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 Temple（退蔵院）妙心寺
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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Kouryuji Temple2（広隆寺2）
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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Kouryuji Temple（広隆寺）
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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Manpukuji Temple2 （萬福寺2）
Enshrined at the front of the Tennouden (Hall of the Heavenly Kings)—a National Treasure—is a golden statue of Hotei-son, depicted with a broad smile and a large belly. In China, Hotei-son is regarded as an incarnation of Maitreya Bodhisattva and serves as a symbolic figure of Manpuku-ji Temple.
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