Rock garden

2025年

The rock garden at Taizo-in, a Zen Buddhist sub-temple of the Myoshin-ji complex in northwestern Kyoto, is a stunning example of Japanese karesansui (dry landscape) gardening, designed to evoke contemplation and spiritual depth. The Inyo no Niwa consists of two contrasting karesansui gardens flanking the entrance path, framed by a spectacular weeping cherry tree. These gardens symbolize the philosophical interplay of light and shadow, purity and temptation, or enlightenment versus worldly desires.