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Kyoto 5 – Nanzen-ji Temple and Garden

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Karen Blaylock
The Zen Dry Garden at Nanzen-ji

It would be as difficult to write about St. Peter’s in Rome without mentioning the Catholic Church, as it is to write about Nanzen-ji without considering the Rinzai School of Zen. The Rinzai is one of the two main schools … Continue reading →

Posted in Australasia, Gardens Archive, Japan | Tagged Japan, Japanese Dry Gardens, Japanese Gravel Gardens, Japanese Zen gardens, Japanese Zen temples, Kyoto

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