Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of

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Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.

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Location: Nishio, Aichi, Japan
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