Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Shōden-ji Shōden-ji （正伝寺） Shōden-ji is a small temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. It is tucked away in the mountains in northern Kyoto. The simple Zen garden in front of the Hojo has a great view on the...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Shinju-an (Daitoku-ji) Shinju-an (Daitoku-ji)（真珠庵） Shinju-an was founded in 1491, in honor of the Zen priest Ikkyu, who was the head priest of Daitoku-ji from 1474- 1481. Ikkyu played the main role in reviving the Daitoku-ji temple complex after its...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Reiun-in (Tōfuku-ji) Reiun-in (Tōfuku-ji)（霊雲院 東福寺） Reiun-in is a sub temple of Tofuku-ji temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. It was built in 1526, and the gardens are said to have been built in 1543 (Muromachi period). Over...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Ninna-ji Ninna-ji（仁和寺） Ninna-ji is one of Kyoto’s oldest temples. It was founded in 888 (Heian period) by emperor Oda. From that time on until the end of the Edo period (1603-1868), the position of the temple’s head priest was...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Mirei Shigemori Garden Museum Mirei Shigemori Garden Museum（重森三玲邸） The Shigemori Residence is a traditional town house (Machi-ya) dating from the middle Edo period (1789). It has a garden and two tea ceremony pavilions, which both were designed by the...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Kōmyō-in (Tōfuku-ji) Kōmyō-in (Tōfuku-ji)（光明院） Kōmyō-in is one of Tofuku-ji temples sub-temples. It was founded in 1391 (Muromachi period) by Kinzan Myosho. In 1939, Shigemori Mirei laid out the dry landscape garden in front of the main building. Contents of...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Kennin-ji Kennin-ji （建仁寺） Kennin-ji was built in 1202 and is Kyoto’s eldest Zen temple. It belongs to Kyoto’s Five Great Zen Temples after the Mountain system (Gozan – 号山). There are two zen gardens: The Chou-on-tei,“The garden of the...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Jukō-in (Daitoku-ji) Jukō-in (Daitoku-ji)（聚光院） Jukō-in is a sub-temple of Daitoku-ji. It was established in 1566 after the death of daimyo Miyoshi Nagayoshi. The graves of its founding abbot Shorei Sokin and the famous Japanese tea master Sen no Rikyu...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Hōsen-in Hōsen-in（宝泉院） Hōsen-in is a sub-temple of Shorin-in. One of its highlights is the garden in front of a bamboo background, that is framed by the pillars of the tatami room like a painting. A special delight is to...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Hōgon-in (Tenryū-ji) Hōgon-in (Tenryū-ji)（宝厳院） Hōgon-in is a sub-temple of Tenryū-ji temple and was first built in 1461 in the middle of Kyoto (now Kamigyo ward). It burnt down during the Onin War and was rebuilt later. In Meiji period,...Continue Reading
