Chorakuji Garden - Chorakuji has a history going back 1200 years to the Heian period, when it was opened by Kobo Daishi. The shrine was built for the

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Chorakuji Garden - Chorakuji has a history going back 1200 years to the Heian period, when it was opened by Kobo Daishi. The shrine was built for the purpose of viewing large, sacred rocks that receive sunlight form the north. On the grounds of the temple there is a strolling garden known as one of Kobori Enshu's three famous gardens. A strolling garden is a style of Japanese garden that is best enjoyed by freely strolling around. Because the countless, small, white flowers on the dodan-tsutsuji bushes planted around the garden look so much like stars, the garden is known as the "Garden of Stars"

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Location: Chorakuji, 7953-1 Hosoecho Kiga, Kita, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
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