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Shisendo Temple was founded by Jozan Ishikawa (1583-1672), who was known as a personal attendant of the famous shogun Ieyasu Tokugawa and also as a scholar of Chinese classics. This temple used to be the hermitage of Jozan and about 75 years later, the Buddhist priest of Shingon sect assigned to hold the ownership of Shisen-do. It’s famous for its garden with some round shaped azalea and the room with 36 paintings of Chinese poets.
This temple is located on the route of Kyoto Circuit Trail, so you can take a rest here after hiking while strolling the temple garden.

GTK also recommends Chishakuin Temple (智積院) to see azalea and unique Chinese style garden.
(see the details of Chishakuin on the GTK page: http://www.greentour-kyoto.net/green_east02.html)

At Unryu-in Temple (雲龍院) in the Sennyu-ji Temple Ground, visitors can enjoy not only beautiful azalea in the garden but also one of Buddhist trainings. This is called shakyo to transcribe a Buddhist sutra with 262 characters in kanji.
For the details, please see GTK blog: http://www.greentour-kyoto.net/kyoto/hiking-report-2013-5-19/