The Magical Moss Garden of the Gio-ji Temple (祇王寺) in Sagano, Kyoto!
  • 11 years ago
I was there a few days ago, there where not so many people, so easy to take pictures. This temple is not so big though, the moss garden is famous and so is the story of Gio and a chieftain of the Taira clan, Taira-no-Kiyomori (1118-1181). Gio san was a great beauty who had renounced the world while still young after she had lost favor with Kiyomori.
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