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Medieval (High and Late)Site Name: Jōei-ji temple Alternative Name: 常栄寺 Joei-jiCountry: Japan
NOTE: This site is 1.564 km away from the location you searched for.
Region: Honshū Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Yamaguchi (Yamaguchi prefecture) Nearest Village: MiyanoShimo 宮野下
Latitude: 34.197940N Longitude: 131.489780E
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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This temple situated at the foot of a hill in the northern area of Yamaguchi city centre has a pond garden with rocks designed by a painter monk Sesshū (1420-1506) in the backyard, and dry landscape gardens built by the modern gardener Mirei SHIGEMORI (1896-1975) in the front yard.
Open 8:00-17:00 (-16:30 Nov.-Mar.) all year around, admission 300 Japanese Yen (2024 price).
Official site in Japanese.
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