This part of Japan was recognized long ago as an ideal ... the Kamakura period (1185–1333), and during the subsequent Muromachi period (1333–1568) the shogunate encouraged the development ...
Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan ... sometime during the Muromachi period (between 1392 ...
After the temple was destroyed by fire and rebuilt five times, the current tower was erected in 1426 during the Muromachi Period (1336-1573). The pagoda seen from nearby Sarusawaike pond is ...