Kyoto: A Gate, a Garden and Flowing Water
An open wooden gate, carefully raked sand and a small water basin reveal quiet details in three Kyoto temple photographs.

Through an Open Temple Gate
An open wooden gate, carefully raked sand and a small water basin reveal quiet details in three Kyoto temple photographs.
Photographs from Wikimedia Commons. Original files, authors and licenses are linked below. YouAndWorld added its logo, a gallery QR code and a diagonal website watermark. Photographer credits and original licenses remain below.
- 1. Through an Open Temple Gate
Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons / “Wooden gate with open double door leading to the garden of Isshinin Buddhist temple in the compounds of Chion-in Kyoto Japan” / CC BY-SA 4.0 - 2. Lines Across a Sand Garden
Basile Morin / Wikimedia Commons / “Dry-sand Zen garden made of beige stripes a sunny day at Higashiyama Jisho-ji Buddhist temple Ginkaku-ji Kyoto Japan” / CC BY-SA 4.0 - 3. A Bamboo Spout Above a Basin
Hyppolyte de Saint-Rambert / Wikimedia Commons / “Ryōan-ji bassin” / CC BY-SA 4.0
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