Although it
does contain any number of flowers, it seems more like a highly sculpted,
almost manicured landscape than a garden as we would understand it.
Considered by many to be the ultimate Japanese garden, it charges
accordingly (650 yen), but obviously assumes you expect your money's worth,
thus advising that you might manage a quick visit of little more than half
an hour.
As the entire place is only about a hundred metres
long, you could probably do it in a couple of minutes, but then the point is
to take in the perfection at a leisurely pace, preferably from the tea shop
which overlooks the scene and is, ironically entered directly from the
street without having to pay the admission fee at all. |