Before entering the temple's garden, we made a brief stop, again, within the bamboo forest.

The temple's Sogenchi Teien, Sogen Pond Garden, designed as a so-called strolling pond garden, was created nearly 700 years ago by Zen master Muso Soseki and retains much of its original appearance today.

This photo and those that follow were taken in the Garden of a Hundred Flowers.

Pink Japanese pieris, Pieris japonica

Pieris japonica

Sogenchi Teien again. The garden draws on a tradition known as shakkei, in which nearby mountains are used to give the garden a sense of greater depth and proportion.

The stone garden in the foreground lies directly in front of the temple's hojo, or main hall.

These images appeared in our earlier Arashiyama gallery from our fall visit to the bamboo grove. As described there, they are known as Arashiyama Rakan and are arhats: ones who have achieved enlightenment. They were presented to a sub-temple of Tenryu-ji and are dedicated to the repose of victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995.

And a final stop at the river before departing Arashiyama