• Ryoanji "Peaceful Dragon Temple" Ryoanji is the most famous and celebrated garden in Japan. Simply composed of stone and sand, it serves as a subtle yet...
  • Ryoanji Temple, in the western area of Kyoto City, is famous for its rock garden.
  • Built in 1450 by Hosokawa Katsumoto on the site of an 11th century temple and donated to the Myoshinji school of Zen Buddhism after his death, Ryōanji is one of...
  • Ryoanji Temple is ranked #5 out of 15 things to do in Kyoto.
  • John Cage developed his composition Ryoanji from his encounter with the famous correspondent Zen-garden near Kyoto in Japan.
  • Ryoanji Temple, a Zen Buddhist temple of Rinzai sect, was built by a powerful feudal lord in the 15th century.
  • The Ryoanji Temple (竜安寺 or 龍安寺, Ryōan-ji, “Temple of the Peaceful Dragon”) is a temple in the Ukyō Ward of Kyoto, belonging to the Myōshinji branch of...