At the beginning of the Meiji era, shrines were deprived of their precincts by the government except for the space necessary for performing rites . Afterward many shrines made "shin-en(shrine garden)" in the precincts. The reason was that precincts began to draw people's attention at the time. There were especial ly many shrines in Kyoto, and they have played an important part in creating urban environment there. "Shin-en(shrine garden) " embodies the relationship between precincts and the green areas in those days. This paper deals with the "shin-en(shrine garden)" In Kyoto and throws light on the background of the creation of "shin-en(shrine garden) ".
