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 > 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 > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Zuihō-in (Daitoku-ji) Zuihō-in (Daitoku-ji)（瑞峯院） Zuihō-in is an extraordinary temple in Kyoto: It was founded by daimyo Otomo, who was one of the early Christians in Japan. He founded the temple as his family temple; he and his wife are...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Tōfuku-ji – Garden of the Hōjō Tōfuku-ji – Garden of the Hōjō（東福寺） Tōfuku-ji is one of the Five Great Zen temples in the Kyoto Mountain system. It is a temple complex in southern Kyoto with 24 sub-temples. Its garden...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
The third and final day was one of interesting contrasts. It began with a modern twist on the traditional Japanese garden, despite being one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan (dating to 701 AD). This is the infamous Matsuno-taisha, in which it is said that worship started here after...Continue Reading
