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Modern SitesSite Name: Shōkoku-ji temple Alternative Name: 相国寺 Shokoku-jiCountry: Japan Region: Honshū Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Kyōto (Kyōto pref.) Nearest Village: Kamigyōku 上京区
Latitude: 35.033310N Longitude: 135.762080E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Headquarter of Shōkoku-ji zen temples complex. The south garden is a plain dry landscape gaden with white sands, the western garden is a strange dry landscape garden with trees, rocks, a dry waterfall and a river made of gravels.
Only open lete-March to early-June and mid-September to early-December, 10:00-16:00, admission 800 Japanese Yen (2024 price).
Attached Shōtenkaku Bijutsukan (承天閣美術館) art gallery and Kaizan-dō (開山堂) building (closed to public) also have dry landscape gardens.
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