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 Many attractive gardens, moss can be seen in Kyoto - the ancient capital of Japan, where the mountains surrounding the city provide a constant moisture content, and length of the summer rainy season create favorable conditions for growth and survival of mosses. Perhaps the most famous of all "kokedera" or moss temple - the temple Koinzan Sayhodzhi (Koinzan Saihoji), located at the foot of the mountains in the west of Kyoto Koinzan. 

  Moss has always been highly valued as a traditional attribute of a Japanese garden. Some of the Japanese gardens are known in the 7th century AD. The earliest of them were based on Chinese traditions, but soon the Japanese gardens have found their own character and style, reminiscent of a Japanese landscape. The idea of a traditional garden reflects the philosophy of Shinto, according to which the world is perceived as "filled with pristine forces of creation," Leading the history of its origin with a modern twist since the era of feudalism in Japan (12-19 centuries), moss gardens became a part of Japanese tradition.
 Translated from the Japanese, "koke" means "moss" and "dera" - "the temple, the sanctuary," hence the name of the temple (the garden) moss "Kokedera." For a thousand years ago the monks of Zen Buddhists have written about in the gardens of mosses in the temples. While the rest of the world is now just beginning to come to an understanding and tries to copy a balanced calm reigning in the gardens of moss. This temple was founded in the Nara period monk Geki.
  During the civil wars the church was completely destroyed, and the garden was lost. In 1339, the famous Master Muso caucus began to rebuild the garden. After the death of the master of his students continued to work for a century. As the Renaissance garden in it naturally began to grow mosses, and Muso caucus made ​​the foundation of the garden. Today in the garden of mosses numbering 130 species. They cover a thick carpet soil, rocks, bridges, islands, trees.
 The famous garden located at the eastern base of the temple. In the center of the garden is a pond, which has the shape of Chinese character "heart" or "mind" and consists of three small islands. Sihem-ji Temple Garden is closed to public access.























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