Tsuru-jima on the left and Kame-jima on the right. Tsuru-jima was once destroyed in the early 19th century to expand Ichijo family's graveyards and Shigemori restored it. Tradition says that Kame-jima moved like a real turtle the night after the completion of the garden. Sesshu put a large upright stone on its back and the turtle stopped moving.
November 27, 2008