+ Ryuan-ji Temple +
Famous for a Kare-sansui garden. It is beginning that Katsumoto Hosokawa, a general, yielded the cottage of Tokudai-ji , and received and founded it in (Hotoku) 2. The rock garden which matched 7, 5, and 3 with the large and small stone from the left for the right expresses the appearance to which a tiger is accompanied by the cub and is crossing the river to white sand, and has the another name of a "tiger cub crossing the river" in it. Moreover, it is said that The Five Monasteries of Kyoto and the character meaning kokoro(heart) are modeled.
075-463-2216
13 Goryo-no-Shimo-machi. Ryuan-ji. Ukyo-ku.
諒 8`17F00(December-end of February : to 4:30pm)
梁 500yen
糧 Nothing
80sets
on foot-from bus stop "Ryuan-ji-mae" 1 minutes
年
To the top of this area
憐
To the Sightseeing area guide
戀
To the top of site