Friday, 18 March 2011

Japan. Kyoto

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Sender: sktour
Kyoto. Rock Garden of Ryoan-Ji Temple.
Ryoan-Ji Temple - is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple and karesansui garden is one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Temple was built in 1450 by Hosokawa Katsumoto. Due to numerous fires the Temple did not reach nowadays in its original form.
  

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