自転車で渉成園へOn the Kyoto Station to Kiyamachi cycling route is the fabulous Shosei-en Garden.
Shosei-en Garden, which is also known as Kikoku-tei, is a short distance east of the Higashi Honjanji temple. That is no coincidence as Shosei-en is a part of Higashi Honganji.
The grounds were originally a mansion owned by Prince Minamoto no Toru, the son of Emperor Saga.
Five hundred years later, in 1641, shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu gave much of the land to Higashi Honganji.
Then, in 1643, the renowned landscape designer Ishikawa Jozan was commissioned to create a garden.
The grounds and buildings were destroyed by fire, in 1858 and 1864. Everything however was restored in the late 19th century.
And the gardens are stunning.
It is a short ride north of Kyoto Station.
300 Higashitamamizu-cho, Shimojuzuyamachi-dori
Aidanocho-higasiiru, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto
Telephone: 075 371 9210
Open: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (entry until 3:30 p.m.)
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