Kodai-ji Temple is officially Kodaiji Jushozenji Temple & was established in 1606. Kodaiji's garden is said to have been designed by the garden designer Kobori Enshu and is designated by the Japanese Government as a historical site and a place of scenic beauty. Kodaiji south garden is a karesansui or dry rock garden that features raked gravel punctuated by conical formations and surrounded by borders of moss and stone.