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Location: Yamaguchi
Current status: Aberto agora
Goshuin: Goshuin
RurikoJi é um templo histórico budista Zen na cidade de Yamaguchi, renomado por seu requintado pagode de cinco andares, um dos três mais belos do Japão. Construído no início do século XV, o templo está situado em meio a um jardim sereno, refletindo o...
Por que voce deveria ir
- The five-story pagoda here ranks among Japan's three finest and has survived over 600 years without a single nail, relying entirely on interlocking wooden joints that flex during earthquakes.
- Built in the early 1400s during the Ouchi clan's golden age, this pagoda reflects when Yamaguchi rivaled Kyoto as a center of culture and was called the 'Kyoto of the West.'
- The temple garden's pond perfectly mirrors the pagoda's reflection, a design technique the Ouchi clan borrowed from Zen temples in Ming Dynasty China during their active trade period.







