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Saihoji (Kokedera)

Paradise Moss Garden


56 Kamigaya-cho
Matsuo
Kyoto,
615-8286

Neighborhood: Nishigyo-ku

Phone: +81 75 391 3631
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Kokedera ("Moss Temple") features four and a half acres of garden with 22 types of moss under dark trees. The garden was conceived to aid contemplation, an earthly rendition of paradise surrounding Buddha, and it is best seen in early summer, during the rainy season, as light shimmers on the mosses. The dry garden (kare sansui) here was perhaps the first of its kind in Japan. One of the two teahouses has been designated a national treasure. Up to 1977, the temple and garden were open freely to the public, but, due to the large number of visitors, special permission has to be arranged.

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The Premier Garden of japan
One of the most beautiful and peaceful gardens we visited out of many. Would wish t oreturn frequen...
Reviewed by:A Yahoo! Contributor from Hillsborough, California on Jun 25 2007


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Worth the hassle
The otherworldly Moss Garden at Saiho-ji was so popular that the monks instituted a reservation syst...
Reviewed by:Todd from Mill Valley, CA on Feb 04 2005

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