Visit to Nanzen-ji Temple Hohjoh Garden

I visited here on Oct. 14, 2008.

Passing through the main gate Sanmon of Nanzen-ji Temple, walking to the east,
seeing the Roman style waterway "Suiro-kaku" of red bricks on the right hand,
going straight still to the east, I reached the hallway of the Living quarters "Kuri."

Scenery of the waterway "Suiro-kaku", on which is streaming the water called "Sosui" from Lake Biwa to Kyoto city

The front entrance "Oh-Genkan" with clean and elegant taste, usually not used

Entering through the typical Zen gate, turning to the left, we can see the long wide terrace of the main hall.
From here we can see the simple Zen garden composed of the space and rocks on the south side.

View seen from the passage in the east, A wide blank of the white gravel was impressive to me.

This garden seems to be composed of both "trees and stones brought together at the left back"
and "a wide blank of the white gravel", and moreover of Higashiyama hill as a borrowed landscape.
This garden is sometimes called "Tora-no-ko-watashi Garden."