Dragon Gate Falls
(Ryûmon Taki)

These falls in the Kinkaku-ji garden drop a distance of 2.3 meters before emptying into the pool below. In the pool are stones resembling carp (rigyoseki), in reference to the ancient Chinese myth that when carp climb up waterfalls they transform into dragons. The dragon itself is exemplified by the diagonal rock seeming to rise up out of the water at the base of the falls.