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Ogura-hyakunin-isshu Project
The Ogura Hyakunin Isshu (known in English as “One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each”) is a poetry anthology create…
Gabo-en at Matsumoto Sake Brewing Co., Ltd.
The Matsumoto Sake Brewery in Kyoto’s Fushimi area is a company with a long history that has provided premium …
Kyozomekaikan Kyozome-no-niwa
Since its founding in 1889, the Kyozome-kai (Kyoto Dyed Products Association) has not only carried on the esse…
Yosui-en Garden
Yosui-en is a strolling pond-style garden with flowering trees like weeping cherries, dogwoods, maples, and wh…
HOSHINOYA Kyoto
Kyoto’s Arashiyama area has long been known as a site of scenic beauty. During the Heian period (794-1185), Em…
FUKUJUEN Kyoto Flagship Store: “The Garden in the Sky”
Fukujuen was founded in 1790. Today it might be called a comprehensive trading company that not only sells tea…
Nanzen-ji Junsei Shoin Garden
Junsei Shoin （literally “Junsei Study Hall”) was originally a medical school. It was established in 1839 by Sh…
Ka-iu-so Garden
Kaiu-so is a large 19,880m² garden created on the former site of a Nanzen-ji sub-temple dissolved by the gover…
Tairyu-Sanso Garden
Tairyu-Sanso is located on the former site of a Nanzen-ji sub-temple. It was originally built in 1896 as one o…
Murin-an Garden
Murin-an was built in 1896 as the villa of Yamagata Aritomo, one of the leading statesman during the Meiji per…
Seigan-ji Temple
Seigan-ji Temple is said to have been constructed in 667 by the imperial decree of Emperor Tenchi. It was orig…
Hyakumanben Chion-ji Temple
Chion-ji Temple is also known by the more proper name of Hyakumanben Chion-ji Temple. Its history begins when …
Kurodani, Konkai-Komyoji Temple
Konkai Komyo-ji Temple is one of eight head temples in Japan belonging to the Pure Land sect of Buddhism. Faci…
Chisyaku-in Temple
Chishaku-in Temple is the head temple of the Chisan sect of Shingon Buddhism. It was originally founded in the…
Namba Betsuin Temple, Sakai Branch
The Sakai branch of Namba Betsuin Temple is said to have been built in 1603 by Kyonyo (1558-1614), the twelfth…
Otani Mausoleum (Otani Sobyo) Flower bed (Japanese Calligraphy)
Ōtani Mausoleum belongs to the Shinshū Ōtani-ha branch of Jōdo Shinshū (Shin Buddhism). As the resting place o…
Shosei-en Garden
Shosei-en is a garden that belongs to Higashi Hongan-ji Temple, the head temple of the Otani school of Shin Bu…
Dainei-ken Garden
Dainei-ken is located on the former premises of Dainei-in Temple, one of Nanzen-ji’s sub-temples during the Ed…
Nanzen-in Temple
The garden at Nanzen-in Temple is a classic strolling pond garden of the late Kamakura period. It retains much…