Nanzen-ji Zen Temple Garden

The temple dates from 1289 but was repeatedly destroyed by fire and most of the old garden was lost. A new zen garden, called the Leaping Tiger Garden, was made after 1611. It has a large sand rectangle enclosed by a buildings on two sides and a sloping bank on another side. The bank has rock compositions at its foot which can be seen as tiger cubs or as a turtle and a crane (animals associated with the Isles of the Immortals).