Basic Information
Address:京都府京都市右京区龍安寺御陵下町Phone:075-463-2216Hours:8:00〜17:00春夏秋8:30〜16:30冬季Fee:500円Access:市バス50,55,59系統 立命館大学前下車徒歩7分Website:Official Website
Description
Founded in 1450 by Hosokawa Katsumoto, with Giten Gensho of Myoshin-ji as the founding abbot.
Ryoan-ji is famous for its rock garden, one of the most iconic in all of Kyoto. Fifteen stones of varying sizes are arranged on a bed of raked white gravel, and it's well known that no matter where you stand, you can never see all fifteen at once. The question is: if you know there are fifteen and strain to see them all, or if you simply accept the fourteen you can see — which experience is the real one?
The temple grounds are spacious, with plenty of maple trees, making it a great spot during the autumn foliage season too.
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