Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Tenryū-ji Tenryū-ji（天龍寺） The temple was founded by shogun Ashikaga Takauji in 1339, primarily to venerate Gautama Buddha, and its first head priest was Musō Soseki. Construction was completed in 1345. As a temple related to both the Ashikaga family...Continue Reading
Today I would like to talk about the Ryūmonbaku style waterfalls. Do you know these falls where a stone represents a carp jumping up a fall to become a dragon? The tale goes, that only a strong carp can manage to swim up a river with strong current and pass...Continue Reading
This is about Day 3 of our business trip to Kyoto last autumn. If you want to read what happened until now, please check Day 1 and Day 2. As you already might read, the last day of the business trip we spent in Arashiyama district, visiting special openings and...Continue Reading
