A quick survey of Japanese rock gardens. Bowdoin College site for Zen gardens Many Japanese gardens featured here, with still images and Quicktime videos. The JGardens site compiles Japanese gardens worldwide, but here are direct links to Urasenke Tea School, Ryoan-ji, Tofuku-ji, Daitoku-ji, Nanzen-ji Hojo, and Daisen-in (all in Kyoto).The primary images are links to a larger photo gallery. Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto The most famous of dry gardens. The best schematic explanation I've heard is that it displays a Zen concept of "ascending co-dependency" (or something to that effect). A few nice detail shots here. The Shisen-do moss garden The Silver Pavillion of the Ginkaku-ji garden.