Temple
Kofuku-ji
Nara•620m(8 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 3
Isui-en
依水園Nara
Garden
What makes this place special?
At a Glance
Isui-en is a Japanese strolling garden in Nara, built around ponds and tea houses. It is a national Place of Scenic Beauty and is made up of two gardens that were originally separate. The front garden dates from the 1670s and is symbolized by the thatched tea house Sanshu-tei, while the rear garden was created in the Meiji era by the Nara businessman Seki Tojiro.
Mount Wakakusa and the roof of Todai-ji's Nandaimon gate appear in the rear garden as borrowed scenery, and both gardens draw their water from the Yoshiki River. In 1939 the merchant Nakamura family bought the two gardens and joined them, and in 1969 the Neiraku Museum opened on the grounds to show the family's art collection. Among the buildings are several tea houses, a hall moved from the Yagyu clan's family temple, and a small thatched waterwheel hut.
Goshuin within a short walk
Temples, shrines and castles near Isui-en that give goshuin, closest first.
Shrine
Tamukeyama Hachimangu
Nara•675m(8 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 2
Temple
Nigatsu-do
Nara•716m(9 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 1
Temple
Todai-ji
Nara•740m(9 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 4
Temple
Gango-ji
Nara•1.1km(13 min walk)
Shrine
Kasuga Taisha
Nara•1.1km(14 min walk)
Number of goshuin available: 2
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Visit Duration
60 minutes
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