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  • Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An. This bridge used to join the Japanese sector of the town with the Chinese one. It has been here since 1593 and is still used today by foot traffic and cyclists. Inside the bridge there is a small temple and the two entrances of the bridge are guarded by dog figurines on one side and monkeys on the other.
    hoi-an-japanese-bridge-5.jpg
  • Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An. This bridge used to join the Japanese sector of the town with the Chinese one. It has been here since 1593 and is still used today by foot traffic and cyclists. Inside the bridge there is a small temple and the two entrances of the bridge are guarded by dog figurines on one side and monkeys on the other.
    hoi-an-japanese-bridge-1.jpg
  • Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An. This bridge used to join the Japanese sector of the town with the Chinese one. It has been here since 1593 and is still used today by foot traffic and cyclists. Inside the bridge there is a small temple and the two entrances of the bridge are guarded by dog figurines on one side and monkeys on the other.
    hoi-an-japanese-bridge-2.jpg
  • Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An. This bridge used to join the Japanese sector of the town with the Chinese one. It has been here since 1593 and is still used today by foot traffic and cyclists. Inside the bridge there is a small temple and the two entrances of the bridge are guarded by dog figurines on one side and monkeys on the other.
    hoi-an-japanese-bridge-4.jpg
  • Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An.  This  bridge used to join the Japanese sector of the town with the Chinese one. It has lasted since the year 1593 when it was constructed and still used today by foot traffic and cyclists.  Inside the bridge there is a small temple and the two entrances of the bridge are guarded by a pair of dogs on one side and monkeys on the other.
    Japanese-Bridge-Hoi-An-1.jpg
  • Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An.  This  bridge used to join the Japanese sector of the town with the Chinese one. It has been here since 1593 and is still used today by foot traffic and cyclists.  Inside the bridge there is a small temple and the two entrances of the bridge are guarded by dog figurines on one side and monkeys on the other.
    Japanese-Bridge-Hoi-An-2.jpg
  • Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An.  This  bridge used to join the Japanese sector of the town with the Chinese one. It has lasted since the year 1593 when it was constructed and still used today by foot traffic and cyclists.  Inside the bridge there is a small temple and the two entrances of the bridge are guarded by a pair of dogs on one side and monkeys on the other.
    Japanese-Bridge-Hoi-An-4.jpg
  • The Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An was erected in 1593 and is still in use today by pedestrians and cyclists. Inside the bridge there is a small temple; the two entrances of the bridge are guarded by dog figurines on one side and monkey figurines on the other.
    Japanese-Bridge-Hoi-An-7.jpg
  • Temple Inside the Japanese Covered Bridge, Monkey Figurine  -   Inside the bridge there is a small temple and the two entrances of the bridge are guarded by dog figurines on one side and monkey figurines on the other as shown.
    Japanese-Bridge-Hoi-An-8.jpg
  • The  Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An was erected in 1593 and is still in use today by pedestrians and cyclists.  Inside the bridge there is a small temple; the two entrances of the bridge are guarded by dog figurines on one side and monkey figurines on the other.
    Japanese-Bridge-Hoi-An-3.jpg
  • Japanese Tea Garden Bridge - Originally created as a "Japanese Village" exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park originally spanned about one acre. When the fair closed, Japanese landscape architect Makoto Hagiwara created a permanent Japanese garden as a gift for posterity.  Hagiwara became caretaker of the property, pouring all of his personal wealth and creative talents into creating a garden of perfection.  Hagiwara expanded the garden to its current size of approximately 5 acres. He and his family lived on the grounds for many years until 1942 when they were forced to evacuate their homes and put into internment camps. Today, the Japanese Tea Garden endures as one of the most popular attractions at Golden Gate Park, featuring an arched drum bridge, pagodas, stone lanterns, stepping stone paths, native Japanese plants, serene koi ponds and a zen garden.
    golden-gate-japanese-garden-7.jpg
  • Japanese Tea Garden Bridge - Originally created as a "Japanese Village" exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park originally spanned about one acre. When the fair closed, Japanese landscape architect Makoto Hagiwara created a permanent Japanese garden as a gift for posterity.  Hagiwara became caretaker of the property, pouring all of his personal wealth and creative talents into creating a garden of perfection.  Hagiwara expanded the garden to its current size of approximately 5 acres. He and his family lived on the grounds for many years until 1942 when they were forced to evacuate their homes and put into internment camps. Today, the Japanese Tea Garden endures as one of the most popular attractions at Golden Gate Park, featuring an arched drum bridge, pagodas, stone lanterns, stepping stone paths, native Japanese plants, serene koi ponds and a zen garden.
    golden-gate-japanese-garden-2.jpg
  • 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.
    tsutenkyo-bridge-1.jpg
  • 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..
    tsutenkyo-bridge-2.jpg
  • Soribashi Bridge at Shomyoji - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
    shomyogi-bridge-3.jpg
  • Soribashi Bridge at Shomyoji - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
    shomyoji-soribashi-bridge-2.jpg
  • Soribashi Bridge at Shomyoji - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
    shomyoji-soribashi-bridge-1.jpg
  • 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..
    tsutenkyo-bridge-3.jpg
  • Hirabashi Bridge at Shomyoji - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
    shomyoji-hiraibashi-bridge-1.jpg
  • Engetsukyo Bridge, or "full moon bridge" built in the Chinese style at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo.  It has this name because a full moon is formed by the arch of the bridge and its reflection in the pond beneath.
    engetsukyo-bridge-korakuen.jpg
  • Kintai Bridge stands gracefully over the Nishiki River, and is a national treasure.  It was originally constructed in 1673. The wooden bridge with its dramatic 5 arches is an example of brilliant engineering it has been built and rebuilt numerous times due to flooding. The bridge was ultimately reconstructed with modern techniques after a small tax was implemented to assist with care and maintenance in its reconstruction of 2004.  At that time the arches were dismantled one by one to be transported and repaired offsite. Using the existing pieces as a template, the bridge was reconstructed to ensure everything fit properly, dismantled and then transported back to the bridge site and reassembled.
    kintai-bridge-2.jpg
  • Kintai Bridge stands gracefully over the Nishiki River, and is a national treasure.  It was originally constructed in 1673. The wooden bridge with its dramatic 5 arches is an example of brilliant engineering it has been built and rebuilt numerous times due to flooding. The bridge was ultimately reconstructed with modern techniques after a small tax was implemented to assist with care and maintenance in its reconstruction of 2004.  At that time the arches were dismantled one by one to be transported and repaired offsite. Using the existing pieces as a template, the bridge was reconstructed to ensure everything fit properly, dismantled and then transported back to the bridge site and reassembled.
    kintai-bridge-1.jpg
  • Kintai Bridge stands gracefully over the Nishiki River, and is a national treasure.  It was originally constructed in 1673. The wooden bridge with its dramatic 5 arches is an example of brilliant engineering it has been built and rebuilt numerous times due to flooding. The bridge was ultimately reconstructed with modern techniques after a small tax was implemented to assist with care and maintenance in its reconstruction of 2004.  At that time the arches were dismantled one by one to be transported and repaired offsite. Using the existing pieces as a template, the bridge was reconstructed to ensure everything fit properly, dismantled and then transported back to the bridge site and reassembled.
    kintai-bridge-3.jpg
  • Shinkyo Bridge -  When Monk Shoto came to Nikko in order to civilize the mountains he could not cross over the Daiya river. Jinjaou, the God of Snakes,  appeared from the cloud when Shoto burned a holy fire to ask help. The Jinjaou threw two snakes and these transformed themselves into the bridge. Shinkyo Bridge was lacquered vermilion in  1636 but the bridge was washed away by a flood in 1902, and was rebuilt in 1904.
    shinkyo-bridge-3.jpg
  • The Sayabashi Bridge is a bridge over the Kanakura River in Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture. This arched wooden bridge with copper roof in Kara-hafu style is said to have been constructed during the Genroku period(1688-1703).  It was named Sayabashi because its curved shape is similar to the scabbard of a sword. It is also known as the "Uki Bashi or "Floating Bridge" because it no legs. It was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 1998.
    sayabashi-bridge-kotohira-05.jpg
  • The Sayabashi Bridge is a bridge over the Kanakura River in Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture. This arched wooden bridge with copper roof in Kara-hafu style is said to have been constructed during the Genroku period(1688-1703).  It was named Sayabashi because its curved shape is similar to the scabbard of a sword. It is also known as the "Uki Bashi or "Floating Bridge" because it no legs. It was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property in 1998.
    sayabashi-bridge-kotohira-03.jpg
  • Shinkyo Bridge -  When Monk Shoto came to Nikko in order to civilize the mountains he could not cross over the Daiya river. Jinjaou, the God of Snakes,  appeared from the cloud when Shoto burned a holy fire to ask help. The Jinjaou threw two snakes and these transformed themselves into the bridge. Shinkyo Bridge was lacquered vermilion in  1636 but the bridge was washed away by a flood in 1902, and was rebuilt in 1904.
    shinkyo-bridge-2.jpg
  • Shinkyo Bridge -  When Monk Shoto came to Nikko in order to civilize the mountains he could not cross over the Daiya river. Jinjaou, the God of Snakes,  appeared from the cloud when Shoto burned a holy fire to ask help. The Jinjaou threw two snakes and these transformed themselves into the bridge. Shinkyo Bridge was lacquered vermilion in  1636 but the bridge was washed away by a flood in 1902, and was rebuilt in 1904.
    shinkyo-bridge-1.jpg
  • Nakabashi Bridge over the Miyagawa River in Takayama
    nakabashi-bridge-takayama.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
  • Engetsukyo Bridge, or "full moon bridge" built in the Chinese style at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo.  It has this name because a full moon is formed by the arch of the bridge and its reflection in the pond beneath.
    koishikawa-korakuen-24.jpg
  • 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.
    koishikawa-tsutenkyo-amber.jpg
  • 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.
    koishikawa-tsutenkyo-11.jpg
  • 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.
    koishikawa-tsutenkyo-5.jpg
  • 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.
    koishikawa-tsutenkyo-3.jpg
  • 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.
    koishikawa-tsutenkyo-1.jpg
  • Tsutenkyo Bridge at 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-5.jpg
  • 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.
    koishikawa-tsutenkyo-10.jpg
  • 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.
    koishikawa-tsutenkyo-09.jpg
  • 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.
    koishikawa-tsutenkyo-08.jpg
  • 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.
    koishikawa-tsutenkyo-2.jpg
  • 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..
    koishikawa-korakuen-20.jpg
  • 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..
    koishikawa-korakuen-21.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-27.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.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-214.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
  • Togetsukyo Bridge at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden - 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-17.jpg
  • Soribashi Bridge at Shomyoji - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
    shomyo-ji-11.jpg
  • Soribashi Bridge at Shomyoji - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
    shomyo-ji-08.jpg
  • Soribashi Bridge at Shomyoji - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
    shomyo-ji-06.jpg
  • Engetsukyo Bridge, or "full moon bridge" built in the Chinese style at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo. It has this name because a full moon is formed by the arch of the bridge and its reflection in the pond beneath. 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-engetsukyo-4.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-31.jpg
  • Soribashi Bridge at Shomyoji - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
    shomyo-ji-10.jpg
  • Soribashi Bridge at Shomyoji - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
    shomyo-ji-07.jpg
  • Soribashi Bridge at Shomyoji - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
    shomyo-ji-01.jpg
  • Engetsukyo Bridge, or "full moon bridge" built in the Chinese style at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo. It has this name because a full moon is formed by the arch of the bridge and its reflection in the pond beneath. 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-engetsukyo-9.jpg
  • Engetsukyo Bridge, or "full moon bridge" built in the Chinese style at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo. It has this name because a full moon is formed by the arch of the bridge and its reflection in the pond beneath. 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-engetsukyo-6.jpg
  • Engetsukyo Bridge, or "full moon bridge" built in the Chinese style at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo. It has this name because a full moon is formed by the arch of the bridge and its reflection in the pond beneath. 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-engetsukyo-3.jpg
  • Engetsukyo Bridge, or "full moon bridge" built in the Chinese style at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo. It has this name because a full moon is formed by the arch of the bridge and its reflection in the pond beneath. 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-engetsukyo-2.jpg
  • Engetsukyo Bridge, or "full moon bridge" built in the Chinese style at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo. It has this name because a full moon is formed by the arch of the bridge and its reflection in the pond beneath. 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-engetsukyo-1.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
  • Soribashi Bridge at Shomyoji - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
    shomyo-ji-09.jpg
  • Engetsukyo Bridge, or "full moon bridge" built in the Chinese style at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo. It has this name because a full moon is formed by the arch of the bridge and its reflection in the pond beneath. 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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  • Engetsukyo Bridge, or "full moon bridge" built in the Chinese style at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo. It has this name because a full moon is formed by the arch of the bridge and its reflection in the pond beneath. 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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  • Hama Rikyu Garden Bridge or  Hama-rikyu Onshi Teien is a  landscape garden surrounding Shioiri Pond. The park itself is surrounded by a seawater moat filled by Tokyo Bay. It was remodeled as a public garden park on the site of a villa of the Shogun Tokugawa family in the 17th century.  Visitors can also enjoy Japanese tea and sweets at a tea house in the middle of the pond, called Nakajima-no-Ochaya in the garden that offers matcha tea and Japanese sweets.
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  • Arched Bridge at Banshoen Garden - Nakatsu Banshoen - Marugame is famous for its historic castle, but few realize that there is an amazing garden hidden nearby. Nakatsu Banshoen was built in 1688 for the second generation feudal lord of Marugame. It contains a winding path around a lovely pond garden full of islands.  This is a daimyo garden and one of the largest and most famous gardens in Kagawa prefecture. Eight islands of the eight most scenic places of Omi were created in the pond which was modelled on Lake Biwa. The garden is also covered with more than 1,500 pine trees plus hundreds of Satsuki, making use of the surrounding landscape in the design of a garden in Seto Inland Sea.
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  • Arched Bridge at Banshoen Garden - Nakatsu Banshoen - Marugame is famous for its historic castle, but few realize that there is an amazing garden hidden nearby. Nakatsu Banshoen was built in 1688 for the second generation feudal lord of Marugame. It contains a winding path around a lovely pond garden full of islands.  This is a daimyo garden and one of the largest and most famous gardens in Kagawa prefecture. Eight islands of the eight most scenic places of Omi were created in the pond which was modelled on Lake Biwa. The garden is also covered with more than 1,500 pine trees plus hundreds of Satsuki, making use of the surrounding landscape in the design of a garden in Seto Inland Sea.
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  • Arched Bridge at Banshoen Garden - Nakatsu Banshoen - Marugame is famous for its historic castle, but few realize that there is an amazing garden hidden nearby. Nakatsu Banshoen was built in 1688 for the second generation feudal lord of Marugame. It contains a winding path around a lovely pond garden full of islands.  This is a daimyo garden and one of the largest and most famous gardens in Kagawa prefecture. Eight islands of the eight most scenic places of Omi were created in the pond which was modelled on Lake Biwa. The garden is also covered with more than 1,500 pine trees plus hundreds of Satsuki, making use of the surrounding landscape in the design of a garden in Seto Inland Sea.
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  • Arched Bridge at Banshoen Garden - Nakatsu Banshoen - Marugame is famous for its historic castle, but few realize that there is an amazing garden hidden nearby. Nakatsu Banshoen was built in 1688 for the second generation feudal lord of Marugame. It contains a winding path around a lovely pond garden full of islands.  This is a daimyo garden and one of the largest and most famous gardens in Kagawa prefecture. Eight islands of the eight most scenic places of Omi were created in the pond which was modelled on Lake Biwa. The garden is also covered with more than 1,500 pine trees plus hundreds of Satsuki, making use of the surrounding landscape in the design of a garden in Seto Inland Sea.
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  • Togetsukyo Bridge at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden  - 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.
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  • Rickshaw & Red bridge over the Hayakawa River in Fuji Hakone National Park or 'Hakone' as it is usually called. Hakone is the home of Mt Fuji, hundreds of hot springs and a popular weekend visit for Tokyo residents. Rickshaws such as these have also become popular in tourist destinations, mostly for a photo op rather than actual transportation.
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  • Shomyoji Arched Bridge. Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
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  • Shomyoji Arched Bridge. Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
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  • Shomyoji Arched Bridge. Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
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  • Shomyoji Arched Bridge. Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
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  • Shomyoji Arched Bridge. Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
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  • Shosei-en Garden is a traditional Japanese formal garden thought to have been built in the ninth century on the site of Prince Minamoto Notoru's mansion. Fires in 1858 and 1864 burnt the walls and interior structures to the ground. They were thereafter restored, and in 1938 designated a National Historic Site. Within the grounds, there are several tea houses, a large pond, a small waterfall, many stone lanterns, and bridges - all a mere 10 minute walk from the main Kyoto Station and the bullet trains.
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  • Samukawa Shrine Garden Bridge - Kantakeyama is the formal offical name of the Japanese garden at Samukawa Shrine near Chigasaki, Kanagawa-ken.  The pond garden's centerpiece is a multi tiered waterfall cascade.  The shrine itself is ancient and has the interesting characteristic of saying prayers to protect one from evil, one of the few Shinto shrines in Japan to actually have rituals to perform this, the unique ceremony is called Happoyoke.
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  • Kyu Yasuda Garden Arched Bridge - Kyu Yasuda Teien Garden  was once the grounds of a samurai and designed in 1688 by Honjo Inabanokami Munesuke.   The strolling garden was taken over and remodeled in 1894 by Zenjiro Yasuda. The Great Kanto Earthquake and also WWII seriously damaged the garden. It was renovated in 1927 after the earthquake and again in 1971.  It was given to the city of Tokyo according to Yasuda’s dying wishes. Kyu Yasuda Teien has been open to the public ever since as a public park. The pond garden retains the appearance described in literature of the Meiji period and is one of the typical gardens of this period.
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  • Kyu Yasuda Garden Arched Bridge - Kyu Yasuda Teien Garden  was once the grounds of a samurai and designed in 1688 by Honjo Inabanokami Munesuke.   The strolling garden was taken over and remodeled in 1894 by Zenjiro Yasuda. The Great Kanto Earthquake and also WWII seriously damaged the garden. It was renovated in 1927 after the earthquake and again in 1971.  It was given to the city of Tokyo according to Yasuda’s dying wishes. Kyu Yasuda Teien has been open to the public ever since as a public park. The pond garden retains the appearance described in literature of the Meiji period and is one of the typical gardens of this period.
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  • Kyu Yasuda Garden Arched Bridge - Kyu Yasuda Teien Garden  was once the grounds of a samurai and designed in 1688 by Honjo Inabanokami Munesuke.   The strolling garden was taken over and remodeled in 1894 by Zenjiro Yasuda. The Great Kanto Earthquake and also WWII seriously damaged the garden. It was renovated in 1927 after the earthquake and again in 1971.  It was given to the city of Tokyo according to Yasuda’s dying wishes. Kyu Yasuda Teien has been open to the public ever since as a public park. The pond garden retains the appearance described in literature of the Meiji period and is one of the typical gardens of this period.
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  • Kyu Yasuda Garden Arched Bridge - Kyu Yasuda Teien Garden  was once the grounds of a samurai and designed in 1688 by Honjo Inabanokami Munesuke.   The strolling garden was taken over and remodeled in 1894 by Zenjiro Yasuda. The Great Kanto Earthquake and also WWII seriously damaged the garden. It was renovated in 1927 after the earthquake and again in 1971.  It was given to the city of Tokyo according to Yasuda’s dying wishes. Kyu Yasuda Teien has been open to the public ever since as a public park. The pond garden retains the appearance described in literature of the Meiji period and is one of the typical gardens of this period.
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  • Kyu Yasuda Garden Arched Bridge - Kyu Yasuda Teien Garden  was once the grounds of a samurai and designed in 1688 by Honjo Inabanokami Munesuke.   The strolling garden was taken over and remodeled in 1894 by Zenjiro Yasuda. The Great Kanto Earthquake and also WWII seriously damaged the garden. It was renovated in 1927 after the earthquake and again in 1971.  It was given to the city of Tokyo according to Yasuda’s dying wishes. Kyu Yasuda Teien has been open to the public ever since as a public park. The pond garden retains the appearance described in literature of the Meiji period and is one of the typical gardens of this period.
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  • Shomyoji Arched Bridge - Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature not to mention the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.
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  • Samukawa Shrine Garden Bridge - Kantakeyama is the formal offical name of the Japanese garden at Samukawa Shrine near Chigasaki, Kanagawa-ken.  The pond garden's centerpiece is a multi tiered waterfall cascade.  The shrine itself is ancient and has the interesting characteristic of saying prayers to protect one from evil, one of the few Shinto shrines in Japan to actually have rituals to perform this, the unique ceremony is called Happoyoke.
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  • Daigoji Pond Bridge, Daigoji Temple Garden within Daigoji temple complex, a UNESCO world heritage site that includes many temple halls, structures and pagodas including Kyoto's oldest building.
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  • Kaito-ro, a covered bridge connects the north edge of Engetsu-chi pond and the north island at Shosei-en Garden - designed as a retreat for the chief priest Sen'nyo.  Shosei-en is also called Kikoku-tei "Orange Mansion" because it was once surrounded by orange groves. The garden is a Chisen-Kaiyu-Shiki teien that is a pond garden, or strolling garden with buildings such as tea-ceremony houses and bridges  throughout the grounds.
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  • Kaito-ro, a covered bridge connects the north edge of Engetsu-chi pond and the north island at Shosei-en Garden - designed as a retreat for the chief priest Sen'nyo.  Shosei-en is also called Kikoku-tei "Orange Mansion" because it was once surrounded by orange groves. The garden is a Chisen-Kaiyu-Shiki teien that is a pond garden, or strolling garden with buildings such as tea-ceremony houses and bridges  throughout the grounds.
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  • 29.1 Shinkyo Bridge 神橋- When the monk Shodo Shonin came to Nikko in order to tame the mountains, at first he could not cross over the Daiya river.  Jinjaou, the God of Snakes, appeared from the clouds when Shoto burned a holy fire to ask for help. The Jinjaou threw two dragons into the river and these transformed themselves into the bridge. Shinkyo Bridge was lacquered vermilion in 1636 but the bridge was washed away by a flood in 1902 and rebuilt in 1904.  It is considered to be the official gateway to Futarasan Shrine.
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  • Sumiyoshi Shrine Sorihashi Bridge - Osaka Sumiyoshi Taisha  or Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine is one of Japan's oldest shrines, founded in the 3rd century before the introduction of Buddhism, it displays a unique style of shrine architecture, called Sumiyoshi zukuri, that is free of influence from China.  Sumiyoshi Taisha is the main HQ for over two thousand Sumiyoshi shrines found across Japan.  Leading to the entrance of the main shrine grounds is Sorihashi Bridge, which creates a uniquel high arch over the pond below. During hatsumode (first visit to a shrine on New Year), Sumiyoshi Taisha is one of the most visited shrines in the country.
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  • Sumiyoshi Shrine Sorihashi Bridge - Osaka Sumiyoshi Taisha  or Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine is one of Japan's oldest shrines, founded in the 3rd century before the introduction of Buddhism, it displays a unique style of shrine architecture, called Sumiyoshi zukuri, that is free of influence from China.  Sumiyoshi Taisha is the main HQ for over two thousand Sumiyoshi shrines found across Japan.  Leading to the entrance of the main shrine grounds is Sorihashi Bridge, which creates a uniquel high arch over the pond below. During hatsumode (first visit to a shrine on New Year), Sumiyoshi Taisha is one of the most visited shrines in the country.
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  • Taiko Bridge at Taga Taisha - Taga Taisha Shrine is dedicated to the creator gods Izanami-no-mikoto and Izanagi-no-mikoto and the shrine has been listed Japan's oldest book the Kojiki.  Visiting the shrine is said to bring long life, lucky marriage and the protection from evil. The shrine has been repaired many times though the shrine today is nearly the same as it was in ancient times. The entrance is marked by the Taiko Bridge - an arched stone configuration.
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  • Taiko Bridge at Taga Taisha - Taga Taisha Shrine is dedicated to the creator gods Izanami-no-mikoto and Izanagi-no-mikoto and the shrine has been listed Japan's oldest book the Kojiki.  Visiting the shrine is said to bring long life, lucky marriage and the protection from evil. The shrine has been repaired many times though the shrine today is nearly the same as it was in ancient times. The entrance is marked by the Taiko Bridge - an arched stone configuration.
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  • Sumiyoshi Shrine Sorihashi Bridge - Osaka Sumiyoshi Taisha  or Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine is one of Japan's oldest shrines, founded in the 3rd century before the introduction of Buddhism, it displays a unique style of shrine architecture, called Sumiyoshi zukuri, that is free of influence from China.  Sumiyoshi Taisha is the main HQ for over two thousand Sumiyoshi shrines found across Japan.  Leading to the entrance of the main shrine grounds is Sorihashi Bridge, which creates a uniquel high arch over the pond below. During hatsumode (first visit to a shrine on New Year), Sumiyoshi Taisha is one of the most visited shrines in the country.
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  • Sumiyoshi Shrine Sorihashi Bridge - Osaka Sumiyoshi Taisha  or Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine is one of Japan's oldest shrines, founded in the 3rd century before the introduction of Buddhism, it displays a unique style of shrine architecture, called Sumiyoshi zukuri, that is free of influence from China.  Sumiyoshi Taisha is the main HQ for over two thousand Sumiyoshi shrines found across Japan.  Leading to the entrance of the main shrine grounds is Sorihashi Bridge, which creates a uniquel high arch over the pond below. During hatsumode (first visit to a shrine on New Year), Sumiyoshi Taisha is one of the most visited shrines in the country.
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  • Sumiyoshi Shrine Sorihashi Bridge - Osaka Sumiyoshi Taisha  or Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine is one of Japan's oldest shrines, founded in the 3rd century before the introduction of Buddhism, it displays a unique style of shrine architecture, called Sumiyoshi zukuri, that is free of influence from China.  Sumiyoshi Taisha is the main HQ for over two thousand Sumiyoshi shrines found across Japan.  Leading to the entrance of the main shrine grounds is Sorihashi Bridge, which creates a uniquel high arch over the pond below. During hatsumode (first visit to a shrine on New Year), Sumiyoshi Taisha is one of the most visited shrines in the country.
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  • Sumiyoshi Shrine Sorihashi Bridge - Osaka Sumiyoshi Taisha  or Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine is one of Japan's oldest shrines, founded in the 3rd century before the introduction of Buddhism, it displays a unique style of shrine architecture, called Sumiyoshi zukuri, that is free of influence from China.  Sumiyoshi Taisha is the main HQ for over two thousand Sumiyoshi shrines found across Japan.  Leading to the entrance of the main shrine grounds is Sorihashi Bridge, which creates a uniquel high arch over the pond below. During hatsumode (first visit to a shrine on New Year), Sumiyoshi Taisha is one of the most visited shrines in the country.
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  • Shobo-ji Bridge - Shobo-ji was established in 754 by a monk called Chii - a disciple of Ganjin, who built Toshidai-ji in Nara.  Like many temples in Kyoto, Shobo-ji was burned during the wars, then reconstructed in 1615. The temple has two interesting zen gardens, particularly the "Beasts and Birds Garden” named after the shape of some of its rocks. The temple grounds are elevated compared to the rest of the valley, which gives a view of the surrounding area wthat incorporates borrowed scenery such as the distant mountains into the overall garden design.  Shobo-ji pays particular attention to flowers; ikebana can be seen on the temple grounds and in the buildings. In addition, the tsukubai water basin is usually decorated with flowers as well.
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  • Shobo-ji Bridge - Shobo-ji was established in 754 by a monk called Chii - a disciple of Ganjin, who built Toshidai-ji in Nara.  Like many temples in Kyoto, Shobo-ji was burned during the wars, then reconstructed in 1615. The temple has two interesting zen gardens, particularly the "Beasts and Birds Garden” named after the shape of some of its rocks. The temple grounds are elevated compared to the rest of the valley, which gives a view of the surrounding area wthat incorporates borrowed scenery such as the distant mountains into the overall garden design.  Shobo-ji pays particular attention to flowers; ikebana can be seen on the temple grounds and in the buildings. In addition, the tsukubai water basin is usually decorated with flowers as well.
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