Ryōtan-ji

Ryōtan-ji - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

is a Buddhist temple belonging to the Myōshin-ji branch of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. located in Kita-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. It is the head temple of one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school. Its main image is a hibutsu statue of Kokūzō Bosatsu. The temple, including its famed Japanese garden is not open to the general public. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: c. Nara period?
official website: http://www.ryotanji.com/index.html

Source: en.wikipedia.org