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A subtemple of Daitokuji, Zuiho-in enshrines the 16th-century Christian lord, Otomo Sorin. In the early 1960s, a landscape architect named Shigemori Misuzu rearranged the stones in the back rock garden into the shape of a crucifix. Zuiho-in's most interesting feature, though, is the main rock garden "Dozuka-tei", which is raked into appealing patterns that strongly suggest water ripples lapping against rock formations representing the Hohrai Mountains.

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A subtemple of Daitokuji, Zuiho-in enshrines the 16th-century Christian lord, Otomo Sorin. In the early 1960s, a landscape architect named Shigemori Misuzu rearranged the stones in the back rock garden into the shape of a crucifix. Zuiho-in's most interesting feature, though, is the main rock garden "Dozuka-tei", which is raked into appealing patterns that strongly suggest water ripples lapping against rock formations representing the Hohrai Mountains.

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