Kyu-Chikurin-in Garden is famous for its traditional tea-ceremony houses and arbor all of which has been designated as a cultural asset of Otsu City.
Kyu-Chikurin-in Garden is famous for its traditional tea-ceremony houses and arbor all of which has been designated as a cultural asset of Otsu City. The garden is composed of a river stream, stones, trees and moss which collectively reperesents nature. The buildings and garden were once a Satobo - monks retirement villa - many temple compounds in Sakamoto are of these satobo but most are not open to the public. Chikarin-in was once a temple but became a venue for tea ceremony, and even today has two rare teahouses that have been the venue for famous tea ceremony events in history. The teahouses can be seen in the strolling garden
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Location: Sakamoto, Shiga, Japan
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