Hōtokuji — the temple with the mirror floor (宝徳寺) 宝徳寺
The floor reflects the maples like a mirror: a rare effect, three windows a year.
宝徳寺 is a Sōtō Zen temple in the hills north of Kiryū. Its recent fame comes from the lacquered floor of the main hall, which in winter is just a floor like any other and in three windows of the year (spring, summer, autumn) reflects the maples of the outer garden, an effect the temple itself describes as rare in Japan. In the same summer months the garden fills with about three thousand coloured wind chimes, hung for the 風鈴まつり (chime festival). The temple's stamps (御朱印) change every month, and this draws regular collectors as well as passing visitors.
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