Japanese Traditional Garden

Karesansui garden of Daisenin temple, in Kyoto.
In autumn 2001.
With Nikon F2 and Ai Nikkor 50mm.
Scanned with Nikon Super Coolscan LS-8000ED.

What is Karesansui?
It's a method that represents natural landscape
with rocks and gravel.
The garden is filled with gravel, and some rocks are in it.
Gravel means water, for example river or sea.
Rocks mean land or mountains.

Rock garden of Ryoanji temple, in Kyoto.
In autumn 2001.
With Nikon F2 and Ai Zoom Nikkor 35-105mm.
Scanned with Nikon Super Coolscan LS-8000ED.