Name: Nishi Honganji    Alternate Name: Kokei no niwa (Tiger glen garden)  Address: Shimogyo-ku, Honganji, Monzen-cho  Mailing Address:   City: Kyoto-shi  State: Kyoto-hu  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=34.9667; long=135.75 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Contruction Date: 1591 (Momoyama period)  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: Tours are daily (except Saturday afternoons) at 10am, 11am, 1:30pm, 2:30pm  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 1/1/1996  Last Updated: 7/22/2000  JGarden Description: Originally a Jodo-Shinshu temple in Higashiyama (founded in 1272), the entire temple complex was moved to this site in 1591.

You ask me why I dwell in the green mountain; I smile and make no reply for my heart is free of care. As the peach blossom which flows downstream and is gone into the unknown, I have a world apart that is not among men.   Li Po