unknown why geological changes should have caused russet pigments here and not elsewhere in Provence.  Roussillon City Office suggests a legend involving a a doomed love affair between a troubadour and a chatelaine in addition to more scientific explanations.  Mining of ochre ceased in Roussillon itself but ochre remains the cornerstone of the town’s tourist industry.  The nearby Ochre Trail or Sentier des Ocres is an enjoyable hiking trail through a former ochre quarry.  Place de la Mairie is the main hub of activity as well as Place du Pasquier on Thursday mornings when there's a large market.  Roussillon was famously home to Samuel Beckett who went in hiding in Roussillon after having fled from Paris. Beckett worked on a farm and vineyard while continuing his French Resistance activities.  Beckett referred to Roussillon in his most famous play Waiting for Godot.
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  • Thanks to its hilltop position, exceptional charm and its preserved architecture, Gordes has been listed as one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France or Plus Beaux Villages de France. <br />
Its labyrthinth of calades or narrow cobblestone streets is an adventure in itself.   Standing on the Monts of Vaucluse, Gordes has long been popular with artists who have made it their home. <br />
Marc Chagall, Victor Vasarely and Pol Mara. At the Abbey of Senanque Cistercian monks still produce liqueurs, honey and lavender essence.
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  • Thanks to its hilltop position, exceptional charm and its preserved architecture, Gordes has been listed as one of the Most Beautiful Villages of France or Plus Beaux Villages de France. <br />
Its labyrthinth of calades or narrow cobblestone streets is an adventure in itself.   Standing on the Monts of Vaucluse, Gordes has long been popular with artists who have made it their home. <br />
Marc Chagall, Victor Vasarely and Pol Mara. At the Abbey of Senanque Cistercian monks still produce liqueurs, honey and lavender essence.
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  • Roussillon, red colored and sitting atop a hill, has been named one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France or the Most Beautiful Villages of France. It’s unknown why geological changes should have caused russet pigments here and not elsewhere in Provence.  Roussillon City Office suggests a legend involving a a doomed love affair between a troubadour and a chatelaine in addition to more scientific explanations.  Mining of ochre ceased in Roussillon itself but ochre remains the cornerstone of the town’s tourist industry.  The nearby Ochre Trail or Sentier des Ocres is an enjoyable hiking trail through a former ochre quarry.  Place de la Mairie is the main hub of activity as well as Place du Pasquier on Thursday mornings when there's a large market.  Roussillon was famously home to Samuel Beckett who went in hiding in Roussillon after having fled from Paris. Beckett worked on a farm and vineyard while continuing his French Resistance activities.  Beckett referred to Roussillon in his most famous play Waiting for Godot.
    roussillon-1.jpg
  • Roussillon, red colored and sitting atop a hill, has been named one of the Plus Beaux Villages de France or the Most Beautiful Villages of France. It’s unknown why geological changes should have caused russet pigments here and not elsewhere in Provence.  Roussillon City Office suggests a legend involving a a doomed love affair between a troubadour and a chatelaine in addition to more scientific explanations.  Mining of ochre ceased in Roussillon itself but ochre remains the cornerstone of the town’s tourist industry.  The nearby Ochre Trail or Sentier des Ocres is an enjoyable hiking trail through a former ochre quarry.  Place de la Mairie is the main hub of activity as well as Place du Pasquier on Thursday mornings when there's a large market.  Roussillon was famously home to Samuel Beckett who went in hiding in Roussillon after having fled from Paris. Beckett worked on a farm and vineyard while continuing his French Resistance activities.  Beckett referred to Roussillon in his most famous play Waiting for Godot.
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  • Once the private domain of the silk baron Hara Sankei, one of Japan's most exquisite gardens was opened to the public in 1904.  Hara wished to share the  beauty of his bounty by opening up his grounds, surely one of the world's most beautiful examples of benevolent capitalism.  The cherry blossoms in spring and maple leaves in autumn make Sankeien a favorite spot in Yokohama for residents and visitors alike.  Besides the landmark three-storied pagoda, koi ponds, streams and an elegant feudal lord's residence, numerous tea houses are scattered through the expanse.
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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
    okutono-jinya-1.jpg
  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
    kezoji-6.jpg
  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Sennyuji Gozasho is the rest house for the Imperial Family, the building itself was moved from Kyoto Imperial Palace and rebuilt in 1884. Its garden extends to the south of the Gozasho and mixes natural and artificial techniques, lets you enjoy the expressions of the four seasons such as satsuki and autumn leaves. Sennyuji  is also known by another name: Mitera or Imperial Temple due to its close association with Japan’s Imperial family. The Emperor Shijo was buried here in 1242 and the tombs of several subsequent emperors were also built on its land. These days you’ll be hard-pushed to find a temple worth visiting in Kyoto that isn’t crowded with selfie stick-wielding tourists and groups of kids on school trips. Yet somehow Sennyu-ji Temple manages it. This temple is a serene oasis that stays blissfully crowd-free, despite its historical importance and beautiful grounds.
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  • Sennyuji Gozasho is the rest house for the Imperial Family, the building itself was moved from Kyoto Imperial Palace and rebuilt in 1884. Its garden extends to the south of the Gozasho and mixes natural and artificial techniques, lets you enjoy the expressions of the four seasons such as satsuki and autumn leaves. Sennyuji  is also known by another name: Mitera or Imperial Temple due to its close association with Japan’s Imperial family. The Emperor Shijo was buried here in 1242 and the tombs of several subsequent emperors were also built on its land. These days you’ll be hard-pushed to find a temple worth visiting in Kyoto that isn’t crowded with selfie stick-wielding tourists and groups of kids on school trips. Yet somehow Sennyu-ji Temple manages it. This temple is a serene oasis that stays blissfully crowd-free, despite its historical importance and beautiful grounds.
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  • Korin-in Garden at Daitokuji - The front garden of the Hojo was recreated by Kinsaku Nakane based on old documents. The stonework arranged in the white sand is a Momoyama period-style stonework. The surrounding area is colored with gentle moss hills and pruned azaleas. A beautiful moss-covered garden continues around the Hojo, and on the west side there are seasonal flowers such as maple and hydrangea and a stone pagoda. And the moss continues to the outdoor area of the tea room Kankyo-tei . This tea room was donated in 1928 by Gendo Yamaguchi - a modern businessman who supported numerous temples.
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  • Korin-in Garden at Daitokuji - The front garden of the Hojo was recreated by Kinsaku Nakane based on old documents. The stonework arranged in the white sand is a Momoyama period-style stonework. The surrounding area is colored with gentle moss hills and pruned azaleas. A beautiful moss-covered garden continues around the Hojo, and on the west side there are seasonal flowers such as maple and hydrangea and a stone pagoda. And the moss continues to the outdoor area of the tea room Kankyo-tei . This tea room was donated in 1928 by Gendo Yamaguchi - a modern businessman who supported numerous temples.
    Korin-in-Daitokuji -4.jpg
  • Korin-in Garden at Daitokuji - The front garden of the Hojo was recreated by Kinsaku Nakane based on old documents. The stonework arranged in the white sand is a Momoyama period-style stonework. The surrounding area is colored with gentle moss hills and pruned azaleas. A beautiful moss-covered garden continues around the Hojo, and on the west side there are seasonal flowers such as maple and hydrangea and a stone pagoda. And the moss continues to the outdoor area of the tea room Kankyo-tei . This tea room was donated in 1928 by Gendo Yamaguchi - a modern businessman who supported numerous temples.
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  • Tsutenkyo Bridge at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden -  one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period. Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
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  • Eifuku-ji is No. 57 on the Shikoku pilgrimage, located in the countryside outside of Imabari, in a beautiful bamboo grove.  On the hill above the temple is a Shinto shrine which used to be part of the same complex before Buddhism and Shinto were separated. The shrine affords a panoramic view over Imabari and the Seto Inland Sea. Both the shrine and the temple are popular places to pray for safety at sea. The ashes of incense burned at the Yakushido are believed to offer protection from illness.  The temple was the location for the film “I Am a Monk”. A long road leads up to Eifuku-ji which stands in a forest of bamboo.  At Eifuku-ji, there’s a brown building in a modern style that dominates the temple.
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  • Joruriji is temple No. 46 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.  It stands among fields on a gentle slope in the south of Matsuyama.  The temple building is largely hidden from view by the tall trees that surround it. These ancient junipers are thought to be about 1,000 years old.  The grounds are composed of a beautiful, well-tended garden. Next to the main hall is a wisteria bower next to lotus ponds. The temple is believed to have a lot of divine favors, so it is also referred to as "Handyman of divine favors"Emon Saburo came from this area, and a stone monument is engraved with a haiku written by Masaoka Shiki.
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  • Joruriji is temple No. 46 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.  It stands among fields on a gentle slope in the south of Matsuyama.  The temple building is largely hidden from view by the tall trees that surround it. These ancient junipers are thought to be about 1,000 years old.  The grounds are composed of a beautiful, well-tended garden. Next to the main hall is a wisteria bower next to lotus ponds. The temple is believed to have a lot of divine favors, so it is also referred to as "Handyman of divine favors"Emon Saburo came from this area, and a stone monument is engraved with a haiku written by Masaoka Shiki.
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  • Butsumokuji the The Temple of the Buddha’s Tree is temple No. 42 of the 88 of the Shikoku pilgrimage. The temple appears as a fascinating variety of roofs rising out of the trees. One of these roofs is the unusual thatched roof of the temple bell house covered in moss.  The Hondo or Main Hall is topped with a flaming gold ball representing the teachings of the Buddha, which stands in stark contrast to the dark trees behind it. The grounds of the temple are planted with many beautiful trees including magnolia, maple and camphor. 
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  • Shoruji Waterfall -  temple No. 36 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, located on a peninsula jutting into the Pacific Ocean. Pilgrims used to have to reach the temple by ferry, but in 1975 a bridge was built. The deity of the temple is is venerated as the guardian of fishermen. Shoryuji is known as the “Green Dragon Temple”. The environment is fantastically beautiful with bamboo forests and stairs dotted with statues and path markers. Shouryuuji is truly a highlight for any pilgrim. This temple houses the fierce “Dragon Fudou”.
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  • Shoruji is temple No. 36 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, located on a peninsula jutting into the Pacific Ocean. Pilgrims used to have to reach the temple by ferry, but in 1975 a bridge was built. The deity of the temple is is venerated as the guardian of fishermen. Shoryuji is known as the “Green Dragon Temple”. The environment is fantastically beautiful with bamboo forests and stairs dotted with statues and path markers. Shouryuuji is truly a highlight for any pilgrim. This temple houses the fierce “Dragon Fudou”.
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  • Shoruji Temple Gate - temple No. 36 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, located on a peninsula jutting into the Pacific Ocean. Pilgrims used to have to reach the temple by ferry, but in 1975 a bridge was built. The deity of the temple is is venerated as the guardian of fishermen. Shoryuji is known as the “Green Dragon Temple”. The environment is fantastically beautiful with bamboo forests and stairs dotted with statues and path markers. Shouryuuji is truly a highlight for any pilgrim. This temple houses the fierce “Dragon Fudou”.
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  • Pagoda at Shoruji - temple No. 36 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, located on a peninsula jutting into the Pacific Ocean. Pilgrims used to have to reach the temple by ferry, but in 1975 a bridge was built. The deity of the temple is is venerated as the guardian of fishermen. Shoryuji is known as the “Green Dragon Temple”. The environment is fantastically beautiful with bamboo forests and stairs dotted with statues and path markers. Shouryuuji is truly a highlight for any pilgrim. This temple houses the fierce “Dragon Fudou”.
    temple-36-shoryuji-8.jpg
  • Shoruji is temple No. 36 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, located on a peninsula jutting into the Pacific Ocean. Pilgrims used to have to reach the temple by ferry, but in 1975 a bridge was built. The deity of the temple is is venerated as the guardian of fishermen. Shoryuji is known as the “Green Dragon Temple”. The environment is fantastically beautiful with bamboo forests and stairs dotted with statues and path markers. Shouryuuji is truly a highlight for any pilgrim. This temple houses the fierce “Dragon Fudou”.
    temple-36-shoryuji-5.jpg
  • Shoruji is temple No. 36 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, located on a peninsula jutting into the Pacific Ocean. Pilgrims used to have to reach the temple by ferry, but in 1975 a bridge was built. The deity of the temple is is venerated as the guardian of fishermen. Shoryuji is known as the “Green Dragon Temple”. The environment is fantastically beautiful with bamboo forests and stairs dotted with statues and path markers. Shouryuuji is truly a highlight for any pilgrim. This temple houses the fierce “Dragon Fudou”.
    temple-36-shoryuji-4.jpg
  • Pagoda at Shoruji - temple No. 36 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, located on a peninsula jutting into the Pacific Ocean. Pilgrims used to have to reach the temple by ferry, but in 1975 a bridge was built. The deity of the temple is is venerated as the guardian of fishermen. Shoryuji is known as the “Green Dragon Temple”. The environment is fantastically beautiful with bamboo forests and stairs dotted with statues and path markers. Shouryuuji is truly a highlight for any pilgrim. This temple houses the fierce “Dragon Fudou”.
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  • Chozubachi Water Basin at Shoruji - temple No. 36 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage, located on a peninsula jutting into the Pacific Ocean. Pilgrims used to have to reach the temple by ferry, but in 1975 a bridge was built. The deity of the temple is is venerated as the guardian of fishermen. Shoryuji is known as the “Green Dragon Temple”. The environment is fantastically beautiful with bamboo forests and stairs dotted with statues and path markers. Shouryuuji is truly a highlight for any pilgrim. This temple houses the fierce “Dragon Fudou”.
    temple-36-shoryuji-1.jpg
  • Lotus Pond at Joruriji - temple No. 46 on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.  It stands among fields on a gentle slope in the south of Matsuyama.  The temple building is largely hidden from view by the tall trees that surround it. These ancient junipers are thought to be about 1,000 years old.  The grounds are composed of a beautiful, well-tended garden. Next to the main hall is a wisteria bower next to lotus ponds. The temple is believed to have a lot of divine favors, so it is also referred to as "Handyman of divine favors"Emon Saburo came from this area, and a stone monument is engraved with a haiku written by Masaoka Shiki.
    temple-46-jororiji-11.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-5.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-6.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-1.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-2.jpg
  • Chouontei “garden of the sound of the tide” is a refined garden nestled behind Kenninji Temple. The garden's san-zon-seki - a set of three stones that represent Buddha and two disciples.  Zazen-seki, a stone for seated meditation and maple trees are placed to afford the visitor a beautiful view from each direction.
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  • Chouontei “garden of the sound of the tide” is a refined garden nestled behind Kenninji Temple. The garden's san-zon-seki - a set of three stones that represent Buddha and two disciples.  Zazen-seki, a stone for seated meditation and maple trees are placed to afford the visitor a beautiful view from each direction.
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  • Japanese Tea Garden Pagoda in San Francisco, California is a historical Japanese-style garden originally built as the Japanese Village for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition. Japanese immigrant and gardener Makoto Hagiwara designed the bulk of the garden and was officially appointed caretaker in 1894 until the hysteria surrounding World War II. In the years to follow, many Hagiwara family treasures were liquidated from the gardens, but new additions were also made. Today, the Tea Garden is one of the most popular attractions in San Francisco, featuring beautiful monuments, bridges, native Japanese plants and ponds. Guests can also enjoy the service at the tea house and gift shop.
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  • Renge-ji is made up of a pond garden with rocks, bridge, shrubs and moss. .This peaceful garden features a small but beautiful pond set against a hillside of cascading maple foliage.  The pond is located on the immediate north side of the sukiya style structure. While there is a path in the current garden, the site is primarily intended to be viewed from within the structure.
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  • Sanshiro Pond lies in the heart of Tokyo University campus, dating back to 1615. After the fall of the Osaka Castle, the shogun gave this pond and its surrounding garden to Maeda Toshitsune. It became known as one of the most beautiful gardens in  Tokyo, with the traditional eight landscapes and eight borders, and known for originality in artificial pond, hills, and pavilions. It was at that time known as Ikutoku-en or Garden of Teaching Virtue. The pond's contours are in the shape of the character for 'heart' and thus its official name is Ikutoku-en Shinjiike. It has been commonly called Sanshiro Pond after the title of Natsume S?seki's novel Sanshiro.
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