• Nanzen-ji Temple is the headquarters of a Buddhist sect of Rinzai, Nanzen-ji Temple faction. It was opened in 1291 by Emperor Kameyama. Emperor Kameyama died at the age of 57 in Saga's Kameyama Palace on September 15, 1305 when the cathedral was almost completed. Three-gate, famous for Goemon Ishikawa's legend, was contributed and constructed by Takatora Todo in 1628 for the war dead memorial of the formation of the Osaka summer. The auditorium, which was contributed by Hideyori Toyotomi, was burnt down in 1895, and the present one was built in 1909.

• Nanzen-in is ruins and Nanzen-ji Temple birthplace in the detached palace. As for the garden, a look at that time is left, and in the type of the wandering about the typical pond fountain at the Kamakura end of the age, the elegance of a quiet subtle and profound from which surroundings are encompassed in a deep forest is special. It is specified for one of three places of scenic beauty historic site gardens in Kyoto with Teryuji and Koke-dera Temple garden from early time. Nanzenin was rebuilt by Shoin Katsura, mother of Tsunayoshi Tokugawa, in 1703.

• Tenju-an Temple was created as a temple where founder of Nanzen-ji Temple was enshrined in 1337. However, it burnt down because of catching fire of the Nanzen-ji Temple conflagration in 1447. Everything like a main temple, a front gate, and old study etc. of the existence was rebuilt by Yusai Hosokawa's contribution in 1602, and it extends to the present. The garden to compose a geometrical stone pavement from the front gate to the main temple of several stones and white sand in the dry landscape garden, and is affixing of a green moss in front of the main temple to this. The south garden of the study with pond-around-walking style has the trait of the Kamakura period 1200 years before to the garden plan.

Gateway to Nanzenji Temple.	Three-gate was built in 1628. In the scale of five-space(5x1.8m), three doors, two floor, double gates, it is three-gate style magnificent construction.
Auditorium is center of Zen.	Front gate to the living room of the chief monk.	Writing folding screen.	Simple alcove in the living room of chief monk.
The garden in front of the big living room of the chief monk is called as "Garden of tiger cub delivery" and said famous garden creator, Enshu Kobori, made it.
Dry landscape garden and stone garden of Zen sect	Walks in monk house through gangway bridge.	There is big inkstone of 1.2m under the left.	Monk garden is big dry landscape garden.
corridors of water from Lake Biwa to Kyoto is used as water line.		Nanzen-in garden and monk house.	Quietness surrounded by deep forest
Walking around the pond, typical pond fountain style at the Kamakura period end of the age.		Tenju-an with founder of Nanzen-ji enshrined.	Stone pavement same as opened in 1337.
Main temple and front garden. Everything like a main temple, a front gate, and old study etc. was rebuilt by Yusai Hosokawa's contribution in 1602.
South garden of the study has the trait of the Kamakura period 1200 years before to the garden plan.			Front gate was rebuilt in 1602.

2007/02/01