「光明禅寺」福岡県・”Komyozenji temple” Fukuoka-pref.

「光明禅寺」福岡県

 「一滴海庭」昭和３２年（1957年）重森三玲による作庭。本堂の濡れ縁から観賞する座観式の枯山水庭園です。光明禅寺には鎌倉時代に作られた古い庭がありましたが荒廃していたために重盛美玲が古い紅葉を切らずにそれらを活かしながら新たに作庭し直したものです。枯山水と茶室及び露地が隣り合う形式で、板張りの観月台が付属します。重森三玲が九州に作った４つの庭のうち一般が拝観できる唯一の庭です。秋の紅葉の頃が最も賑わいます。しかし、晩春から初夏の青モミジの頃が一番美しいかもしれません。

場所は太宰府天満宮の参道を直進し突き当たりの鳥居を天満宮とは反対側の右に曲がり１００mほど直進した突き当たりです。

◼︎名称：神護山 光明寺（臨済宗東福寺派）

◼︎住所：福岡県太宰府市宰府２丁目１６−１

◼︎TEL：092-922-4053

◼︎拝観時間：8:00-17:00

◼︎拝観料：¥300

◼︎駐車場：無し。 近隣に公営駐車場・終日¥500

◼︎アクセス：西鉄太宰府駅より徒歩５分

太宰府天満宮とあわせて拝観がお勧め。九州国立博物館も。

"Komyozenji temple" Fukuoka-pref.

"One Drop Sea Garden" Showa 32 (1957) Garden by Mirei Shigemori. It is a sitting Karesansui garden that you can see from the corridor of the main hall. There was an old garden built in the Kamakura period at Komyozenji Temple, but because it was devastated, Mirei Shigemori recreated the garden while making use of the old autumn leaves without cutting them. A dry landscape garden, a tea room, and an open field are adjacent to each other, and a deck with a wooden moon-viewing board is attached. Of the four gardens created by Mirei Shigemori in Kyushu, this is the only garden that can be seen by the general public. It is most crowded during the autumn leaves. However, the maple fresh green (Aomomiji) period from late spring to early summer may be the most beautiful.

The place is the end where you go straight on the approach to Dazaifu Tenmangu, turn right at the torii gate at the end, and go straight for about 100m.

◼︎ Name: Shingosan Komyo-ji Temple (Rinzai Sect Tofukuji School)

◼︎ Address: 2-16-1 Saifu, Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture

◼︎TEL: 092-922-4053

◼︎ Visiting time: 8: 00-17: 00

◼︎ Admission fee: ¥ 300

◼︎ Parking: None. Public parking lot nearby, all day ¥ 500

◼︎ Access: 5 minutes walk from Nishitetsu Dazaifu Station

It is recommended to visit along with Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine. Also at the Kyushu National Museum.