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Sesshu Garden illumination begins in Yamaguchi through Nov. 23
Joeiji Temple’s Sesshu Garden is lit for autumn evenings in Yamaguchi, a city in western Japan.
The illumination began Oct.
10 and runs from 6 to 9 p.m.
on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays through Nov.
23.
The garden is a national historic site and place of scenic beauty, with ponds and stones set against wooded hills.
It is said to have been designed by the painter Sesshu in the 15th century, after a local feudal lord ordered its construction.
Colored lights and quiet music evoke Sesshu’s journeys and the seasons, while images of his work are projected inside the temple’s main hall.
The event is part of a tourism campaign led by West Japan Railway, the Yamaguchi prefectural government and others, and gives visitors a chance to see the garden after dark.
The evening illumination of Joeiji Temple’s Sesshu Garden in Yamaguchi began on Oct. 10.
The garden will be lit from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays through Nov. 23.
The event features changing lights, quiet music and video images of Sesshu’s National Treasure painting “Landscape of the Four Seasons.”
It is part of the Yamaguchi Destination Campaign, a tourism project involving JR West, the Yamaguchi Prefectural Government and others.
Tickets bought on the day cost 1,300 yen, while online adult tickets cost 1,100 yen.
- Who
- Joeiji Temple is holding the illumination at Sesshu Garden.
- What
- An evening illumination featuring changing lights, quiet music and projected video images of Sesshu’s “Landscape of the Four Seasons.
- When
- It began Oct. 10 and runs from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays through Nov. 23.
- Where
- Sesshu Garden at Joeiji Temple, in the Miyanoshimo district of Yamaguchi, Japan.
- Why
- The illumination is part of the Yamaguchi Destination Campaign, a tourism project.
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The evening illumination of Sesshu Garden began.
The garden is scheduled to be lit from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
- Location
- Joeiji Temple’s Sesshu Garden, Miyanoshimo district, Yamaguchi
- Illumination hours
- 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
- End date
- Nov. 23
- Day-of ticket
- 1,300 yen
- Online adult ticket
- 1,100 yen
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