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Modern SitesSite Name: Shōkoku-ji temple Alternative Name: 相国寺 Shokoku-ji
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Shōkoku-ji temple
Shōkoku-ji temple submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Japan: The front yard of Shōtenkaku art gallery. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Modern Stone Circle / Monolith in Honshū

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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Shokoku-ji temple
Shokoku-ji temple submitted by Aska : The garden of Kaizandō (開山堂) building, usually closed to public. Site in Honshu Japan (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shōkoku-ji temple
Shōkoku-ji temple submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Japan:The courtyard. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Shōkoku-ji temple
Shōkoku-ji temple submitted by Aska : Site in Honshu Japan: The western garden. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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