Visit to Johnangu Shrine The Sacred Garden "Rakusuien"
7 Toba-rikyu-cho Nakajima Fushimi-ku, Kyoto city, 612-8459 Japan
The sacred garden, named "Rakusuien", is composed of five different gardens,
such as the manmade "Spring Hill", "the Heian Garden", "the Muromachi Garden",
"the Momoyama Garden", and the dry landscape "Johnan Rikyu Garden."
These gardens are designed and constructed by NAKANE Kinsaku.
You would enjoy the characteristics and atomosphere of these gardens representing the historical periods.
I visited on November 20, 2008.
Red Torii (Torii : gateway at the entrance to a Shinto shrine)
Yellow colors of a tall ginkgo maidenhair tree
Firstly, Spring Hill !
View of components of Spring Hill
Secondly, The Heian Garden
The Heian Garden with a pond in Fall colors
Yarimizu (curved stream for classic banquet of Kyokusui) of the Heian Garden
Maples & Yarimizu (curved stream for classic banquet of Kyokusui) of the Heian Garden
Thirdly, The Muromachi Garden
Pine tree of Pinus parviflora
The Muromachi Garden with the tasteful pond-edge rock arrangement
The Muromachi Garden with a male cascade in the center
The Muromachi Garden seen from the Boat-harbor
Nextly, The Momoyama Garden
The Momoyama Garden with lawn & trimmed bush at the back
Lastly, "Johnan Rikyu Garden"
The dry landscape "Johnan Rikyu Garden"