Kōmyō-ji (Kamakura)
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Tenshōzan Renge-in Kōmyō-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo sect in Zaimokuza, near Kamakura, Japan, the only major one in the city to be close to the sea. Kōmyō-ji is number one among the Kantō Jūha
The Hon-dō (Main Hall)
Kōmyō-ji's Main Hall
Kōmyō-ji's huge sanmon, the biggest in the Kantō region
Kōmyō-ji's rock garden with its eight rocks
Zuisen-ji
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Kinbyōzan Zuisen-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect in Nikaidō's Momijigayatsu Valley in Kamakura, Japan. During the Muromachi period it was the family temple of the Ashikaga rulers of Kamakur
Kōmyō-ji (Kamakura)
…gardens are often called Zen gardens because they normally are a feature of Zen temples of the Rinzai sect like Kamakura's own Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji and Zuisen-ji, which all have one. It is therefore rare to find one in a Jōdo temple. The rock garden is a popular gathering spot among the numerous stray cats that…
The Main Hall (Butsuden)
The Zen rock garden with the lake and the Butsuden
The stele at the beginning of Musō Soseki's old road