Renge-ji Temple
蓮華寺
Renge-ji Temple offers a serene pond garden and unique stone Buddhas, a peaceful Kyoto escape.
What it is
- A Tendai sect temple in Kyoto.
- Rebuilt in 1662 by Chikayoshi Imaeda.
- Named after a former Tendai temple on the site.
What to see
- Early modern pond-viewing garden.
- Garden pond shaped like the Japanese character for "water."
- Original main gate from initial construction.
- Approximately 300 stone Buddhas on the grounds.
- Most stone Buddhas are Dainichi Nyorai statues.
- Main hall built in the Obaku Zen sect style.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
京都府京都市左京区上高野八幡町1 Open in Google Maps
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