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"

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