Kosho-ji Temple Garden - Entsuzan Koshoji is a Zen temple of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism and is also known as Oribe Temple as it is a temple associate

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Kosho-ji Temple Garden - Entsuzan Koshoji is a Zen temple of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism and is also known as Oribe Temple as it is a temple associated with the feudal tea master Furuta Oribe otherwise known as Furuta Shigenobu.  To the south and west of the abbot's quarters are gardens that are said to have been created during the Edo period. To the south is a garden covered in moss, and to the west is a pond garden with a moss-covered artificial hill. As you proceed further into the Hojo, you will come across a garden with a deep dry pond and a dry landscape garden with a dry stream.

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Location: Kyoto, Japan
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