10 September 2010

Togetsu Bridge over the Katsura River in Arashiyama, Kyoto (Japan)

As the centre of Japanese culture for more than a thousand years, it spans the development of Japanese wooden architecture, particularly religious architecture, and the art of Japanese gardens, which has influenced landscape gardening the world over. Most of the one hundred ninety-eight buildings and twelve gardens that make up the seventeen component parts of the property were built or designed from the 10th to the 17th centuries.

Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
UNESCO World Heritage Site