Discover a Quiet and Peaceful side of Kyoto
Rokuo-in Temple is located in the Saga area of Ukyo Ward, Kyoto, about a five-minute walk from Rokuou-in Station on the Randen line.
It is said to have been founded by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate, who prayed there for a long life.
In addition to housing numerous historical treasures, the temple boasts a magnificent garden that incorporates the scenery of Mount Arashiyama as a borrowed landscape.
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The “Yokouen” strolling pond garden offers particularly magnificent scenery.
I was also able to hear the actual sound of the *suikinkutsu* (water harp cave).
It was a peaceful moment.
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Taizo-in, one of the sub-temples of Myoshin-ji, offers many highlights.
These include the National Treasure “Catching a Catfish with a Gourd” (a replica), the dry landscape garden “Motonobu-no-niwa” (designated as a Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty), and the “Yoko-en” strolling pond garden, which is beautiful throughout the changing seasons.
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Tatami mats are placed in front of the “Maitreya Bodhisattva in Meditation” (featuring a faint, archaic smile), allowing visitors to sit and contemplate the statue at their leisure.
The temple grounds are spacious and offer a very quiet atmosphere.
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Koryu-ji Temple, famous for the “Maitreya Bodhisattva in Meditation” (the first object to be designated a National Treasure), is located in Uzumasa, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City.
Prince Shotoku is enshrined in the main hall.
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