Zen Rock Garden at Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Ryoan-ji, Kyoto, Japan also known as Ryoanji or The Temple of the Peaceful Dragon. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple is one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. To many, the temple's name is synonymous with the temple's famous karesansui (dry landscape) rock garden, thought to have been built in the late 1400s. The garden consists of raked gravel and fifteen moss-covered boulders, which are placed so that, when looking at the garden from any angle (other than from above) only fourteen of the boulders are visible at one time. It is traditionally said that only through attaining enlightenment would one be able to view the fifteenth boulder.
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Location: Kyoto Prefecture, Kansai (Kinki) Region, Honshu, Japan, East Asia
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