The front garden of the hojo said to have been created by SEN no Rikyu features stones arranged in straight lines on the moss and is named 'Hyakuseki-no-Niwa' (lit. The Garden of a Hundred Stones) after the many arranged stones.
千利休作と伝えられている方丈前の庭で、苔庭に直線上に庭石を置き,石組みの多いことから「百積（ひゃくせき）の庭」といわれる。