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Ryogen-in is a subtemple of the Daitokuji Zen Buddhist complex in Kyoto, It was constructed in 1502. There are five gardens adjoining the abbot's residence, including Totekiko claimed to be the smallest Japanese rock garden, Isshi-dan, Koda-tei and Ryogin-tei a moss covered garden which claims to be the oldest garden in Daitoku-ji, and has been attributed to the renowned garden designer Soami.

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Ryogen-tei Garden at Ryogen-in which has a collection of Zen gardens. The most interesting would be Ryogin-tei, a Karesansui or dry garden designed and laid out in the early 16th century.

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Ryogen-in, the head temple of the South School of Rinzai-shu Daitoku-ji sect, has a collection of zen gardens including Ryogin-tei a Karesansui or Zen garden laid out in the early 16th century.

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Hoshun-in Zen Garden, Daitokuji Temple, Though not very large, Hoshun-in is an elegantly landscaped garden with oddly overlaying rocks, and attractive for its three dimensional composition. Hoshun-in offers outstanding seasonal beauty in the flowering season due to lilies and irises surrounding the pond and its Zen rock garden.

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Depicting Heaven and Hell at Yoko-en Garden at Taizo-in Temple displays both elegance and austerity - the basis for traditional garden landscapes, and can be called one of the Showa period's most exquisite gardens. Nakane Kinsaku designed this expansive garden. Difficult to see at a glance, great pains have gone into the details. An example of this is the spacious impression one gets when the garden is viewed from the front.

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Zuiho-in Zen Garden's most intriguing feature is its main rock garden called "Dozuka-tei", which is raked into appealing patterns to suggest water ripples lapping against rock formations representing the Hohrai Mountains.

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Ryoanji Temple garden is one of the world's best known gardens. The main attraction is its rock garden, the most renowned of its kind in Japan. The simple Zen garden consist of nothing but rocks and neatly raked gravel. Though the meaning of the garden's arrangement is unknown and up to each visitor's interpretation it is said that if you can see all of the 15 stones at one time you have reached enlightenment.

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Tofukuji Temple in the outskirts of Kyoto is renowned for its autumn colors and four different gardens surrounding the 'Hojo" or meditation hall including this Zen rock garden.

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Ginkakuji is a Zen temple at the foot of Kyoto's Higashiyama or "eastern mountain". The temple was formally known as Tozan Jishoji and built in 1482 as a retirement villa for shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. A few years later, the Silver Pavilion was constructed, modeled after Kinkakuji's Golden Pavilion. Plans to cover the pavilion in silver were never realized yet the name Silver Pavilion stuck. The villa was converted into a Zen temple after Yoshimasa's death and is well known for its zen garden.

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Yoko-en Garden at Taizo-in Temple displays both elegance and austerity - the basis for traditional garden landscapes, and can be called one of the Showa period's finest gardens. The landscape gardener Nakane Kinsaku designed this expansive garden. While difficult to see at a glance, great pains have gone into the details. An example of this is the spacious impression one gets when the garden is viewed from the front.

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Japanese Maple and Autumn Colors at Koto-In Garden. Koto-in was established in 1601 by Tadaoki Hosokawa, a famous warrior under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He studied Zen under the Daitoku-ji abbot, Seigan, and was a disciple of tea master, Sen no Rikyu. Koto-in is home to two famous tea houses, Shoko-ken and Horai.

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Tenryu-ji more formally known as Tenryu Shiseizen-ji is the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, located in Arashiyama, Kyoto. The temple was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1339, primarily to venerate Gautama Buddha, and its first chief priest was Muso Soseki the famous Zen garden designer. As a temple related to both the Ashikaga family and Emperor Go-Daigo, the temple is held in high esteem, and is ranked number one among Kyoto's so-called "Five Mountains." In 1994, it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Motonobu-no-Niwa Garden at Taizoin - Motonobu Kano, the Master of Zen and also a painter of the Muromachi period, designed this garden and as such, it retains a very graceful, elegant and painterly ambience, giving it a unique air. The background scenery of the garden consists mainly of camellia, pine, Japanese umbrella pine, and other evergreens, presumably planted to present an "eternal beauty" that remains the same throughout the changing seasons.

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Ninnaji is one of Kyoto's most interesting temples, featuring a large variety of different buildings and gardens on its spacious grounds. It belongs to Kyoto's UNESCO world heritage sites. Ninnaji was founded in the year 888 as an imperial residence, but like most historic buildings in Japan, suffered repeated destruction in wars and fires over the centuries. Today Ninnaji is the headquarters of the Omuro school of the Buddhist Shingon sect and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Ryoanji - The Temple of the Dragon at Peace - is a Zen temple located in Kyoto well known for its famous zen garden. The garden is thought to have been built in the late 15th century and consists of raked gravel and fifteen moss covered boulders, which are placed so that, when looking at the garden from any angle only fourteen of the boulders are visible at one time. It is said that only through attaining enlightenment could you be able to view the fifteenth boulder.

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Ryoanji or the Temple of the Dragon at Peace is a Zen temple in northwest Kyoto, Ryoanji belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The garden is considered to be the finest examples of a karesansui, Japanese rock garden, or zen garden, in the world. The temple and gardens are listed as Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Nanzen-in Garden at Nanzenji Temple is a strolling garden composed around a pond. Less austere than Nanzenji's main garden the centerpiece of Nanzen-in is a large rock in the pond representing Mt Horai which was a mythical dwelling place of immortal sages.

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Entoku-in Garden was originally part of Fushimijo Castle and also a sub-temple of Kodaiji Temple. It was founded by a nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The northern dry garden shows the essence of Momoyama style and is a registered National Place of Scenic Beauty by the Japanese government. It was built in 1605 and dedicated as a Rinzai sect temple in 1633..

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Zuiho-in temple was founded in 1535 by OTOMO Sorin (OTOMO Yoshishige, 1530-1587), who was later baptized and became one of a few Christian lords in Japan. The temple is known for its modern karesansui or dry zen landscape garden that were designed lby Shigemori Mirei.

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Entoku-in Garden was originally part of Fushimijo Castle and also a sub-temple of Kodaiji Temple. It was founded by a nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The northern dry garden shows the essence of Momoyama style and is a registered National Place of Scenic Beauty by the Japanese government. It was built in 1605 and dedicated as a Rinzai sect temple in 1633..

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Tenryuji - more formally known as Tenryu Shiseizen-ji ior "Temple of the Heavenly Dragon" s the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Sogenchi Garden, located behind Tenryuji, is one of the oldest landscape gardens in Japan, retaining the same form as when it was designed in the fourteenth century by Muso Soseki.

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Couple admiring the view from tatami room at Tenryu-ji Temple's Sogenchi Pond Garden. Tenryuji is more formally known as Tenryu Shiseizen-ji and is the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Its first chief priest was Muso Soseki the famous Zen garden designer who created this magnificent garden which was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Tenryuji - more formally known as Tenryu Shiseizen-ji ior "Temple of the Heavenly Dragon" is the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Sogenchi Garden, located behind Tenryuji Temple itself, is one of the oldest landscape gardens in Japan, retaining the same form as when it was designed in the fourteenth century by Muso Soseki.

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Enkoji was founded in 1601 by Tokugawa Ieyasu - its mission was to promote learning and scholarship in Japan. As a result, both monks and laymen were allowed as students. Enkoji is well known for its autumn leaves.

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Cycling through the peaceful temple complex of Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan

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The Moss Garden at Saihoji Temple is one of the few temples in Kyoto where visitors must request an invitation in advance before their visit. Visitors are required to participate in chanting and writing wishes before visiting the famous gardens. In this way the monks are able to maintain the temple and garden and prevent mass tourism from destroying the tranquility of the moss garden.

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Zuiho-in temple was founded in 1535 by OTOMO Sorin (OTOMO Yoshishige, 1530-1587), who was later baptized and became one of a few Christian lords in Japan. The temple is known for its modern karesansui or dry zen landscape garden that were designed lby Shigemori Mirei.

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At Kodai-ji temple there are several formal gardens designed by Kobori Enshu, who was an architect and master Zen gardener, as well as a master of calligraphy, poetry, and tea ceremony. Kodaiji's south garden is a karesansui, or dry rock garden featuring a large area of raked gravel that is punctuated by conical gravel formations and surrounded by a border of moss and stone. The raked gravel of a karesansui is meant to evoke the ripple patterns that form in water.

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Tofukuji Temple southern garden, in front of the Hojo is the most contrived work among the four gardens and is composed of rock compositions symbolizing Elysian islands. Showing the eight seas and five moss-covered sacred mountains at the western end of the garden.

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The main gate to Anraku-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan. It can be found just off the famous Philosopher's Path. Seen here in autumn

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Tenju-an Temple, Nanzen-ji, Kyoto, Japan. An autumn view from the San-Mon Gate

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Ryoanji Temple garden is one of the world's best known gardens. The main attraction is its rock garden, the most renowned of its kind in Japan. The simple Zen garden consist of nothing but rocks and neatly raked gravel. Though the meaning of the garden's arrangement is unknown and up to each visitor's interpretation it is said that if you can see all of the 15 stones at one time you have reached enlightenment.

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Byodo-in is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto prefecture, a National Treasure and a World Heritage Site. Its outline is featured on the •10 coin. Built in 998 AD during the Heian period, Byodo-in was originally a private residence like many Japanese temples. It was converted into a temple by the Fujiwara clan in 1052. The Phoenix Hall, the great statue of Amida inside it, and several other items at Byodoin are Japanese National Treasures. UNESCO listed the building as a World Heritage Site in 1994.

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Shisendo is a so-called scholars garden in eastern Kyoto designed by Jozen Ishikawa as a personal retreat. Ishikawa was a scholar and landscape architect. After he retired from samurai service he devoted the rest of his life to learning Chinese classics. When he was 59 he built his masterpiece as a retirement villa which has come to be known as Shisendo. The hermitage later became a Zen Buddhist templ of the Soto sect.

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Kimono at Sankeien a garden, once the private domain of the silk baron Hara Sankei. Sankeien is one of Japan's most exquisite gardens and opened to the public in 1904. Hara wished to share his bounty by opening up his grounds. The cherry blossoms in spring make Sankeien a favorite spot in Yokohama for residents and visitors alike. Besides the landmark three storied pagoda, koi ponds, streams and an elegant feudal lord's residence, numerous tea houses are scattered throughout the expanse.

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Kodai-ji Temple is located at the foot of Higashiyama Ryozen Mountains in Kyoto. It is officially called Kodaiji Jushozenji Temple and was established in 1606. Tokugawa Ieyasu - the first Tokugawa shogun - financed the construction of the temple resulting in its magnificent appearance. Many of its buildings and tea houses. Kodaiji's garden is said to have been designed by the landscape garden designer Kobori Enshu. The garden is designated by the Japanese Government as a historical site and a place of scenic beauty. Kodaiji south garden is a karesansui or dry rock garden that features raked gravel punctuated by conical formations and surrounded by borders of moss and stone.

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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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Ginkaku-ji Temple, also known as the Silver Pavilion, Kyoto, Japan

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An unfinished temple restoration abopve which is the White Tower, a 1000 year old Ming construction.

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Geta (traditional wooden clogs) at Taizo-in temple, Myoshinji, Kyoto

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Teahouse at the pond garden of Shosei-en - Rinchi-tei on the left and Tekisui-ken to its right. Shosei-en Garden was 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 strolling garden with buildings such as tea-ceremony houses arranged here and there throughout the grounds.

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Toji Temple Market Fish - On the 21st of each month, a famous flea market is held on the grounds of Toji Temple Market. This market is also called Kobo-san, in honor of Kobo Daishi, who died on March 21st. The flea market features a variety of antiques, art, clothes, pottery, some food, and typical second-hand flea market goods. By far the largest market is held on December 21st, as it is the last of the year.

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Kinkakuji was built in 1393 as a retirement villa for Shogun Yoshimitsu Ashikaga. He intended to cover the exterior with gold, but only managed to coat the third floor with gold leaf before his death. After his death, his son converted the building into a Zen temple of the Rinzai school named Rokuonji in accordance with Ashikaga's wishes.

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Shofu-en has three famous gardens: Iwakura, Horai and Kyokusui. These gardens were designed by.Mirei Shigemori during the Showa era. They are not so old but are among the greatest of Japanese gardens designed after the Meiji era. He designed them with a combination of rocks, and the opposite concepts of "stillness" and "movement" in harmony.

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Shoji at Taizo-in Temple - In traditional Japanese architecture a shoji is a door, window or room divider made of translucent paper over a frame of wood or bamboo. Shoji are designed to slide open, and thus conserve space that would be required by a swinging door. They are used in traditional houses especially in the washitsu or Japanese-style room.

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The White Tower, built around the Yishan temple complex in Fuzhou.

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Newly restored sections of the temples and buildings around Mount Yi in Fuzhou.

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Worshippers worshipping in Wenshu Temple, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

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Worshippers worshipping in Wenshu Temple, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China

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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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Shuheki-en Garden at Sanzen-in. Sanzen-in is a Tendai Buddhism monzeki; temple. Its gardens and a small hall called Ojogokuraku-in as well as the three Buddhist images in the hall are the main attractions. Monzeki is a temple of which the head priests has always been a member of the imperial family or of the nobility.

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Ninnaji Temple Monks- Ninnaji is one of Kyoto's most interesting temples, with a large variety of extraordinary buildings and gardens on its spacious grounds. Among the numerous buildings on the temple grounds, are elegant palace style buildings surrounded by beautiful Japanese gardens, a five storied pagoda, various temple halls, a massive entrance gate, bell tower and tea houses. It was the first imperial temple in Kyoto, and is now a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Wooden carving of a Buddhas face as a wall hanging for sale in Pattaya , Thailand

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Japanese Window with chrysanthemums. Japanese traditional architecture makes use of shapes, contours, and spaces to create an effect that is purely Japanese. Windows play an important part as the indoor/outdoor motif is usually a part of the overall style.

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Centre Idol with 1000 hands in Temple of the One Thousand and One Images, Kyoto, Japan

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Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job. The bamboo grove at Arashiyama, where this rickshaw and passengers is located, is one of Kyoto's best retreats from the urban scene.

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Toji Market Tea, Japanese green tea, or ocha (o-cha) is the most common drink in Japan. Not only is it loaded with vitamin C and caffiene, but its healthy antioxidant properties are making this drink a hit all around the world.

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The Japanese Tea Garden

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The Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park

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Kamo-wake-ikazuchi-Jinja in the Kita Ward of Kyoto is the oldest Shinto shrine in the ancient city. Since prehistoric times Kamigamo-jinja has preserved and transmitted the legends relating to the birth of the shrine deity, Wakeikazuchi. The area contains many large trees such as oaks, suda chinquappins and weeping cherry trees coexisting in harmony. Kamigamo-jinja was officially registered IN 1994 as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in recognition of its importance as a monument of ancient Kyoto.

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Front gate of Kyoto Temple showing the Tori-i, Japan

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The construction of Koishikawa Korakuen Garden of Tokyo was started in 1629 by Yorifusa Mito, the Daimyo of Mito and was completed by his successor, Mitsukuni Mito Mitsukuni and named this garden "Koraku-en" (Koraku means "enjoying afterwards") . Korakuen was appointed as the special place of scenic beauty and the special historic site based on the cultural properties protection law of Japan.

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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.

Banryutei Garden; Kongobuji Temple; stone garden; rock gardens; zen garden; pebble garden; dry garden

Banryutei Stone Garden - Kongobuji is the head temple of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, located on Mount Koya. Its name means "Temple of the Diamond Mountain" and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The temple's modern Banryutei rock garden is Japan's largest Zen Garden with 140 granite stones arranged to suggest dragons emerging from clouds to protect the temple.

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Tatami with Golden Fusuma at Shunkoin, a subtemple of Myoshinji Temple, was one of the most important places for Japanese Zen Buddhism in the early 20th century. Several sliding door panels at Shunkoin were painted by Eigaku Kano of the renowned Kano School of painting. Some of the paintings have Confucian themes as Confucianism was important to samurai during the Edo period when these paintings were made.

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