Jikoin temple, the shapes of Zen [Deep Japan] by the Last Samurai 慈光院

The Last Samurai visits Jikoin temple in Yamato Koriyama city, Nara prefecture and introduces its Zen garden. This temple was found by Katagiri Sekishu, the feudal lord of Yamato Koizumi domain in 1663. As Sekishu was the authority of tea ceremony, this whole temple was designed as a single tea room. You can also learn the meaning of square, triangle and circle in Zen Buddhism. #zen #nara #japantravel