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14Zen Garden - Ryoan-Ji Temple A rock-and-gravel garden comprising 15 rocks in five groupings, arranged on a bed of white gravel, it is renowned throughout the world as the ultimate example of the karesansui or "dry landscape" style rock garden in which nature is compressed and given abstract expression within the confines of a very narrow space.
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29 We think that Shoren-in Temple was one of the nicest one we saw. It was quite secluded, with nice garden and beautiful paintings on the walls - the most important thing was - we could take pictures!
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77 Part of Memoirs of a Geisha was filmed at this Shrine.
