A shrine having 33,000m2 pond and hill garden.
Built in 1895.
Known as "flower temple".
Gardens
Heian-Jingu （平安神宮）
Toufuku-ji （東福寺）
Full of tourists in Autumn because of maple color.
Azalea in may is beautiful.
Having unique zen gardens - recycled stones are used in some gardens.
Ninna-ji （仁和寺）
The style of the garden and the building is influenced by noble's culture and it is different from Zen garden.
Mainly hill-and-pond garden but some places are covered with white gravel.
Ryoan-ji （龍安寺）
One of the world's most popular and famous zen garden and always full of tourists.
The garden is very simple - what you can see is white gravel and moss.
Daitoku-ji （大徳寺）
Temple complex.
Four of them are open to the public.
Most of them are zen garden.
Nanzen-in （南禅院）
Having a one of the most significant Japanese zen gardens. View from the gate is known as "one million dollar view". Cherries in Spring and maples in Autumns are beautiful.
Manshu-in（曼殊院）
Built in 1656 by the chief monk of the Tendai school in Buddhism.
Having typical zen gardens having white gravel and rocks.
Katsura Imperial Villa （桂離宮庭園）
Japanese oldest hill-and-pond-garden began to built around 17th century.
The size of the garden is about 70, 000km2.
Booking in advance are required to see the garden.
