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Ryoan-ji Temple

"Ryōan-ji Temple (Japanese: 龍安寺 or 竜安寺)" is a Zen Buddhist temple and it was created by Hosokawa Katsumoto (細川勝元, He was powerful feudal lord of Muromachi Period) in 1450. Ryoan-ji Temple was registered in World Heritage as "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto" in 1994. The viewpoint of the Ryoan-ji Temple is "Japanese rock garden (枯山水の石庭, Karesansui-no-Sekitei)".
The public transportation facility to Ryoan-ji Temple are "Kyoto City bus (京都市バス, Kyoto shi basu)" and Keifuku Electric Railroad (京福電鉄, Keifuku Dentetsu). Ryoan-ji Temple is from the JR Kyoto Station (No. 50 bus) to about 40 minutes and 10 minutes on foot, from the Kinkaku-ji Temple (No. 59 bus) to about 15 minutes, from the Ryoan-ji station, Kitano Line, Keifuku Electric Railroad to 10 minutes on foot.

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Address: 13, Ryoan-ji goryu-no-shita-machi, Ukyo District, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Ryoan-ji Temple and peripheral tourist spot and transportation.

Ryoan-ji Temple / 龍安寺
Ryoan-ji mae Bus Stop, Kyoto city bus / 京都市バス龍安寺前バス停
Ryoan-ji station, Kitano Line, Keifuku Electric Railroad / 京福電鉄北野線龍安寺駅
Ninna-ji Temple / 仁和寺
Toji-in Temple / 等持院

Photograph of Japanese rock garden, Ryoan-ji Temple (November 12, 2008)

Access to hotels in Kyoto.

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