Another shrine and beautiful garden in Kyoto
Tenryuji is said to be the most important temple in Kyoto’s Arashiyama district. It was ranked first among the city’s five great Zen temples, and is now registered as a world heritage site. Tenryuji is the head temple of its own school within the Rinzai Zen sect of Japanese Buddhism. (source: http://www.japan-guide.com)
I visited this beautiful temple and amazing gardens during my visit to Kyoto and found that it was definitely a place I was glad to have visited. Another amazingly serene place but again very popular so worth getting up early to visit or going during the week days.
The gardens were beautiful with cherry blossom trees throughout. The flowers were also very beautiful and I was fortunate to visit at the right time when they were in blossom.
At one time, the massive grounds were said to contain some 150 sub-temples, however, the temple was plagued with numerous fires, and all of the original buildings have been destroyed.
The temple complex met with fire over seven times so most of the buildings as they stand today are reconstructions. Unlike the temple buildings, Tenryuji’s garden survived the centuries in its original form and features a central pond surrounded by rocks, pine trees and the forested Arashiyama mountains.
The complex also has a pebble garden (similar to the famous one at Ryonan-ji Temple) but without the distinctive rock formations.
What a beautiful location.
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What an amazing place and what a history.
I’ve been to Tokyo and Osaka so far, I think a trip to Kyoto is in order… Thanks for the inspiration!
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It was such a fabulous place to visit. You must go there when you get to Kyoto.
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Most welcome and thank you for following. I genuinely appreciate it Ray. Yes you really must make the trip from Shenzhen.
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It must have been a very beautiful place to visit, the gardens are amazing! 🙂
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So beautiful Sue, you were definitely there at the best time of year to appreciate the blossom. It’s firmly on my ‘to visit’ list, sometime, thanks for posting!
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It was stunning. Thank you Again for your comments Caren.
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Do hope you get to see it. Kyoto certainly is a wonderful and special place. Thank you for stopping by.
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The Japanese are such artists of creating those beautiful gardens and temples! Always amazes me how much care and detail they put in… Lovely photos!
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Such a beautiful, and serene place! Thanks so much for sharing these wonderful photos, they’ve made me feel all calm and de-stressed 🙂
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Beautiful photos, Sue. Love the elegant Japanese gardens. 🙂
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🙂 Thank you Sue for sharing such lovely places and pictures
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This looks like such a lovely place to visit. If I ever get a chance to visit Kyoto, I really want to see it with my own eyes.
Vicky
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Ok, that just went on my bucket list 🙂
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Thank you. I think you are right of all the places in the world and there are many places with beautiful gardens, the Japanese have a way of making their gardens very orderly and beautiful.
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Thank you Lauren for commenting. They certainly do have that effect.
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Thank you Amy. Lovely of you to comment as always.
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Another wonderful place to see in Kyoto. There are so many places to visit in this world that are wonderful Vicky. It is tough to get to then all.
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Excellent! Glad to have contributed. Ha ha.
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Such a lovely place, and such great photos, Sue!!
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It is a big bucket, and it is getting bigger every day 🙂
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I know 😦 I have so many places I want to visit
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Thank you very much.
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