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.

Before the wind of spring Has tangled the fine threads Of the green willow -- Now would I show it To my love.   Manyôshuû   trans. by W.G. Aston, 1899