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in could only be described as
34 " yang. While the former’s
Manshu-in Temple garden, layered with literary
曼殊院 Did You Know? and poetic allusions, is
characterized by an inward-
 E2 ⌂ 42 Takenouchi-cho, Emperor Go-Mizunoo looking sensibility, spacious
Ichijo-ji, Sakyo-ku § (075) had 27 healthy
781-5010 @ 5, 8, 31 to children by six Shugaku-in might strike the
Ichijoji-Shimizu-cho different women. viewer as extroverted.
Created by retired emperor
EXPERIENCE Kyoto City its cherries and maples draw The lavish garden is noted for love. Divided into three levels,
# 9am–5pm daily
Go-Mizunoo (1596–1680), the
Even in spring and fall when
garden was a lifetime labor of
the crowds, Manshu-in main-
each with a teahouse, the
its many magnificent rocks,
com plex is imbued with a
tains an atmosphere of repose.
This Tendai-sect temple was
spirit of understated sim-
which were gifts to Hideyoshi
from his daimyo (feudal lords).
restored in 1656 by the son of
plicity. Yet, a surprise awaits:
the prince who designed
and the graceful five-story
Katsura Imperial Villa (p203),
most teahouse is designed so
that the visitor is kept unaware
and its elegant build ings call The rest of Daigo-ji is older the approach to the upper-
pagoda, built in 951, is one of
to mind those of the villa. The only two Heian-era pagodas until the very last minute of
garden is composed of islands in existence. the panorama from the top
of rock and vegeta tion amid of the Kitayama mountains,
swaths of raked gravel, with Sanpo-in spread out as if an extension
the Higashiyama mountains § (075) 571-0002 of the garden.
form ing a backdrop. # 9am–4:30pm daily
(to 5pm Mar–Dec)
37 "
35 " Hieizan Enryaku-ji
Daigo-ji 36 比叡山延暦寺
醍醐寺 Shugaku-in
Imperial Villa  B1 ⌂ 4220 Sakamoto
 B2 ⌂ 22 Higashioji-cho, Honmachi, Otsu, Shiga
Daigo, Fushimi-ku  Daigo 修学院離宮 Prefecture § (077) 578-
Stn, Tozai line  E1 ⌂ Yabuzoe, Shugaku- 0001 £ Yase-Hieizan-guchi
in £ Shugaku-in Stn, Eizan Stn, Eizan line, then cable
The main draw at Daigo-ji is line @ 5, 31, 65 to Shugaku- car; or Hieizan Sakamoto
subtemple Sanpo-in. Because
Toyo tomi Hideyoshi took a in Michi # By appt only Stn, Kosei line, then cable
car @ Enryaku-ji bus from
Tue–Sun; apply at Imperial
personal interest in restoring Household Agency, (075) Kyoto, Keihan Sanjo or
this after a visit in 1598, it 211-1215 Keihan Demachiyanagi Stns
contains some of the most
representative works of art If Katsura Villa (p203) could be A once mighty monastery
of the Momoyama period. said to be yin, then Shugaku- fortress with 3,000 sub temples
INSIDER TIP
Blossom
Hunting
To have the cherry
blooms to yourself
during sakura season,
try to get out and about
before 8am, to beat the
crowds, or after 6pm,
when the tour buses
leave the city.
Autumnal maple trees
framing a graceful
pagoda at Daigo-ji
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