This garden belongs to a temple of the Chizan school (the Shingon sect) built in 1375 during the Eiwa Era of the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The garden itself was believed to have been made between the Keicho Era and the mid-Edo Period. It is built on a hillside, and each of its four sides is designed to serve as a front.
cultural property : historic sites and places of scenic beauty as natural monuments
type : places of scenic beauty
1-7-15 Mikunichō Takidani, Sakai-shi, Fukui-ken 913-0054
Tel：0776-82-0216
Takidan-ji is a temple of the Chizan school (the Shingon sect) founded in 1375 during the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The garden stretches from the main temple to the study, and is a Sansui (mountain-and-water) garden that utilizes the south hillside at the north of the main temple.
This garden is unique in a way that all sides are designed to be the front. A pond was made by curbing an exposed rock at the foot of the slope in the front of the building. Viewing the pond from the building, visitors can see large chinquapins (Castanopsis sieboldii), Japanese firs (Abies firma), and Japanese umbrella trees (Sciadopitys verticillata) in the back as well as old pines scattering on the front slope. Azaleas that are trimmed low are planted among the pines. There are also rocks with lanterns on top.
Takidan-ji has old buildings such as Chinju-do (a hall of Tutelary Deities of Land). Literature related to the temple and a number of cultural properties including a Buddhist sound instrument (金銅毛彫宝相華唐草文磬; National Treasure) and statues of Buddha are displayed in the repository.