Dry Landscape Garden

Dry Landscape Garden is a garden in Kōya Chō, Ito district, Wakayama. Dry Landscape Garden is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Kongobu-ji, as well as near Banryū Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kongobu-ji and Koyasan University.

Kongobu-ji

Buddhist temple

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Kongōbu-ji is the ecclesiastic head temple of Kōyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on Mount Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Its name means Vajra Peak Temple.

Koyasan University

University

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Koyasan University is a private university in Mount Kōya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The predecessor of the school was established in 1886 as a monastic school for Shingon Buddhist monks, and it was chartered as a university in 1926. Koyasan University is situated 270 metres southeast of Dry Landscape Garden.

Reihokan Museum

Museum

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Kōyasan Reihōkan is an art museum on Kōya-san, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, preserving and displaying Buddhist art owned by temples on Kōya-san. The collection is centered around articles from the Heian and Kamakura periods and includes paintings, calligraphy, sutras, sculpture and Buddhist ritual objects. Reihokan Museum is situated 380 metres southwest of Dry Landscape Garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Koya and Kōya.

Mount Koya

Photo: Fabimaru, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Kōya is a mountain in Wakayama prefecture to the south of Osaka, Japan, primarily known as the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.

Kōya

Town

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Kōya is a town located in Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 November 2021, the town had an estimated population of 2,812, in 1,575 households.

Nosegawa

Village

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Nosegawa is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Nosegawa is situated 7 km southeast of Dry Landscape Garden.

Dry Landscape Garden

Type: Garden
Also known as: “枯山水小庭”
Category: recreation area
Location: Kōya Chō, Ito district, Wakayama, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

34.21393° or 34° 12′ 50″ north

Longitude

135.58365° or 135° 35′ 1″ east

Open location code

8Q6Q6H7M+HF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 828816615

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=garden

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In Other Languages

From French to Japanese—“Dry Landscape Garden” goes by many names.

French: “Jardin paysager sec”
Japanese: “かれさんすいしょうにわ”

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Highlights include Banryū Garden and Jorenin.

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