Kokedera

Kyoto Prefecture · Japan

Kokedera, Japan
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summer
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Officially Saihō-ji, this Kyoto Zen temple is famed for a garden carpeted in more than 120 species of moss around a heart-shaped pond. Visits require advance reservation and begin with sutra copying.

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