Name: Enshouji    Alternate Name: Enshoji, Enshou-ji  Address:   Mailing Address:   City: Obama-shi  State: Fukui-ken  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=35.45; long=135.7 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Contruction Date: Early Edo  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours:   Admission:   Added to JGarden: 12/28/2000  Last Updated: 12/28/2000  JGarden Description: A Shingon sect temple was first built here in 1444. The Rinzai Zen sect later restored the temple. The main garden, probably built in the early Edo period, was designed as a viewing garden that centered on a small pond with a long berm extending from the west to the southwest in the background. The pond also includes a dejima and central rock island. The dry rock waterfall (karetaki) is considered particularly notable.

The leaves of the trees are falling. In the house one cannot hear anything-- Both nights when showers fall And nights when showers do not fall.   Minamoto Yorizane   trans. by Arthur Waley   12th century