@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-08-24 02:42 UTC
📿TEMPLE OF TEAHOUSES🍵
Ryōgen-in's (龍源院) 'Tōtekiko' (東滴壺) is considered by many to be the smallest rock garden in Japan.
Designed in 1958 by Nabeshima Gakushō (鍋島岳生), it was inspired by the zen saying "the harder a stone is thrown in, the bigger the ripples".
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-08-24 03:01
'Tōtekiko' is just 1 of 5 gardens at Ryōgen-in. For a brief time each day it is illuminated completely by the noon sun. The temple's 'Ryōgin-tei' is believed to be the oldest in the Daitoku-ji (大徳寺) complex, and may well have been created by Sōami (相阿弥 ?-1525). #Daitokuji