Name: Konchiin  Konchi-in Photo: Lee Schneller   Alternate Name: Konchi-in  Address: Sakyo-ku, Nanzenji, Fukuchi-cho  Mailing Address:   City: Kyoto-shi  State: Kyoto-hu  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=35.11667; long=135.8 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s): Kobori Enshu (dry garden only)  Contruction Date: 1632 (Edo period)  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: 8am - 5pm  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 1/1/1996  Last Updated: 4/3/2005  Sources:   JGarden Description: This Nanzenji sub-temple includes both a dry, karesansui garden and a garden with a pond in the shape of the Japanese character for spirit/heart, kokoro.

Although the scene At Osawa-ike is old, The same bright autumn moon Casts down its lucide light. Osawa no Ike no keshiki wa Furi yuke do Kawarazu sumeru Aki no yo tsuki   Fujiwara no Shunzei (1114-1204)   Shinzoku kokin wakashû   trans. by M.V. Otake