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Heian Jingu - Kyoto Japan




In addition to having an area with many buildings that serve religious, Heian Jingu has a garden famous for its beauty. The garden surrounds the complex named Shin'en Heian Jingu in the south, west, east, and also in the middle.With a total area reaches 33000 square meters, is designed with the concept Shin'en stroll-style landscape garden with a large lake as its main focus, and the entire area of ​​the park has been recognized as National Scenic Spot as in the garden represents the value at the beginning of the Meiji period (1868 -1912). Anyway, please note that you do not need to pay for admission to the Heian Jingu area. You just have to buy a ticket if you want to get into the park area.

In this area there are a variety of trees that will blossom Cheri Sakura in the spring, as well as a variety of other plants that will bloom like spring outside Azalea flowers (blooms in summer). The park has a special spot where there are a variety of plants and flowers are commonly shown in the literature of the Heian period, and the spot is called Heian-no-sono.

Different with Naka Shin'en, or the middle of the park. Parks that have been built since 1895 has a lake called Soryu-ike. Lake in the middle of the park is equipped with large rocks that can be used to cross the lake. Anyway, in this lake there are also flowers Iris as found in the west garden.