Kyotanabe is home to Shounen-an, where Zen master Ikkyu Sojun, famous for his work "Ikkyu-san," spent the last years of his life. In Kizugawa, visitors can stroll around and admire stone Buddha statues such as the Laughing Buddha.
In Kyotanabe and Kizugawa, there are many sightseeing spots such as Shouonan, Osumi Kurumazuka burial mound, Kyawara ancient battlefield site, Suwakehara Park, Joruri-ji Temple, Iwafune-ji Temple, Kaijusan-ji Temple, Kanimanji Temple, Kikuzu Hikari Science Museum Futton, and Tsubaki-Otsuka-yama burial mound.
This garden from the Edo period is a karesansui (dry landscape garden) with giant stones. The garden of Toragyuan, the residence of Ikkyu, was created by Murata Shuko in the Muromachi period. Muromachi Period ...»