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Japan’s Zen gardens fascinate the Western world. In Kyoto there are so many of them, that even though I have already presented some pictures in the past, today I would like to share some more.
The temple complex of Nanzenji houses a number of beautiful examples of the famous dry landscape (枯山水, karesansui) Zen garden. There are large viewing gardens and courtyard gardens of all sizes, all of them beautiful in their own way.

Dry landscape garden at Nanzenji

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Tenryu-ji Garden

Viewing garden at Tenryu-ji

Kyoto is famous for its hundreds of temple gardens. While Japan is world-famous for its garden design, it’s probably fair to say that the very best can be found in Kyoto. During our last visit, we had the chance to visit the gardens of a number of Zen temples. Enjoy! (more…)

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