An'yō-in

What it is

• A nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty since 1980.
• Created in the Azuchi-Momoyama period.
• A dry landscape garden with borrowed scenery.
• Expresses Horai Shinsen thought with bold stone arrangements.

What to see

• Horai stone, turtle stone, and crane stone arrangements.
• Two stone bridges and a cave stone arrangement.
• Three waterfall stone arrangements.
• Shoin building with two thatched-roof houses from mid-Edo period.

When to go

• Open to the public for limited periods.

Getting there

• 5-minute walk from the Taizan-ji Niomon gate.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.