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So much has been written about this garden that it is easy to overlook the Buddhist temple for which it was created, the Ryoan-ji, temple of the "peaceful dragon", which was founded in 1473. The rectangular garden is surrounded by three clay walls. Fifteen moss-covered rocks lie on an expanse of carefully raked white gravel in an endlessly enigmatic composition. What better way to take the first step on the path to Enlightenment?
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Things to see and donearby
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Where to sleepnearby
- From JP¥15,899伝心庵 Garden Villa Denshin-An403 m - Ukyo-ku, Ryoanji Nishinokawa-cho 30, Kyoto
- From JP¥15,000京町家一棟貸しKyoto Machiya Stay En992 m - Kita-ku Kinugasa Nishibabacho 43-17, Kyoto
- From JP¥7,200Guest House Kyorakuya Kinkakuji1.21 km - Kita-ku Hirano Miyanishi-cho 52, Kyoto
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Where to eatnearby
- Tozentei$$$MICHELIN 20241.18 km - 31-1 Komatsubara Minamimachi, Kita-ku, Kyoto
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