Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Sanbō-in (Daigō-ji) Sanbō-in (Daigō-ji)（醍醐寺 三宝院） Sanbō-in is a temple of the Shingon school of Buddhism. It is a sub-temple of Daigō-ji and especially known for its beautiful garden. The temple was built in 1115 (Heian period) and rebuilt in...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Saihō-ji (Koke-dera) Saihō-ji (Koke-dera)（西芳寺 (苔寺)） The garden of Saihō-ji is acclaimed by many as Kyoto’s most beautiful garden and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage. It is especially famous for its moss garden, for which reason it is...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Ryōgin-an (Tōfuku-ji) Ryōgin-an (Tōfuku-ji)（龍吟庵） The Ryōgin-an is famous for its three gardens designed by the modern Japanese garden designer Shigemori Mirei in 1964. In contrast to the gardens, the temple and its buildings are really old. At first, it...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Ryōgen-in (Daitoku-ji) Ryōgen-in (Daitoku-ji)（大徳寺龍源院） Ryōgen-in is one of Daitoku-ji’s twenty-two sub-temples. It is a rather small temple, but has several superlatives to offer: → One of its gardens (Tōkekiko) is Japan’s smallest garden (supposedly). → Another of its gardens...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Ryōan-ji Ryōan-ji（龍安寺） Ryōan-ji is maybe the most famous rock garden of Japan. Ryoan-ji was built on the grounds of a villa of the Fujiwara clan in the Heian period (794-1185). The deputy of the shogun and warlord Hosokawa Katsumoto...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Ōbai-in (Daitoku-ji) Ōbai-in (Daitoku-ji)（黄梅院） Ōbai-in is one of the secret sub-temples of Daitoku-ji and has one of Japan’s best-designed Japanese gardens. It is only open for a few weeks in November, which is also the best time for visiting....Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Nijō Castle – Ninomaru Nijō Castle – Ninomaru（二条城 二の丸庭園） The Ninomaru gardens of the Nijō castle in Kyoto have been designed by garden master Kobori Enshu. The palace was built for the first Edo shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in the...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Nanzen-ji Nanzen-ji（南禅寺） Nanzen-ji is the name of a temple and the surrounding temple complex at the foot of Kyoto’s eastern mountains (Higashi-yama). It was built in the Heian period (794-1185) on the grounds of Tennō Kameyama’s detached palace. The...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Murin-an Murin-an（無鄰菴） Murin-an is a typical strolling garden of the Meiji period (1868-1912). It was built between 1894 and 1896 by Yamagata Aritomo, a Prime Minister of Meiji period Japan. As much as he loved the Japanese garden culture,...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Mibu-dera Mibu-dera（壬生寺） Mibu-dera was established in 991 by the monk Kaiken and is one of Kyoto’s oldest temples. Since Kyoto has see a lot of wars, fires and other catastrophes over the centuries, none of the original building has...Continue Reading
