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 | | Northeast of Kyoto, about a 15-minute walk from the Shugakuin Rikyu-michi bus stop (take bus no. 5 from Kyoto Station), this villa was built in the mid-1600s for Emperor Go-Mizunoo, who became a monk after his abdication. |
 | | It was built between 1620 and 1624 by Prince Toshihito, brother of the emperor, and construction was continued by Toshihito's son. |
 | | Its stroll garden, among Kyoto's largest, is divided into three levels: The upper garden, with its lake, islands, and waterfalls, is the most extensive of the three and uses the principle known as "borrowed landscape," in which the surrounding landscape is incorporated into the overall garden design. |
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