Wednesday, February 8, 2012

love me some garden, this Kyoto this is

Shosei-en Garden

Shosei-en Garden, Kyoto.Kyoto's Shosei-en Garden is a traditional Japanese formal garden affiliated with its much larger neighbor to the west, Higashi Honganji Temple; both are part of the Shinshu Otani-ha sect of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism. The garden is a ten-minute walk from Kyoto Station, and two blocks from the aforementioned Higashi Hoganji.Shosei-en Garden is thought to have been built in the ninth century on the Heian Period


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