Discover a Quiet and Peaceful side of Kyoto
After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Nene relocated a palace building from Fushimi Castle to serve as her residence; the nationally designated north garden was also moved from the castle, and its dry landscape design is noted for its bold style that evokes the atmosphere of the Momoyama period.
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Entoku-in, located along “Nene-no-Michi” (Nene’s Path), is a temple belonging to the Kennin-ji school of the Rinzai sect and serves as a sub-temple of Kodai-ji. It is the place where “Kita-no-Mandokoro Nene” spent her final years, and it is particularly renowned for its garden.
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Bush clover is in bloom in the garden. Although it is still a bit early, some of the autumn foliage is already starting to turn color.
The autumn colors should reach their peak around the middle of November.
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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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