Zuisen-ji Temple, Kamakura - Photos

A lovely temple to visit, any season of the year

Larry Knipfing Apr 21, 2013 - 1 min read

<p>Poster near the temple's main gate</p>

<p>The garden has a nice mix of flowers and stone; this is mid-February</p>

<p>The garden is well-known for its great variety of flowers - a local cable TV network was taping this day</p>

<p>Flat statues lining one side of the temple</p>

<p>Part of the temple's famous, stark, Zen garden</p>

<p>More of the Zen garden and meditation cave</p>

<p>Each corner of the temples grounds features different flowers in bloom</p>

<p>Statue of Monk Muso Soseki, who designed the fascinating Zen Garden</p>

<p>Talented Muso Soseki was also the temple's first chief priest</p>

Zuisen-ji is another of Kamakura's lovely Zen temples. With its many intriguing contrasts, the temple is interesting to visit year-round. Compare the starkness of the Zen garden in the back of the temple grounds with the beauty and lushness of the rest of the temple, as well as the main hall, considered to be one of the most beautiful and elaborate in all of Kamakura. A visit here might leave you wondering "but what is Zen really like?!"

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Larry Knipfing @larry.knipfing

Born on Long Island, New York in 1958, I have spent the last 30 years of my life living in Japan, and enjoying every minute of it! I especially love photography, and Japan is definitely one of the most beautiful places in the world to photograph! My other love is fiction writing and I have pub...