Name: Tôfukuji Ryogin-an    Alternate Name: Tofukuji; Ryoginan; Ryouginan  Address: Higashiyama-ku, Honmachi, 15-chome  Mailing Address:   City: Kyoto-shi  State: Kyoto-hu  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=34.9667; long=135.8 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s): Shigemori Mirei  Contruction Date: 1964  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours:   Admission:   Added to JGarden: 1/1/1996  Last Updated: 9/6/2004  JGarden Description: Ryogin-an iterally means "Dragon Rising". The garden is a stone arrangement with black and white gravel is interspersed with the stones. The bamboo fence is used to show thunder and lightning arcs on the outside and nested geometric shapes that symbolize thunder, but is no longer there. The stones represent a dragon as its body weaves in and out of the storm clouds. The major grouping is the head. As you walk along the west side, you can supposedly see the dragon moving. Please note that Shigemori did a 2nd garden here, called Tofukuji Hojo

Spirit turtles are carrying the Fan-chang island on their heads. Its high peaks rise to majestic heights. Immortals flutter along the edges of       the island. Jade maidens play on the slopes of       the mountains.   Ts'ao Chih   3rd century B.C.