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Kōrin-an
こうりんあん
Katagiri Sekishū's Important Cultural Property at Jikō-in, expressing the trim restraint of the Sekishū school; open with the garden.
Jikō-in was founded in 1663 by Katagiri Sadamasa (Sekishū), lord of the Yamato-Koizumi domain, to pray for his late father. Sekishū is known as the founder of the Sekishū school of tea, and he invited Gyokushū Sōhan of Daitoku-ji as the temple's founding priest.
At a corner of the thatched shoin hall (an Important Cultural Property) are two tea rooms, Kōrin-an and Kan-chashitsu, both also designated Important Cultural Properties.
The garden is a national Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty, famous for its white sand, large clipped satsuki azalea hedges and the borrowed view across the Yamato plain.
Admission includes a bowl of matcha, served in the Important Cultural Property shoin while you look out over the garden.
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Admission to Jikō-in includes matcha served in the Important Cultural Property shoin overlooking the garden (about 40 minutes).
Visitor informationInformation
| Address | 865 Koizumi-chō, Yamatokōriyama, Nara |
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| Hours | 9:00–17:00 |
| Admission | ¥1,000 (elementary school age and up, matcha included); groups of 30+: ¥950 |
| Phone | +81-743-53-3004 |
Photo: Jikō-in — the site where this tea room stands, not the room itself. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.5 / 663highland
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