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  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
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  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
    raikyu-ji-garden-4.jpg
  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
    raikyu-ji-garden-5.jpg
  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
    raikyu-ji-garden-6.jpg
  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
    raikyu-ji-garden-2.jpg
  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
    raikyu-ji-garden-9.jpg
  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
    raikyu-ji-garden-3.jpg
  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
    raikyu-ji-garden-1.jpg
  • Daitsuji Temple Garden was relocated to the present location during the Kamakura period. The garden on the north side is known as Ishizukuen. Yaketo Nakanishi Genba built this over a long period of 21 years during the Edo period.  It is made up of many stone pillars mainly of based on Buddhist thought with Takamine Mountain as a borrowed landscape background. The stones have been arranged with consdierations of balance between the pond and a waterfall, which gives it a dynamic effect. A variety of types of stone are found throughout the garden to be appreciated from various angles.
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  • Daitsuji Temple Garden was relocated to the present location during the Kamakura period. The garden on the north side is known as Ishizukuen. Yaketo Nakanishi Genba built this over a long period of 21 years during the Edo period.  It is made up of many stone pillars mainly of based on Buddhist thought with Takamine Mountain as a borrowed landscape background. The stones have been arranged with consdierations of balance between the pond and a waterfall, which gives it a dynamic effect. A variety of types of stone are found throughout the garden to be appreciated from various angles.
    daitsuji-garden-4.jpg
  • Daitsuji Temple Garden was relocated to the present location during the Kamakura period. The garden on the north side is known as Ishizukuen. Yaketo Nakanishi Genba built this over a long period of 21 years during the Edo period.  It is made up of many stone pillars mainly of based on Buddhist thought with Takamine Mountain as a borrowed landscape background. The stones have been arranged with consdierations of balance between the pond and a waterfall, which gives it a dynamic effect. A variety of types of stone are found throughout the garden to be appreciated from various angles.
    daitsuji-garden-3.jpg
  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-11.jpg
  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
    raikyu-ji-11.jpg
  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
    raikyu-ji-12.jpg
  • Hokukuji Temple, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans.  The temple and zen gardens were established by a Zen Buddhist monk Tengan Eko.  The zen garden uses "borrowed scenery" from the surrounding landscape.
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  • Kinomoto Jizo-in is a temple dedicated to people with eye problems. The legend goes that there is a frog living in the temple that pluck out its own eye in order to help people with eye diseases to receive blessings from the Jizo to cure their eye problems.  The highlight of the temple is There is an Edo period garden on the north side of the Shoin.  It makes much use of a hill serving as a backdrop or borrowed scenery, on the right side there is a karetaki ishigumi dry waterfall rock arrangement.  Within the pond there is a tortoise island done in a Horaisan water display
    kinomoto-jizo-in-3.jpg
  • Kinomoto Jizo-in is a temple dedicated to people with eye problems. The legend goes that there is a frog living in the temple that pluck out its own eye in order to help people with eye diseases to receive blessings from the Jizo to cure their eye problems.  The highlight of the temple is There is an Edo period garden on the north side of the Shoin.  It makes much use of a hill serving as a backdrop or borrowed scenery, on the right side there is a karetaki ishigumi dry waterfall rock arrangement.  Within the pond there is a tortoise island done in a Horaisan water display
    kinomoto-jizo-in-2.jpg
  • Kinomoto Jizo-in is a temple dedicated to people with eye problems. The legend goes that there is a frog living in the temple that pluck out its own eye in order to help people with eye diseases to receive blessings from the Jizo to cure their eye problems.  The highlight of the temple is There is an Edo period garden on the north side of the Shoin.  It makes much use of a hill serving as a backdrop or borrowed scenery, on the right side there is a karetaki ishigumi dry waterfall rock arrangement.  Within the pond there is a tortoise island done in a Horaisan water display
    kinomoto-jizo-in-4.jpg
  • Kinomoto Jizo-in is a temple dedicated to people with eye problems. The legend goes that there is a frog living in the temple that pluck out its own eye in order to help people with eye diseases to receive blessings from the Jizo to cure their eye problems.  The highlight of the temple is There is an Edo period garden on the north side of the Shoin.  It makes much use of a hill serving as a backdrop or borrowed scenery, on the right side there is a karetaki ishigumi dry waterfall rock arrangement.  Within the pond there is a tortoise island done in a Horaisan water display
    kinomoto-jizo-in-5.jpg
  • Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
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  • Rakusan-en Garden Koi Pond - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-11.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Pond Garden - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-5.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Pond Garden - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-18.jpg
  • Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-13.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Garden Koi Pond - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-19.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Garden Koi Pond - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-10.jpg
  • Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-9.jpg
  • Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-14.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Pond Garden - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-3.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Garden Gate - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-1.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Pond Garden - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-2.jpg
  • Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-20.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Pond Garden - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-16.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Pond Garden - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-7.jpg
  • Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-4.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Pond Garden - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-12.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Pond Garden - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
    rakusan-en-6.jpg
  • Rakusan-en Pond Garden - Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
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  • Rakuzan-en is a Hantei garden built by the Oda clan in the early Edo period. Its borrowed landscape is positioned as a transition period by “migrating" from the "Samurai garden" to “Daimyo garden” portions of the venue.  The garden incorporates features from Kyoto Katsura Imperial Villa. uses mountains of Rensekizan as Kumakurasan or Kumakurayama as a scenic backdrop.  The name of Rakuzan-en comes from the story of the Analects of "Chishahasuioraku Jinshahayamaoraku” which means “the beginning of peace”.   This daimyo feudal lord garden was made by Oda Nobukatsu  Rakusan-en opened in 2012 after a restoration project that took 10 years to complete.
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  • Hokokuji Temple in Kamakaura is one of the few zen temples with a traditional garden in Kamakura, where the rocks, bamboo groves, zen garden, trees and plants are blended with the hills and natural background of the landscape.
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  • Hokokuji Temple in Kamakaura is one of the few zen temples with a traditional garden in Kamakura, where the rocks, bamboo groves, zen garden, trees and plants are blended with the hills and natural background of the landscape.
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  • Hokokuji Temple in Kamakaura is one of the few zen temples with a traditional garden in Kamakura, where the rocks, bamboo groves, zen garden, trees and plants are blended with the hills and natural background of the landscape.
    hokokuji-4.jpg
  • Hokokuji Temple in Kamakaura is one of the few zen temples with a traditional garden in Kamakura, where the rocks, bamboo groves, zen garden, trees and plants are blended with the hills and natural background of the landscape.
    hokokuji-1.jpg
  • Hokokuji Temple in Kamakaura is one of the few zen temples with a traditional garden in Kamakura, where the rocks, bamboo groves, zen garden, trees and plants are blended with the hills and natural background of the landscape.
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  • Kaizo-ji Temple Garden - Behind the main hall Ryugoden at Kaizoji there are caves and wells.  Because much of the water in Kamakura was once of low quality, these wells were very precious.  Some of the caves contain statues of Kannon Bosatsu as well as the wells themselves.   Beyond the caves, at the end of the trail, behind the main hall is a view of the temple’s Japanese garden, which takes advantage of the hilly terrain as backdrop a technique known as “borrowed scenery”.   The central pond reflects the caves, flowers encircling the pond, and the backdrop borrowed scenery in an artful way.  The Japanese garden at Kaizo-ji is normally closed to the public but is visible from the end of the cave well trail.
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  • Kaizo-ji Temple Garden - Behind the main hall Ryugoden at Kaizoji there are caves and wells.  Because much of the water in Kamakura was once of low quality, these wells were very precious.  Some of the caves contain statues of Kannon Bosatsu as well as the wells themselves.   Beyond the caves, at the end of the trail, behind the main hall is a view of the temple’s Japanese garden, which takes advantage of the hilly terrain as backdrop a technique known as “borrowed scenery”.   The central pond reflects the caves, flowers encircling the pond, and the backdrop borrowed scenery in an artful way.  The Japanese garden at Kaizo-ji is normally closed to the public but is visible from the end of the cave well trail.
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  • Kaizo-ji Temple Garden - Behind the main hall Ryugoden at Kaizoji there are caves and wells.  Because much of the water in Kamakura was once of low quality, these wells were very precious.  Some of the caves contain statues of Kannon Bosatsu as well as the wells themselves.   Beyond the caves, at the end of the trail, behind the main hall is a view of the temple’s Japanese garden, which takes advantage of the hilly terrain as backdrop a technique known as “borrowed scenery”.   The central pond reflects the caves, flowers encircling the pond, and the backdrop borrowed scenery in an artful way.  The Japanese garden at Kaizo-ji is normally closed to the public but is visible from the end of the cave well trail.
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  • Raikyu-ji Temple Garden at Tenchu-zan Ankoku Raikyu-ji - When the governor of the area died he was succeeded to the post by his son Kobori Enshu who is considered to be one of the founders of the Japanese tea ceremony as well as his fame as a garden designer. Kobori lived at the temple, is said to have built the present zen garden.  It was designed in the "Horai style" to emphasize spiritual peace and harmony in its composition and in the consciousness of the viewer using nearby Mount Atago in the background to form a shakkei "borrowed scenery". The garden is also known as Tsurukame Garden because of the two stone islands in the garden named Crane and Tortoise.  Although it was completed in 1609  the abbots of the temple have maintained the garden in its original form in honour of its designer. This Japanese rock garden called karesansui, which uses no water and instead uses stones and sand to express a natural landscape, has been designated a national Place of Scenic Beauty. Raikyuji Temple Garden has even been awarded a star in the Michelin Green Guide Japan.
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  • Ritsurin 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.
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  • Ritsurin 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.
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  • Ritsurin Trail within this magnificent landscape garden in Takamatsu.  It is  thought to be one of the finest gardens in Japan.  The garden boasts many features such as trails, teahouses, ponds, hills and pavilions set by Mt. Shiun providing a kind of borrowed scenery.
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  • Ritsurin 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-garden-10.jpg
  • Ritsurin 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-garden-21.jpg
  • Ritsurin 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.
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  • Engetsukyo Bridge at Ritsurin - 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-garden-12.jpg
  • Ritsurin 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.
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  • Senganen Garden, also known as Isoteien is a Japanese style landscape garden along the coast of Kagoshima. One of the garden's most striking feature is its use of Sakurajima and Kagoshima Bay as borrowed scenery. The garden includes small ponds, streams, shrines and a bamboo grove. Senganen was constructed in 1658 by the wealthy Shimazu Clan, one of the most powerful feudal clans during the Edo Period.  The Shimazu ruled Kagoshima for almost 700 years and continued to be influential into the modern era as earlyadopters of Western science and technology.  At the center of the garden stands the Iso Residence. The residence was originally built in 1658 along with the rest of the garden, but the current building mostly dates back to a reconstruction in the mid 1880s.
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  • Ritsurin 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-garden-02.jpg
  • Ritsurin 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.
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  • Murin-an Garden Kyoto - Yamagata Aritomo constructed his private villa near the great Zen Buddhist temple of Nanzenji and called it Murin-an.  The garden is famous for its strolling garden, which is cleverly designed to take in the nearby hills of Higashiyama as "borrowed scenery" and the waters of Lake Biwa canal as the source of its stream.
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  • Murin-an Garden - Yamagata Aritomo constructed his private villa near the great Zen Buddhist temple of Nanzenji and called it Murin-an.  The garden is famous for its strolling garden, which is cleverly designed to take in the nearby hills of Higashiyama as "borrowed scenery" and the waters of Lake Biwa canal as the source of its stream.
    murin-an-garden-2.jpg
  • Yamagata Aritomo constructed his private villa near the great Zen Buddhist temple of Nanzenji and called it Murin-an.  The garden is famous for its strolling garden, which is cleverly designed to take in the nearby hills of Higashiyama as "borrowed scenery" and the waters of Lake Biwa canal as the source of its stream.
    murin-an-garden-4.jpg
  • Murin-an Garden - Yamagata Aritomo constructed his private villa near the great Zen Buddhist temple of Nanzenji and called it Murin-an.  The garden is famous for its strolling garden, which is cleverly designed to take in the nearby hills of Higashiyama as "borrowed scenery" and the waters of Lake Biwa canal as the source of its stream.
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  • Engakuji garden was restored in 1969 according to an old drawing. Originally, Zen Buddhism regarded gardens as microcosms of the natural landscape and gardening to be a form of meditation.  Engakuji this is a fine example of borrowed scenery style of Japanese gardens.
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  • Ritsurin 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-garden-18.jpg
  • Engetsukyo Bridge at Ritsurin - a landscape garden in Takamatsu built by the local feudal lord during the Edo Period and considered one of the most esquisite gardens in Japan,  Ritsurin features ponds, hills and pavilions set in the woods which acts as background and a textbook example of borrowed scenery.
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  • Ritsurin Pond Garden - a landscape garden in Takamatsu was built by  feudal lords during the Edo Period.  Ritsurin is considered to be one of the finest gardens in Japan, and features many pavilions, ponds, bridges and hills set beside wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and serves as an example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-garden-17.jpg
  • Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
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  • Rakusuien Garden at Jonangu Shrine is rarely seen by visitors - partly because the buildings are fairly new, having been rebuilt in the 70s after being destroyed by fire. Nevertheless, its magnificent Rakusuien Garden is an island of tranquility when compared with the hubbub of the more famous gardens in Kyoto.  Hara no Yama Garden is rather austere, consisting of a winding path that goes past a stone lantern and waterway.  Heisei Garden is composed of a large pond with an island making much use of borrowed scenery from the forest behind and its own waterfall.  Muromachi Garden has its own small pond and an adjacent teahouse, with a large field behind it with artistically sculpted shrubs.  The path leads into Momoyama Garden, with weeping cherry trees.  Lastly there is a dry rock karesansui garden, Jonan Rikyu, though it cannot be called a “Zen Garden” because it is within a Shinto Shrine compound, rather than a Zen Buddhist temple.
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  • Rakusuien Garden at Jonangu Shrine is rarely seen by visitors - partly because the buildings are fairly new, having been rebuilt in the 70s after being destroyed by fire. Nevertheless, its magnificent Rakusuien Garden is an island of tranquility when compared with the hubbub of the more famous gardens in Kyoto.  Hara no Yama Garden is rather austere, consisting of a winding path that goes past a stone lantern and waterway.  Heisei Garden is composed of a large pond with an island making much use of borrowed scenery from the forest behind and its own waterfall.  Muromachi Garden has its own small pond and an adjacent teahouse, with a large field behind it with artistically sculpted shrubs.  The path leads into Momoyama Garden, with weeping cherry trees.  Lastly there is a dry rock karesansui garden, Jonan Rikyu, though it cannot be called a “Zen Garden” because it is within a Shinto Shrine compound, rather than a Zen Buddhist temple.
    jonangu-shrine-garden-2.jpg
  • Erinji Temple Garden Arched Bridge - Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-28.jpg
  • Erinji Temple Garden Arched Bridge - Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-26.jpg
  • Rakusuien Garden at Jonangu Shrine is rarely seen by visitors - partly because the buildings are fairly new, having been rebuilt in the 70s after being destroyed by fire. Nevertheless, its magnificent Rakusuien Garden is an island of tranquility when compared with the hubbub of the more famous gardens in Kyoto.  Hara no Yama Garden is rather austere, consisting of a winding path that goes past a stone lantern and waterway.  Heisei Garden is composed of a large pond with an island making much use of borrowed scenery from the forest behind and its own waterfall.  Muromachi Garden has its own small pond and an adjacent teahouse, with a large field behind it with artistically sculpted shrubs.  The path leads into Momoyama Garden, with weeping cherry trees.  Lastly there is a dry rock karesansui garden, Jonan Rikyu, though it cannot be called a “Zen Garden” because it is within a Shinto Shrine compound, rather than a Zen Buddhist temple.
    jonangu-shrine-garden-12.jpg
  • Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
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  • Erinji Temple Garden Arched Bridge - Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-27.jpg
  • Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-23.jpg
  • Erinji Temple Garden & Tatami - Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-17.jpg
  • Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-06.jpg
  • Rakusuien Garden at Jonangu Shrine is rarely seen by visitors - partly because the buildings are fairly new, having been rebuilt in the 70s after being destroyed by fire. Nevertheless, its magnificent Rakusuien Garden is an island of tranquility when compared with the hubbub of the more famous gardens in Kyoto.  Hara no Yama Garden is rather austere, consisting of a winding path that goes past a stone lantern and waterway.  Heisei Garden is composed of a large pond with an island making much use of borrowed scenery from the forest behind and its own waterfall.  Muromachi Garden has its own small pond and an adjacent teahouse, with a large field behind it with artistically sculpted shrubs.  The path leads into Momoyama Garden, with weeping cherry trees.  Lastly there is a dry rock karesansui garden, Jonan Rikyu, though it cannot be called a “Zen Garden” because it is within a Shinto Shrine compound, rather than a Zen Buddhist temple.
    jonangu-shrine-garden-16.jpg
  • Jizo-ji Temple Pond Garden - Jizo-ji Temple belongs to the Soto Zen sect of Buddhism. There is garden of kaiyu shiki teien style of the early Edo period.  Here, the backdrop and borrowed scenery have been used skillfully. Its unique Y shaped waterfall, is an unusual addition.  There is an stone bridge the crosses over the pond, festooned with iris in season while tiny islands appear to be afloat within the pond.  The garden at Jizo-ji Temple is almost hidden and takes some effort to find it behind the main hall.  Seeking it out is well worth the effort.
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  • Erinji Temple Garden & Tatami - Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-21.jpg
  • Erinji Temple Garden & Tatami - Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-18.jpg
  • Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-16.jpg
  • Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-12.jpg
  • Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-08.jpg
  • Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
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  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
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  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-13.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-12.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-11.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-9.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-6.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-2.jpg
  • Rakusuien Garden at Jonangu Shrine is rarely seen by visitors - partly because the buildings are fairly new, having been rebuilt in the 70s after being destroyed by fire. Nevertheless, its magnificent Rakusuien Garden is an island of tranquility when compared with the hubbub of the more famous gardens in Kyoto.  Hara no Yama Garden is rather austere, consisting of a winding path that goes past a stone lantern and waterway.  Heisei Garden is composed of a large pond with an island making much use of borrowed scenery from the forest behind and its own waterfall.  Muromachi Garden has its own small pond and an adjacent teahouse, with a large field behind it with artistically sculpted shrubs.  The path leads into Momoyama Garden, with weeping cherry trees.  Lastly there is a dry rock karesansui garden, Jonan Rikyu, though it cannot be called a “Zen Garden” because it is within a Shinto Shrine compound, rather than a Zen Buddhist temple.
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  • Rakusuien Garden at Jonangu Shrine is rarely seen by visitors - partly because the buildings are fairly new, having been rebuilt in the 70s after being destroyed by fire. Nevertheless, its magnificent Rakusuien Garden is an island of tranquility when compared with the hubbub of the more famous gardens in Kyoto.  Hara no Yama Garden is rather austere, consisting of a winding path that goes past a stone lantern and waterway.  Heisei Garden is composed of a large pond with an island making much use of borrowed scenery from the forest behind and its own waterfall.  Muromachi Garden has its own small pond and an adjacent teahouse, with a large field behind it with artistically sculpted shrubs.  The path leads into Momoyama Garden, with weeping cherry trees.  Lastly there is a dry rock karesansui garden, Jonan Rikyu, though it cannot be called a “Zen Garden” because it is within a Shinto Shrine compound, rather than a Zen Buddhist temple.
    jonangu-shrine-garden-8.jpg
  • Rakusuien Garden at Jonangu Shrine is rarely seen by visitors - partly because the buildings are fairly new, having been rebuilt in the 70s after being destroyed by fire. Nevertheless, its magnificent Rakusuien Garden is an island of tranquility when compared with the hubbub of the more famous gardens in Kyoto.  Hara no Yama Garden is rather austere, consisting of a winding path that goes past a stone lantern and waterway.  Heisei Garden is composed of a large pond with an island making much use of borrowed scenery from the forest behind and its own waterfall.  Muromachi Garden has its own small pond and an adjacent teahouse, with a large field behind it with artistically sculpted shrubs.  The path leads into Momoyama Garden, with weeping cherry trees.  Lastly there is a dry rock karesansui garden, Jonan Rikyu, though it cannot be called a “Zen Garden” because it is within a Shinto Shrine compound, rather than a Zen Buddhist temple.
    jonangu-shrine-garden-6.jpg
  • Rakusuien Garden at Jonangu Shrine is rarely seen by visitors - partly because the buildings are fairly new, having been rebuilt in the 70s after being destroyed by fire. Nevertheless, its magnificent Rakusuien Garden is an island of tranquility when compared with the hubbub of the more famous gardens in Kyoto.  Hara no Yama Garden is rather austere, consisting of a winding path that goes past a stone lantern and waterway.  Heisei Garden is composed of a large pond with an island making much use of borrowed scenery from the forest behind and its own waterfall.  Muromachi Garden has its own small pond and an adjacent teahouse, with a large field behind it with artistically sculpted shrubs.  The path leads into Momoyama Garden, with weeping cherry trees.  Lastly there is a dry rock karesansui garden, Jonan Rikyu, though it cannot be called a “Zen Garden” because it is within a Shinto Shrine compound, rather than a Zen Buddhist temple.
    jonangu-shrine-garden-3.jpg
  • Erinji Temple Garden Arched Bridge - Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
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  • Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-25.jpg
  • Erinji Temple Garden Arched Bridge - Erinji temple was built in 1330 with Muso Soseki as its founder. Muso was in his day the foremost designer of Japanese gardens, and went on to design many gardens in Kyoto, some of which are UNESCO world heritage sites such as Saihoji and Tenryuji.   Although the garden was built at the same time, the original entire temple burned down in the sixteenth century.  Some of the present garden had to be restored in the Edo period.  Erinji Garden’s focus is on a pond, with borrowed scenery behind it of a rockery, a favorite style and theme of Muso.  There focal points are from various viewpoints: including from an arched bridge, and the more orthodox view from a tatami room.  The central island in the pond contains an enormous Japanese pine tree, the garden’s most famous and unique element. Erinji is a part of the Myoshin-ji Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.   The temple  was once the family temple of Takeda Shingen who is buried here.
    erinji-garden-14.jpg
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