Ryoan-ji Garden Japanese gardens have many influences from Chinese civilization and used elements of plants, rocks and water to represent the natural world and natural forms. The Japanese gardens styles also were influenced by the religions of Shintoism and Buddhism. The Ryoan-ji garden is one of the most famous Zen Buddhism gardens in Kyoto, Japan and was built in the second half of the fifteenth century. It is a significant garden because of organization and symbolism. The organization of the Ryoan-ji garden was based on Zen gardens which are a medieval dry rock garden including rocks, sand, and moss. The Ryoan-ji is a rectangle about 300 meters square with 30 meters from east to west and 10 meters from south to north. The designers built
