{"id":13987,"date":"2025-11-04T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenedwards.org.uk\/image\/?p=13987"},"modified":"2026-02-08T14:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T14:46:56","slug":"gio-ji-the-japanese-word-for-moss-is-koke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenedwards.org.uk\/image\/2025\/11\/04\/gio-ji-the-japanese-word-for-moss-is-koke\/","title":{"rendered":"gio\u2009\u2014\u2009ji | the japanese word for moss is&nbsp;koke"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13987\" class=\"elementor elementor-13987\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbed940 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fbed940\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-705a3c2 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget 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href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kenedwards.org.uk\/image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wpmoss-7-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"a97d8f1\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTM5MzMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9rZW5lZHdhcmRzLm9yZy51a1wvaW1hZ2VcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC93cG1vc3MtNy1zY2FsZWQuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYTk3ZDhmMSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-gallery-image elementor-gallery-item__image\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kenedwards.org.uk\/image\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/wpmoss-7-scaled.jpg?fit=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1\" data-width=\"600\" data-height=\"400\" aria-label role=\"img\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-gallery-item__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54acf6c elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"54acf6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>the veneration of moss as a&nbsp;feature in traditional japanese landscape gardening is widely-known.<\/p><p>possibly the most renowned example is the zen buddhist temple in the south-west of kyoto, popularly known as&nbsp;<i>koke dera<\/i>(simply \u2018moss temple\u2019 in english). its correct and formal name is <em>k\u014dinzan saih\u014d-ji<\/em> (<span title=\"Japanese-language text\"><span lang=\"ja\">\u6d2a\u96a0\u5c71\u897f\u82b3\u5bfa<\/span><\/span>). although growing in popularity with the expanding tourist boom in japan since the covid pandemic, visits are by pre-booking only, and numbers are limited.<\/p><p>another, often overlooked moss garden, where this post\u2019s images were taken, is attached to the tiny temple of <i><strong>gio-ji<\/strong><\/i> (\u7947\u738b\u5bfa), only a&nbsp;few square metres in total area, to the north-west of kyoto. it can be reached in a&nbsp;relatively short walk from the tourist hotspot of <i>arashiyama.<\/i> of the relatively few visitors, many only stay a&nbsp;few minutes. in mid-summer they will find themselves bathed in an other-worldly viridescent glow, something i&nbsp;found very difficult to tear myself away from.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p>these photographs were made in august this year. 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