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Gallery: Kyoto - Ryoanji

Ryoanji is the site of Japan's most famous rock garden. Originally an aristocrat's villa during the Heian Period, the site was converted into a Zen temple in 1450 and belongs to the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism, whose head temple stands just a kilometer to the south.

The garden's date of construction is unknown and there are a number of speculations regarding its designer. The garden consists of a rectangular plot of pebbles surrounded by low earthen walls, with 15 rocks laid out in small groups on patches of moss. An interesting feature of the garden's design is that from any vantage point at least one of the rocks is always hidden from the viewer.
Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8810
Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8810
Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8811
Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8811
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 0348
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8819
Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8820
Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8820
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8824
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 0360
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8826
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8828
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8836
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8841
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8844
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8861
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8863
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8876
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8878
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8881
Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8865
Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8865
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8866
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8867
Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8872
Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 8872
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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto - 0381
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