Zuihō-In

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  • Address
    Murasakino, Daitokuji-chō, Kita-ku
  • Phone
    491 1454
  • Transport
    underground rail: 20min walk from exit 2, Kitaōji Station, Karasuma subway line, 20min walk from exit 2, Kitaōji Station, Karasuma line

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Lonely Planet review

A subtemple of Daitoku-ji, Zuihō-in enshrines the 16th-century Christian daimyō (domain lord), Ōtomo Sōrin. In the early 1960s, a landscape architect named Shigemori Misuzu rearranged the stones in the back rock garden into the shape of a crucifix! More interesting is the main rock garden, which is raked into appealing patterns that remind one of water ripples. It's roughly in the middle of the complex; once again, you may have to ask for directions.