Name: Genjoin    Alternate Name: Genjo-in, Heisenji, Hakusan Jinja  Address:   Mailing Address:   City: Katsuyama-shi  State: Fukui-ken  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=36.0833; long=136.5 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Contruction Date: Muromachi  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours:   Admission:   Added to JGarden: 12/28/2000  Last Updated: 12/28/2000  JGarden Description: Genjoin is one hall in the Heisenji temple complex which is, in turn, part of the Hakusan Jinja shrine. Its history is not well understood. The buildings that originally fronted the garden are gone, but the small pond-viewing garden can still be identified from its main trees in the center and the whirlpool rock formation.

Dimly, dimly In the morning mist that lies Over Akashi Bay, My longings follow with the ship That vanishes behind the distant isle. Honobono to Akashi no ura no Asagiri ni Shimagakureyuku Fune o shi zo omou.   Kokinshu   9th century