Ryōan-ji

  • Exterior: Karesansui (Stone Garden) outside Hōjō (Main Hall)
  • Exterior: Karesansui (Stone Garden) outside Hōjō (Main Hall)
  • Exterior: Karesansui (Stone Garden) outside Hōjō (Main Hall)
  • Exterior: Karesansui (Stone Garden) outside Hōjō (Main Hall)
  • Exterior: Karesansui (Stone Garden) outside Hōjō (Main Hall)
  • Hōjō (Main Hall), Interior: View of fusuma-e by Kakuō Satsuki
  • Panorama Tour
  • View of teashop and path, facing east
  • View of entrance gate, facing north
  • View of path, facing south
  • View of entrance gate, facing north
  • View of entrance gate, facing north
  • Close view of entrance gate, facing north
  • View of entrance gate and garden, facing north
  • View of crest roof tiles 家紋瓦, from below.
  • Close view of entrance gate, facing north
  • View of path, facing north
  • View of the Kyōyō Pond 鏡容池, facing north
  • View of a washbasin 蹲踞, facing west
  • View of entrance staircase, facing north
  • View of temple building, facing north
  • View of temple entrance, facing west
  • View of temple entrance path, facing west
  • View of the rock garden 枯山水, facing southwest
  • View of the rock garden 枯山水, facing southwest
  • View of the rock garden 枯山水, facing southwest
  • View of the rock garden 枯山水, facing south
  • View of the rock garden 枯山水, facing southwest
  • View of the double rafters, facing up from below
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō
  • View of the "bamboo joint transoms" 竹の節欄間, facing up from below
  • View of Hosokawa Morihiro's 細川護煕 "Dragon emerging from Clouds" 雲竜図 panel paintings 襖絵
  • View of Hosokawa Morihiro's 細川護煕 "Dragon emerging from Clouds" 雲竜図 panel paintings 襖絵
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of the veranda, facing east
  • View of the veranda, facing east
  • View of the veranda, facing west
  • View of a decorated nail cover 釘隠
  • View of the veranda, facing east
  • View of the veranda, facing east
  • View of the veranda, facing west
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of the veranda, facing south
  • View of the veranda, facing north
  • View of trees and fence
  • View of the veranda and partial view of the rock garden, facing west
  • Partial view of the veranda and view of the rock garden, facing southwest
  • Partial view of View of Hosokawa Morihiro's "Dragon emerging from Clouds" and Satsuki Kakuzan's 皐月鶴翁 "Crouching Dragon Plum" 臥龍梅 painted panels
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of the hōjō's garden and veranda 縁側, facing northeast
  • View of the garden, facing northeast from the hōjō's veranda
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of an architectural relief of a Chinese lion 唐獅子
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of "Mount Kongō 金剛山" panels 襖絵 by Satsuki Kakō 皐月鶴翁, installed in the hōjō.
  • View of a decorated nail cover 釘隠
  • Close view of sliding door sills
  • View of a decorated nail cover 釘隠
  • View of sliding door sill 敷居 and tatami, from above.
  • View of head jamb 鴨居, from below.
  • View of a decorated nail cover 釘隠
  • View of a decorated nail cover 釘隠
  • View of decorated nail covers 釘隠
  • View of a demon tile 鬼瓦 and a gable pendant 懸魚
  • Detailed view of cloud-shaped brackets 雲肘木
  • View of the veranda and partial view of the gardens, from the veranda facing south
  • View of the garden, from the veranda facing east
  • View of a column and transversal beam
  • View of a flying corner rafter 飛檐隅木 and double rafters 飛檐垂木
  • Close view of a decorated nail cover 釘隠 and sliding door sills 筋
  • Close view of a wooden door sill 筋
  • View of a corridor with sliding doors and a wooden panel door 舞良戸, facing east from the veranda
  • View of the garden, including camellias 侘助椿
  • View of a corridor with sliding doors and a wooden panel door 舞良戸, facing east from the veranda
  • Detailed view of a nail cover 釘隠
  • View of a flying corner rafter 飛檐隅木 and double rafters 飛檐垂木
  • Detailed view of a nail cover 釘隠
  • View of rock garden 枯山水, facing southeast from veranda
  • View of rock garden 枯山水, facing southeast from veranda
  • View of rock garden 枯山水, facing southeast from veranda
  • View of veranda, facing north
  • View of veranda
  • View of miniature rock garden 石庭
  • Detailed view of hip roof with cedar shingles 杉皮葺
  • Detailed view of hip roof with cedar shingles 杉皮葺
  • Detailed view of hip roof with cedar shingles 杉皮葺
  • Close view of the temple bell 梵鐘
  • View of wooden beams
  • View of polished wooden beams 四谷丸太, from below
  • View of calligraphic screens by Teranishi Kenzan 寺西乾山
  • View of calligraphic screens by Teranishi Kenzan 寺西乾山
  • View of the temple gates covered with cypress bark 桧皮葺 or cedar bark 杉皮葺, facing east
  • View of the temple gates covered with cypress bark 桧皮葺 or cedar bark 杉皮葺, facing east
  • View of undulating tiles roof 桟瓦葺, with flower 花瓦 and demon tiles 鬼瓦 and a smoke louvre 煙出し
  • View of staircase and garden, facing south from temple entrance
  • View of the gardens with stone marker
  • View of a tree and its wooden and rope supports 雪吊り
  • View of a pine tree
  • View of the temple's stairs and Japanese maple 楓, facing north
  • View of trees and shrubs, including Japanese maples 楓
  • View of a descriptive signpost, facing north
  • View of the entrance staircase, facing north
  • View of gardens and pathway, facing south
  • View of rocks covered with moss, ferns, trees and shrubs
  • View of an entrance gate, facing north
  • View of Ryōanji's garden
  • View of Ryōanji's garden
  • View of the garden, from path facing north
  • View of Ryōanji's restaurant entrance
  • View of stairs, facing northwest
  • View of the pergola, facing south
  • View of the Kyōyō Pond 鏡容池, facing east
  • View of the Kyōyō Pond 鏡容池, facing east
  • View of the Kyōyō Pond 鏡容池, facing east
  • View of the garden path, facing east
  • View of the Kyōyō Pond 鏡容池, facing north
  • View of the Kyōyō Pond 鏡容池, facing north
  • View of Ryōanji's Kyōyō Pond 鏡容池, facing north
  • View of Ryōanji's Kyōyō Pond 鏡容池, facing north
  • View of Ryōanji's Kyōyō Pond 鏡容池, facing north
  • View of Ryōanji's Kyōyō Pond 鏡容池, facing north
  • View of Ryōanji's Kyōyō Pond 鏡容池, facing north
  • View of Ryōanji's UNESCO designation plaque
  • Moss Garden
  • Karesansui (Dry Landscape) Rock Garden and Hōjō (Main Hall), Exterior: Detail
  • Moss Garden, Tsukubai
  • Karesansui (Dry Landscape) Rock Garden
  • Karesansui (Dry Landscape) Rock Garden