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JAPAN

Japan is situated in northeastern Asia between the North Pacific and the Sea of Japan. The area of Japan is 377,873 square kilometers, nearly equivalent to Germany and Switzerland combined or slightly smaller than California. Japan consists of four major islands, surrounded by more than 4,000 smaller islands.
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JNTO TRAVEL PLANNER

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Kyoto

Nanzen-ji Temple

Nanzen-ji Temple was Emperor Kameyamas imperial villa, but was turned into a temple in 1291, and in the Muromachi Period (1390-1592) stood as the main temple of the Rinzai sect Nanzen-ji group, which headed Kyoto Gozan (five temples). Once you step through the grand San-mon Gate and set foot into the Hojo Garden, you enter another world. The garden in front of the head priest's residence is surrounded by the Tsuiji wall (Mud wall with a tiled roof), with six stones placed by the wall on white sand, and is said to have been made by Kobori Enshu. The stones are systematically connected and separated one by one, and its unique and outstanding arrangement is famously known as "a mother tiger and her cubs crossing the river." It is a typical Karesansui garden (gravel garden) of white sand.'

Address
Nanzenji Fukuchi-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto

Admission Fee
500 yen (Hojo Garden)

Closed
Dec. 28-31

Directions
JR Kyoto Station/ Bus/ 30 min./ Nanzenji Eikando-michi/ On foot/ 10 min./ Subway Tozai Line/ Keage Station/ On foot/ 12 min.

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