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Nanzen-Ji is a vast complex with numerous subtemples, gardens and shrines sprawling up the hillside, including another pebble garden, hiking trails, waterfalls and a mountain glen. And later, from Nanzen-ji we’re heading over to Maruyama Park, the main public garden of Kyoto.
Nanzen-ji was bestowed the title of “First Temple of the Land‚” and is considered by many to be the most famous and important Zen Temple in the world. It's designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Nanzenin is a smaller sub-temple behind the main Nanzen-ji, and it's one of the oldest and yet one of the least well-known sub temples, perhaps because it's slightly hidden away. The pond garden was built in the strolling style representing the late Kamakura period and retains an image of beautiful scenery surrounded by deep forest with an exceptional atmosphere of peace and tranquility. It was designated a national historic and scenic site in 1923.
It's a very small garden that you could walk around in five minutes and exit but it's so pretty that it's certainly worth stopping and standing and enjoying each of the views from its own particular angle, which of course is the way these gardens are designed. They are strolling gardens, so the idea is to walk along with your eyes open and stop here and there, look this way, look that way, and enjoy all the different views as they unfold.
Sometimes you'll get lucky and come across a beautiful scene like this that just has a strong personal attraction for some reason -- you just can't take your eyes off it, you can't leave it, you just have to stop and look, and walk one way, walk around the other way, come back again and just drop everything and enjoy this vista.
The rocks, of course, are not carved rocks. They are natural rocks but they are carefully placed into each spot so that it looks natural and yet it's been shaped and cultivated in an ideal way.
You can easily walk into Maruyama Park from a couple of nearby famous temples of Yasaka and Kiyomizu. Chion-in is on the north edge of the park. So this is really one of the most popular strolls in all of Kyoto. We're in the eastern part of Kyoto, the Higashiyama district.
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