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  • Drying Japanese Vegerables
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  • Drying Persimmons, haning and suspended in the sun, the Japanese way of curing fruit and vegetables.
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  • Curing and drying vegetables, herbs, grains in Japan is done simply by hanging them from the rafters in the southernmost part of a farmhouse which gets the most sunshine exposure.  Plums, corn, radishes, persimmons are usually dried and cured in this way.
    japanese-farmhouse-4.jpg
  • Curing and drying vegetables, herbs, grains in Japan is done simply by hanging them from the rafters in the southernmost part of a farmhouse which gets the most sunshine exposure.  Plums, corn, radishes, persimmons are usually dried and cured in this way.
    japanese-farmhouse-5.jpg
  • Drying Fish at Japanese Fish Market
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  • Dried herring, a popular Japanese fish dish curing on a rack.
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  • Kelp are large seaweed plants (algae), belonging to the brown algae. Kelp grows in underwater kelp forests in shallow, coastal areas.  Known In Japan as wakame it is most widely used in miso soup.  Japanese have cultivated wakame for centuries and they still are the main producers and eaters.
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  • Japanese Kelp - Wakame (undaria pinnatifida) is a sea vegetable or edible seaweed. It has a subtle flavour and is most often served in soups and salads.<br />
Japanese farmers have cultivated wakame for hundreds of years.
    japanese-kelp-seaweed-1.jpg
  • Cao Lau, Hoi An Noodles - cao lau is Hoi An local style of noodles.  Part of its mystique is the special ingredients that go into its making.  The authentic version of this noodles dish can only be made with water from the ancient Ba Le well, and only ash from a tree grown on the nearby Cham Islands can be used in the making of the dough. But in reality the noodles aren’t as esoteric and mysterious as all those myths surrounding it. Nevertheless this is a dish demanding respect, because of the perfect balance of texture and flavor that makes cao lau special — it’s a dish that’s the sum of its parts.
    hoi-an-noodles-01.jpg
  • Cao Lau, Hoi An Noodles - cao lau is Hoi An local style of noodles.  Part of its mystique is the unusual background in its making.  It is said that the authentic noodles dish can only be made with water from the ancient Ba Le well, and that only ash from a tree grown on the nearby Cham Islands can be used in the making of the dough. But in reality the noodles aren’t as esoteric and mysterious as all those myths surrounding it. Nevertheless this is a dish demanding respect, because of the perfect balance of texture and flavor that makes cao lau special — it’s a dish that’s the sum of its part.
    hoi-an-noodles-04.jpg
  • Cao Lau, Hoi An Noodles - cao lau is Hoi An local style of noodles.  Part of its mystique is the unusual background in its making.  It is said that the authentic noodles dish can only be made with water from the ancient Ba Le well, and that only ash from a tree grown on the nearby Cham Islands can be used in the making of the dough. But in reality the noodles aren’t as esoteric and mysterious as all those myths surrounding it. Nevertheless this is a dish demanding respect, because of the perfect balance of texture and flavor that makes cao lau special — it’s a dish that’s the sum of its part.
    hoi-an-noodles-03.jpg
  • Inatori Fishing Port, Inatori, Izu . Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day.
    japanese-fish-10.jpg
  • Inatori Fishing Port, Izu - Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day. Izu supplies much of the fresh fish and seafood for Shizuoka prefecture.
    japanese-fish-3.jpg
  • Cao Lau, Hoi An Noodles - cao lau is Hoi An local style of noodles.  Part of its mystique is the unusual background in its making.  It is said that the authentic noodles dish can only be made with water from the ancient Ba Le well, and that only ash from a tree grown on the nearby Cham Islands can be used in the making of the dough. But in reality the noodles aren’t as esoteric and mysterious as all those myths surrounding it. Nevertheless this is a dish demanding respect, because of the perfect balance of texture and flavor that makes cao lau special — it’s a dish that’s the sum of its part.
    hoi-an-noodles-02.jpg
  • Japanese Fishmonger at Inatori Fishing Port . Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day.
    inatori-izu-3.jpg
  • Daikon or Japanese radishes, are the most popular vegetable in Japan. Pickled, grated, or raw, they are found in nearly every Japanese meal.  Daikon literally “big root” is a type of edible radish known for its very long white root.  The common variety is grown in the shape of a very large carrot. In Japan many kinds of pickles are made of daikon.  Oden, a popular winter soup dish, also features daikon as a principle ingredient.   Outside of Asia they are known as “Fodder Radish”.  Its Latin name is Raphanus sativus
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  • Japanese Fishmonger . Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day.
    japanese-fish-8.jpg
  • Wakame (undaria pinnatifida) is a sea vegetable or edible seaweed. It has a subtle flavour and is most often served in soups and salads.<br />
Japanese farmers have cultivated wakame for hundreds of years.
    japanese-kelp-seaweed-2.jpg
  • Vietnamese Herbalist Temple
    herbalist-temple-1.jpg
  • Japanese Kelp - Wakame (undaria pinnatifida) is a sea vegetable or edible seaweed. It has a subtle flavour and is most often served in soups and salads.<br />
Japanese farmers have cultivated wakame for hundreds of years.
    kelp.jpg
  • Dry Garden at Shunpu Banriso - . Outside the tea ceremony room at Shunpu Banriso there is a stone garden imitating Ryoanji. The garden was created when thie building was relocated from Kamakura, so it was not originally in the house – the well-maintained dry mountain garden.  Although it is often said that the garden imitates Ryoanji, but it has also been compared to Myorenji Garden as well.  Shunpu Banriso is a branch of the Kasama Nichido Museum.
    shunpu-banriso-05.jpg
  • Dry Garden at Shunpu Banriso - . Outside the tea ceremony room at Shunpu Banriso there is a stone garden imitating Ryoanji. The garden was created when thie building was relocated from Kamakura, so it was not originally in the house – the well-maintained dry mountain garden.  Although it is often said that the garden imitates Ryoanji, but it has also been compared to Myorenji Garden as well.  Shunpu Banriso is a branch of the Kasama Nichido Museum.
    shunpu-banriso-04.jpg
  • Dry Garden at Shunpu Banriso - . Outside the tea ceremony room at Shunpu Banriso there is a stone garden imitating Ryoanji. The garden was created when thie building was relocated from Kamakura, so it was not originally in the house – the well-maintained dry mountain garden.  Although it is often said that the garden imitates Ryoanji, but it has also been compared to Myorenji Garden as well.  Shunpu Banriso is a branch of the Kasama Nichido Museum.
    shunpu-banriso-09.jpg
  • Dry Garden at Shunpu Banriso - . Outside the tea ceremony room at Shunpu Banriso there is a stone garden imitating Ryoanji. The garden was created when thie building was relocated from Kamakura, so it was not originally in the house – the well-maintained dry mountain garden.  Although it is often said that the garden imitates Ryoanji, but it has also been compared to Myorenji Garden as well.  Shunpu Banriso is a branch of the Kasama Nichido Museum.
    shunpu-banriso-07.jpg
  • Dry Garden at Shunpu Banriso - . Outside the tea ceremony room at Shunpu Banriso there is a stone garden imitating Ryoanji. The garden was created when thie building was relocated from Kamakura, so it was not originally in the house – the well-maintained dry mountain garden.  Although it is often said that the garden imitates Ryoanji, but it has also been compared to Myorenji Garden as well.  Shunpu Banriso is a branch of the Kasama Nichido Museum.
    shunpu-banriso-06.jpg
  • Joshoji Temple Dry Garden - Joshoji Temple, built on top of Nishinakayama hill, is a temple of the Nishiren sect of Buddhism.  Besides its impressive gate leading up the hill to the temple, it also has a small dry garden in front of the main temple, as well as two small dry gardens at the bottom of the hill beside the parking lot.  Additionally, Josh-ji has a rare image of Kishibojin.
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  • Joshoji Temple Dry Garden - Joshoji Temple, built on top of Nishinakayama hill, is a temple of the Nishiren sect of Buddhism.  Besides its impressive gate leading up the hill to the temple, it also has a small dry garden in front of the main temple, as well as two small dry gardens at the bottom of the hill beside the parking lot.  Additionally, Josh-ji has a rare image of Kishibojin.
    joshoji-6.jpg
  • Joshoji Temple Dry Garden - Joshoji Temple, built on top of Nishinakayama hill, is a temple of the Nishiren sect of Buddhism.  Besides its impressive gate leading up the hill to the temple, it also has a small dry garden in front of the main temple, as well as two small dry gardens at the bottom of the hill beside the parking lot.  Additionally, Josh-ji has a rare image of Kishibojin.
    joshoji-4.jpg
  • Joshoji Temple Dry Garden - Joshoji Temple, built on top of Nishinakayama hill, is a temple of the Nishiren sect of Buddhism.  Besides its impressive gate leading up the hill to the temple, it also has a small dry garden in front of the main temple, as well as two small dry gardens at the bottom of the hill beside the parking lot.  Additionally, Josh-ji has a rare image of Kishibojin.
    joshoji-5.jpg
  • Takao Komagino Dry Karesansui Garden is a public garden supported by the city of Hachioji Tokyo.  Takao Komagino  has a total of three small gardens within its compound.   Its pond garden or chisen kaiyu style garden is modeled after those in Kyoto: Kinkaku-ji, Rokuon-ji and Nijo-jo Ninomaru Garden that are famous for this garden style inspired the design of this pond garden.  Visitors can appreciate views of a crane-shaped island, a tortoise shaped island, a waterfall composed of stones, wisteria trellis, and the showpiece: the lotus pond shaped like the Chinese character for “heart”. The pond is filled with Nishikigoi koi carp.  Attached to the teahouse building is a japanese dry landscape karesanui garden called Shozansui. By combining large and smaller stones planted on white sand it expresses an ideal world.  This type of garden uses gravel used to express the flow of water.  Normally these gardens are only found within Zen Buhddhist temples, and it is very rare to find one in a private garden such as this.  Besides all this, there is one additional small tea garden.  Takao Komagino  Garden is free to enter and even has a special suikinkutsu hand basin or chozubachi, which accentuates the sound of water.
    takao-komagino-13.jpg
  • Dried fish at Tomonoura Port on The Inland Sea - the body of water separating Japan's three main islands.  Besides being an excellent route for transportation most Inland Sea villages are devoted to the fishing industry.
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  • Takao Komagino Dry Karesansui Garden is a public garden supported by the city of Hachioji Tokyo.  Takao Komagino  has a total of three small gardens within its compound.   Its pond garden or chisen kaiyu style garden is modeled after those in Kyoto: Kinkaku-ji, Rokuon-ji and Nijo-jo Ninomaru Garden that are famous for this garden style inspired the design of this pond garden.  Visitors can appreciate views of a crane-shaped island, a tortoise shaped island, a waterfall composed of stones, wisteria trellis, and the showpiece: the lotus pond shaped like the Chinese character for “heart”. The pond is filled with Nishikigoi koi carp.  Attached to the teahouse building is a japanese dry landscape karesanui garden called Shozansui. By combining large and smaller stones planted on white sand it expresses an ideal world.  This type of garden uses gravel used to express the flow of water.  Normally these gardens are only found within Zen Buhddhist temples, and it is very rare to find one in a private garden such as this.  Besides all this, there is one additional small tea garden.  Takao Komagino  Garden is free to enter and even has a special suikinkutsu hand basin or chozubachi, which accentuates the sound of water.
    takao-komagino-14.jpg
  • Takao Komagino Dry Karesansui Garden is a public garden supported by the city of Hachioji Tokyo.  Takao Komagino  has a total of three small gardens within its compound.   Its pond garden or chisen kaiyu style garden is modeled after those in Kyoto: Kinkaku-ji, Rokuon-ji and Nijo-jo Ninomaru Garden that are famous for this garden style inspired the design of this pond garden.  Visitors can appreciate views of a crane-shaped island, a tortoise shaped island, a waterfall composed of stones, wisteria trellis, and the showpiece: the lotus pond shaped like the Chinese character for “heart”. The pond is filled with Nishikigoi koi carp.  Attached to the teahouse building is a japanese dry landscape karesanui garden called Shozansui. By combining large and smaller stones planted on white sand it expresses an ideal world.  This type of garden uses gravel used to express the flow of water.  Normally these gardens are only found within Zen Buhddhist temples, and it is very rare to find one in a private garden such as this.  Besides all this, there is one additional small tea garden.  Takao Komagino  Garden is free to enter and even has a special suikinkutsu hand basin or chozubachi, which accentuates the sound of water.
    takao-komagino-12.jpg
  • Takao Komagino Dry Karesansui Garden is a public garden supported by the city of Hachioji Tokyo.  Takao Komagino  has a total of three small gardens within its compound.   Its pond garden or chisen kaiyu style garden is modeled after those in Kyoto: Kinkaku-ji, Rokuon-ji and Nijo-jo Ninomaru Garden that are famous for this garden style inspired the design of this pond garden.  Visitors can appreciate views of a crane-shaped island, a tortoise shaped island, a waterfall composed of stones, wisteria trellis, and the showpiece: the lotus pond shaped like the Chinese character for “heart”. The pond is filled with Nishikigoi koi carp.  Attached to the teahouse building is a japanese dry landscape karesanui garden called Shozansui. By combining large and smaller stones planted on white sand it expresses an ideal world.  This type of garden uses gravel used to express the flow of water.  Normally these gardens are only found within Zen Buhddhist temples, and it is very rare to find one in a private garden such as this.  Besides all this, there is one additional small tea garden.  Takao Komagino  Garden is free to enter and even has a special suikinkutsu hand basin or chozubachi, which accentuates the sound of water.
    takao-komagino-11.jpg
  • Takao Komagino Dry Karesansui Garden is a public garden supported by the city of Hachioji Tokyo.  Takao Komagino  has a total of three small gardens within its compound.   Its pond garden or chisen kaiyu style garden is modeled after those in Kyoto: Kinkaku-ji, Rokuon-ji and Nijo-jo Ninomaru Garden that are famous for this garden style inspired the design of this pond garden.  Visitors can appreciate views of a crane-shaped island, a tortoise shaped island, a waterfall composed of stones, wisteria trellis, and the showpiece: the lotus pond shaped like the Chinese character for “heart”. The pond is filled with Nishikigoi koi carp.  Attached to the teahouse building is a japanese dry landscape karesanui garden called Shozansui. By combining large and smaller stones planted on white sand it expresses an ideal world.  This type of garden uses gravel used to express the flow of water.  Normally these gardens are only found within Zen Buhddhist temples, and it is very rare to find one in a private garden such as this.  Besides all this, there is one additional small tea garden.  Takao Komagino  Garden is free to enter and even has a special suikinkutsu hand basin or chozubachi, which accentuates the sound of water.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-258.jpg
  • Takao Komagino Dry Karesansui Garden is a public garden supported by the city of Hachioji Tokyo.  Takao Komagino  has a total of three small gardens within its compound.   Its pond garden or chisen kaiyu style garden is modeled after those in Kyoto: Kinkaku-ji, Rokuon-ji and Nijo-jo Ninomaru Garden that are famous for this garden style inspired the design of this pond garden.  Visitors can appreciate views of a crane-shaped island, a tortoise shaped island, a waterfall composed of stones, wisteria trellis, and the showpiece: the lotus pond shaped like the Chinese character for “heart”. The pond is filled with Nishikigoi koi carp.  Attached to the teahouse building is a japanese dry landscape karesanui garden called Shozansui. By combining large and smaller stones planted on white sand it expresses an ideal world.  This type of garden uses gravel used to express the flow of water.  Normally these gardens are only found within Zen Buhddhist temples, and it is very rare to find one in a private garden such as this.  Besides all this, there is one additional small tea garden.  Takao Komagino  Garden is free to enter and even has a special suikinkutsu hand basin or chozubachi, which accentuates the sound of water.
    takao-komagino-09.jpg
  • Dry Stone Garden at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine - The garden was created in 1980 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.  The adjacent peony garden features large stones which were a gift to the shrine from the Chinese government.  This peony garden was laid out by Chinese workmen along traditional lines.  The dry garden was created along Japanese lines similar to Zen karesansui gardens, although Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine is a shinto shrine which honors various gods, and has little to do with Zen Buddhism.
    tsurugaoka-peony-6.jpg
  • Dry Stone Garden at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine - The garden was created in 1980 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.  The adjacent peony garden features large stones which were a gift to the shrine from the Chinese government.  This peony garden was laid out by Chinese workmen along traditional lines.  The dry garden was created along Japanese lines similar to Zen karesansui gardens, although Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine is a shinto shrine which honors various gods, and has little to do with Zen Buddhism.
    tsurugaoka-peony-2.jpg
  • Ohori Dry Garden - Fukuoka’s Ohori Japanese strolling garden was built in 1979 to mark the park’s 50th anniversary. The garden is made up of hills, trees groves and ponds. It was constructed with traditional gardening techniques although it is relatively new. A winding stream, a dry Zen garden, and a teahouse along with its adjacent garden are laid out around the highlights of the venue.  Ohori Garden is one of the finest examples of modern Japanese gardening to date.
    ohori-garden-17.jpg
  • Ohori Dry Garden - Fukuoka’s Ohori Japanese strolling garden was built in 1979 to mark the park’s 50th anniversary. The garden is made up of hills, trees groves and ponds. It was constructed with traditional gardening techniques although it is relatively new. A winding stream, a dry Zen garden, and a teahouse along with its adjacent garden are laid out around the highlights of the venue.  Ohori Garden is one of the finest examples of modern Japanese gardening to date.
    ohori-garden-3.jpg
  • Ohori Dry Garden - Fukuoka’s Ohori Japanese strolling garden was built in 1979 to mark the park’s 50th anniversary. The garden is made up of hills, trees groves and ponds. It was constructed with traditional gardening techniques although it is relatively new. A winding stream, a dry Zen garden, and a teahouse along with its adjacent garden are laid out around the highlights of the venue.  Ohori Garden is one of the finest examples of modern Japanese gardening to date.
    ohori-garden-1.jpg
  • Dry Stone Garden at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine - The garden was created in 1980 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.  The adjacent peony garden features large stones which were a gift to the shrine from the Chinese government.  This peony garden was laid out by Chinese workmen along traditional lines.  The dry garden was created along Japanese lines similar to Zen karesansui gardens, although Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine is a shinto shrine which honors various gods, and has little to do with Zen Buddhism.
    tsurugaoka-peony-9.jpg
  • Dry Stone Garden at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine - The garden was created in 1980 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.  The adjacent peony garden features large stones which were a gift to the shrine from the Chinese government.  This peony garden was laid out by Chinese workmen along traditional lines.  The dry garden was created along Japanese lines similar to Zen karesansui gardens, although Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine is a shinto shrine which honors various gods, and has little to do with Zen Buddhism.
    tsurugaoka-peony-8.jpg
  • Dry Stone Garden at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine - The garden was created in 1980 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.  The adjacent peony garden features large stones which were a gift to the shrine from the Chinese government.  This peony garden was laid out by Chinese workmen along traditional lines.  The dry garden was created along Japanese lines similar to Zen karesansui gardens, although Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine is a shinto shrine which honors various gods, and has little to do with Zen Buddhism.
    tsurugaoka-peony-1.jpg
  • Ohori Dry Garden - Fukuoka’s Ohori Japanese strolling garden was built in 1979 to mark the park’s 50th anniversary. The garden is made up of hills, trees groves and ponds. It was constructed with traditional gardening techniques although it is relatively new. A winding stream, a dry Zen garden, and a teahouse along with its adjacent garden are laid out around the highlights of the venue.  Ohori Garden is one of the finest examples of modern Japanese gardening to date.
    ohori-garden-15.jpg
  • Ohori Dry Garden - Fukuoka’s Ohori Japanese strolling garden was built in 1979 to mark the park’s 50th anniversary. The garden is made up of hills, trees groves and ponds. It was constructed with traditional gardening techniques although it is relatively new. A winding stream, a dry Zen garden, and a teahouse along with its adjacent garden are laid out around the highlights of the venue.  Ohori Garden is one of the finest examples of modern Japanese gardening to date.
    ohori-garden-16.jpg
  • Dried Squid.  Fresh fish is an important form of food for the Japanese, who consume it nearly every day.
    dried-squid-2.jpg
  • Burnay Pottery out for its Final Drying Session - Burnay is a type of earthenware crafted with fine sand for tempering and is fired at  high temperature in huge ground kilns which makes it more durable than other types of terracotta.  Local fish sauce, and sugarcane vinegar would not taste as good if not fermented in stoneware burnay jars. Burnay technique was brought to Vigan by Chinese artisans.
    vigan-potters-07.jpg
  • Gyokudo Kawai was considered  a great master of Japanese painting who lived in Mitake so as a memorial to his accomplishments Gyokudo Museum was created by Ken Nakajima - the landscape architect. The garden has no specific observation point, thought it can be viewed from many angles without changing its general look.  A central design concept that has been used to describe this garden is nesting technique, which has long been utilized in Japanese art.  Natural stones found in adjacent Tama River were used for the garden's stones as well as a part of natural woods at the background crossed over the wall turned to be garden trees that have set the border between artificial and natural. This can be considered in contrast to borrowed scenery often employed in Japanese gardens. In other words, instead of designating as background, it directly employs the natural elements in the garden itself.
    gyokudo-7.jpg
  • Gyokudo Kawai was considered  a great master of Japanese painting who lived in Mitake so as a memorial to his accomplishments Gyokudo Museum was created by Ken Nakajima - the landscape architect. The garden has no specific observation point, thought it can be viewed from many angles without changing its general look.  A central design concept that has been used to describe this garden is nesting technique, which has long been utilized in Japanese art.  Natural stones found in adjacent Tama River were used for the garden's stones as well as a part of natural woods at the background crossed over the wall turned to be garden trees that have set the border between artificial and natural. This can be considered in contrast to borrowed scenery often employed in Japanese gardens. In other words, instead of designating as background, it directly employs the natural elements in the garden itself.
    gyokudo-4.jpg
  • Gyokudo Kawai was considered  a great master of Japanese painting who lived in Mitake so as a memorial to his accomplishments Gyokudo Museum was created by Ken Nakajima - the landscape architect. The garden has no specific observation point, thought it can be viewed from many angles without changing its general look.  A central design concept that has been used to describe this garden is nesting technique, which has long been utilized in Japanese art.  Natural stones found in adjacent Tama River were used for the garden's stones as well as a part of natural woods at the background crossed over the wall turned to be garden trees that have set the border between artificial and natural. This can be considered in contrast to borrowed scenery often employed in Japanese gardens. In other words, instead of designating as background, it directly employs the natural elements in the garden itself.
    gyokudo-6.jpg
  • Gyokudo Kawai was considered  a great master of Japanese painting who lived in Mitake so as a memorial to his accomplishments Gyokudo Museum was created by Ken Nakajima - the landscape architect. The garden has no specific observation point, thought it can be viewed from many angles without changing its general look.  A central design concept that has been used to describe this garden is nesting technique, which has long been utilized in Japanese art.  Natural stones found in adjacent Tama River were used for the garden's stones as well as a part of natural woods at the background crossed over the wall turned to be garden trees that have set the border between artificial and natural. This can be considered in contrast to borrowed scenery often employed in Japanese gardens. In other words, instead of designating as background, it directly employs the natural elements in the garden itself.
    gyokudo-5.jpg
  • Gyokudo Kawai was considered  a great master of Japanese painting who lived in Mitake so as a memorial to his accomplishments Gyokudo Museum was created by Ken Nakajima - the landscape architect. The garden has no specific observation point, thought it can be viewed from many angles without changing its general look.  A central design concept that has been used to describe this garden is nesting technique, which has long been utilized in Japanese art.  Natural stones found in adjacent Tama River were used for the garden's stones as well as a part of natural woods at the background crossed over the wall turned to be garden trees that have set the border between artificial and natural. This can be considered in contrast to borrowed scenery often employed in Japanese gardens. In other words, instead of designating as background, it directly employs the natural elements in the garden itself.
    gyokudo-1.jpg
  • Gyokudo Kawai was considered  a great master of Japanese painting who lived in Mitake so as a memorial to his accomplishments Gyokudo Museum was created by Ken Nakajima - the landscape architect. The garden has no specific observation point, thought it can be viewed from many angles without changing its general look.  A central design concept that has been used to describe this garden is nesting technique, which has long been utilized in Japanese art.  Natural stones found in adjacent Tama River were used for the garden's stones as well as a part of natural woods at the background crossed over the wall turned to be garden trees that have set the border between artificial and natural. This can be considered in contrast to borrowed scenery often employed in Japanese gardens. In other words, instead of designating as background, it directly employs the natural elements in the garden itself.
    gyokudo-3.jpg
  • The Issa Soju Memorial Hall in Nagareyama commemorates Issa Kobayashi, a renowned Japanese haiku poet in the 18th and 19th centuries and Soju Akimoto, a brewer of mirin. Issa Kobayashi visited Nagareyama often to see Sanzaemon Akimoto whose pen name was Soju. The home of Akimoto family showcases the Sojutei outer garden, Issa-an dry garden. Sojutei was originally built as the library and study of the Akimotos in the style of a tea-ceremony house. It has been restored, and consists of Okunoma, Nakanoma and Ochanoma with verandas  facing east, west and south overlooking the dry garden.  Issa-an consists of an eight tatami-mat room and is used for tea ceremonies and gathering of haiku poets.  The Issa-Soju Memorial Hall opened in 1995 to commemorate <br />
the friendship and correspondence between Soju Akimoto and Issa Kobayashi.
    issa-sojo-12.jpg
  • The Issa Soju Memorial Hall in Nagareyama commemorates Issa Kobayashi, a renowned Japanese haiku poet in the 18th and 19th centuries and Soju Akimoto, a brewer of mirin. Issa Kobayashi visited Nagareyama often to see Sanzaemon Akimoto whose pen name was Soju. The home of Akimoto family showcases the Sojutei outer garden, Issa-an dry garden. Sojutei was originally built as the library and study of the Akimotos in the style of a tea-ceremony house. It has been restored, and consists of Okunoma, Nakanoma and Ochanoma with verandas  facing east, west and south overlooking the dry garden.  Issa-an consists of an eight tatami-mat room and is used for tea ceremonies and gathering of haiku poets.  The Issa-Soju Memorial Hall opened in 1995 to commemorate <br />
the friendship and correspondence between Soju Akimoto and Issa Kobayashi.
    issa-sojo-11.jpg
  • The Issa Soju Memorial Hall in Nagareyama commemorates Issa Kobayashi, a renowned Japanese haiku poet in the 18th and 19th centuries and Soju Akimoto, a brewer of mirin. Issa Kobayashi visited Nagareyama often to see Sanzaemon Akimoto whose pen name was Soju. The home of Akimoto family showcases the Sojutei outer garden, Issa-an dry garden. Sojutei was originally built as the library and study of the Akimotos in the style of a tea-ceremony house. It has been restored, and consists of Okunoma, Nakanoma and Ochanoma with verandas  facing east, west and south overlooking the dry garden.  Issa-an consists of an eight tatami-mat room and is used for tea ceremonies and gathering of haiku poets.  The Issa-Soju Memorial Hall opened in 1995 to commemorate <br />
the friendship and correspondence between Soju Akimoto and Issa Kobayashi.
    issa-sojo-10.jpg
  • The Issa Soju Memorial Hall in Nagareyama commemorates Issa Kobayashi, a renowned Japanese haiku poet in the 18th and 19th centuries and Soju Akimoto, a brewer of mirin. Issa Kobayashi visited Nagareyama often to see Sanzaemon Akimoto whose pen name was Soju. The home of Akimoto family showcases the Sojutei outer garden, Issa-an dry garden. Sojutei was originally built as the library and study of the Akimotos in the style of a tea-ceremony house. It has been restored, and consists of Okunoma, Nakanoma and Ochanoma with verandas  facing east, west and south overlooking the dry garden.  Issa-an consists of an eight tatami-mat room and is used for tea ceremonies and gathering of haiku poets.  The Issa-Soju Memorial Hall opened in 1995 to commemorate <br />
the friendship and correspondence between Soju Akimoto and Issa Kobayashi.
    issa-sojo-9.jpg
  • The Issa Soju Memorial Hall in Nagareyama commemorates Issa Kobayashi, a renowned Japanese haiku poet in the 18th and 19th centuries and Soju Akimoto, a brewer of mirin. Issa Kobayashi visited Nagareyama often to see Sanzaemon Akimoto whose pen name was Soju. The home of Akimoto family showcases the Sojutei outer garden, Issa-an dry garden. Sojutei was originally built as the library and study of the Akimotos in the style of a tea-ceremony house. It has been restored, and consists of Okunoma, Nakanoma and Ochanoma with verandas  facing east, west and south overlooking the dry garden.  Issa-an consists of an eight tatami-mat room and is used for tea ceremonies and gathering of haiku poets.  The Issa-Soju Memorial Hall opened in 1995 to commemorate <br />
the friendship and correspondence between Soju Akimoto and Issa Kobayashi.
    issa-sojo-7.jpg
  • The Issa Soju Memorial Hall in Nagareyama commemorates Issa Kobayashi, a renowned Japanese haiku poet in the 18th and 19th centuries and Soju Akimoto, a brewer of mirin. Issa Kobayashi visited Nagareyama often to see Sanzaemon Akimoto whose pen name was Soju. The home of Akimoto family showcases the Sojutei outer garden, Issa-an dry garden. Sojutei was originally built as the library and study of the Akimotos in the style of a tea-ceremony house. It has been restored, and consists of Okunoma, Nakanoma and Ochanoma with verandas  facing east, west and south overlooking the dry garden.  Issa-an consists of an eight tatami-mat room and is used for tea ceremonies and gathering of haiku poets.  The Issa-Soju Memorial Hall opened in 1995 to commemorate <br />
the friendship and correspondence between Soju Akimoto and Issa Kobayashi.
    issa-sojo-6.jpg
  • The Issa Soju Memorial Hall in Nagareyama commemorates Issa Kobayashi, a renowned Japanese haiku poet in the 18th and 19th centuries and Soju Akimoto, a brewer of mirin. Issa Kobayashi visited Nagareyama often to see Sanzaemon Akimoto whose pen name was Soju. The home of Akimoto family showcases the Sojutei outer garden, Issa-an dry garden. Sojutei was originally built as the library and study of the Akimotos in the style of a tea-ceremony house. It has been restored, and consists of Okunoma, Nakanoma and Ochanoma with verandas  facing east, west and south overlooking the dry garden.  Issa-an consists of an eight tatami-mat room and is used for tea ceremonies and gathering of haiku poets.  The Issa-Soju Memorial Hall opened in 1995 to commemorate <br />
the friendship and correspondence between Soju Akimoto and Issa Kobayashi.
    issa-sojo-2.jpg
  • The Issa Soju Memorial Hall in Nagareyama commemorates Issa Kobayashi, a renowned Japanese haiku poet in the 18th and 19th centuries and Soju Akimoto, a brewer of mirin. Issa Kobayashi visited Nagareyama often to see Sanzaemon Akimoto whose pen name was Soju. The home of Akimoto family showcases the Sojutei outer garden, Issa-an dry garden. Sojutei was originally built as the library and study of the Akimotos in the style of a tea-ceremony house. It has been restored, and consists of Okunoma, Nakanoma and Ochanoma with verandas  facing east, west and south overlooking the dry garden.  Issa-an consists of an eight tatami-mat room and is used for tea ceremonies and gathering of haiku poets.  The Issa-Soju Memorial Hall opened in 1995 to commemorate <br />
the friendship and correspondence between Soju Akimoto and Issa Kobayashi.
    issa-sojo-1.jpg
  • Gyokudo Kawai was considered  a great master of Japanese painting who lived in Mitake so as a memorial to his accomplishments Gyokudo Museum was created by Ken Nakajima - the landscape architect. The garden has no specific observation point, thought it can be viewed from many angles without changing its general look.  A central design concept that has been used to describe this garden is nesting technique, which has long been utilized in Japanese art.  Natural stones found in adjacent Tama River were used for the garden's stones as well as a part of natural woods at the background crossed over the wall turned to be garden trees that have set the border between artificial and natural. This can be considered in contrast to borrowed scenery often employed in Japanese gardens. In other words, instead of designating as background, it directly employs the natural elements in the garden itself.
    gyokudo-2.jpg
  • The Issa Soju Memorial Hall in Nagareyama commemorates Issa Kobayashi, a renowned Japanese haiku poet in the 18th and 19th centuries and Soju Akimoto, a brewer of mirin. Issa Kobayashi visited Nagareyama often to see Sanzaemon Akimoto whose pen name was Soju. The home of Akimoto family showcases the Sojutei outer garden, Issa-an dry garden. Sojutei was originally built as the library and study of the Akimotos in the style of a tea-ceremony house. It has been restored, and consists of Okunoma, Nakanoma and Ochanoma with verandas  facing east, west and south overlooking the dry garden.  Issa-an consists of an eight tatami-mat room and is used for tea ceremonies and gathering of haiku poets.  The Issa-Soju Memorial Hall opened in 1995 to commemorate <br />
the friendship and correspondence between Soju Akimoto and Issa Kobayashi.
    issa-sojo-13.jpg
  • The Issa Soju Memorial Hall in Nagareyama commemorates Issa Kobayashi, a renowned Japanese haiku poet in the 18th and 19th centuries and Soju Akimoto, a brewer of mirin. Issa Kobayashi visited Nagareyama often to see Sanzaemon Akimoto whose pen name was Soju. The home of Akimoto family showcases the Sojutei outer garden, Issa-an dry garden. Sojutei was originally built as the library and study of the Akimotos in the style of a tea-ceremony house. It has been restored, and consists of Okunoma, Nakanoma and Ochanoma with verandas  facing east, west and south overlooking the dry garden.  Issa-an consists of an eight tatami-mat room and is used for tea ceremonies and gathering of haiku poets.  The Issa-Soju Memorial Hall opened in 1995 to commemorate <br />
the friendship and correspondence between Soju Akimoto and Issa Kobayashi.
    issa-sojo-3.jpg
  • Kamigamo Shrine or Kamo-wake-ikazuchi-Jinja which is its official name, is the oldest Shinto shrine in Kyoto. Kamigamo Jinja has preserved the legends relating to the birth of the shrine deity, Wakeikazuchi. The area contains many large trees such as oaks and weeping cherry trees coexisting in harmony. Kamigamo-jinja was officially registered in 1994 as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in recognition of its importance as a monument of ancient Kyoto.
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  • Shogunzuka Seiryudan Dainichi-do Garden - one of the very finest in Kyoto, sits on top of Mt Higashiyama and is well known for its viewing deck of the city below. The Seiryuden garden is a strolling garden but with many twists and turns, leading the visitor down mossy pathways, past a Zen dry garden, the distant view of Mt Nishiyama, and a stunning view of Kyoto underneath it all. This vast undertaking, back in the Muromachi period, it is clear that this was a monumental undertaking given the resources of the times. The dry karesansui garden, a masterpiece of its kind, was created by Nakane Kinsaku.
    Shogunzuka-Seiryudan-Garden-07.jpg
  • Shogunzuka Seiryudan Dainichi-do Garden - one of the very finest in Kyoto, sits on top of Mt Higashiyama and is well known for its viewing deck of the city below. The Seiryuden garden is a strolling garden but with many twists and turns, leading the visitor down mossy pathways, past a Zen dry garden, the distant view of Mt Nishiyama, and a stunning view of Kyoto underneath it all. This vast undertaking, back in the Muromachi period, it is clear that this was a monumental undertaking given the resources of the times. The dry karesansui garden, a masterpiece of its kind, was created by Nakane Kinsaku.
    Shogunzuka-Seiryudan-Garden-05.jpg
  • Joshinji Zen Garden - The Hondo main hall at Joshin-ji Temple was built in 1759 and has a striking zen garden next to the hall, one of the very few dry karesansui gardens in Tokyo. Joshin-ji Temple, also known as Kuhonbutsu is a large Jodo sect Buddhist temple in Jiyugaoka Tokyo.  The temple was established in 1678 and still maintains its original buildings . The grounds contain some of Tokyo’s oldest trees a few more than 700 years old.  Jōshin-ji is the home of the three Buddha Halls in front of the main Hall, devoted to Amida Buddha.  Each of the tall statues shows a different hand position, also known as Mudra, which have a symbolic meaning in esoteric Buddhism.  These Buddha Statues were the craftwork of the great master Kaseki Shonin who devoted his life to create nine different manifestations of the Amida Buddha.  The Niohmon Gate was completed in 1793. It houses a pair of fierce guardian divinities. Joshinji Kuhon Butsu is not listed as a tourist attraction and maintains its serenity as a working Jodo Buddhist temple without charing admissions, fees nor restrictions on entering.
    joshinji-garden-13.jpg
  • Joshinji Zen Garden - The Hondo main hall at Joshin-ji Temple was built in 1759 and has a striking zen garden next to the hall, one of the very few dry karesansui gardens in Tokyo. Joshin-ji Temple, also known as Kuhonbutsu is a large Jodo sect Buddhist temple in Jiyugaoka Tokyo.  The temple was established in 1678 and still maintains its original buildings . The grounds contain some of Tokyo’s oldest trees a few more than 700 years old.  Jōshin-ji is the home of the three Buddha Halls in front of the main Hall, devoted to Amida Buddha.  Each of the tall statues shows a different hand position, also known as Mudra, which have a symbolic meaning in esoteric Buddhism.  These Buddha Statues were the craftwork of the great master Kaseki Shonin who devoted his life to create nine different manifestations of the Amida Buddha.  The Niohmon Gate was completed in 1793. It houses a pair of fierce guardian divinities. Joshinji Kuhon Butsu is not listed as a tourist attraction and maintains its serenity as a working Jodo Buddhist temple without charing admissions, fees nor restrictions on entering.
    joshinji-garden-2.jpg
  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
    village-borie-9.jpg
  • Shogunzuka Seiryudan Dainichi-do Garden - one of the very finest in Kyoto, sits on top of Mt Higashiyama and is well known for its viewing deck of the city below. The Seiryuden garden is a strolling garden but with many twists and turns, leading the visitor down mossy pathways, past a Zen dry garden, the distant view of Mt Nishiyama, and a stunning view of Kyoto underneath it all. This vast undertaking, back in the Muromachi period, it is clear that this was a monumental undertaking given the resources of the times. The dry karesansui garden, a masterpiece of its kind, was created by Nakane Kinsaku.
    Shogunzuka-Seiryudan-Garden-09.jpg
  • Shogunzuka Seiryudan Dainichi-do Garden - one of the very finest in Kyoto, sits on top of Mt Higashiyama and is well known for its viewing deck of the city below. The Seiryuden garden is a strolling garden but with many twists and turns, leading the visitor down mossy pathways, past a Zen dry garden, the distant view of Mt Nishiyama, and a stunning view of Kyoto underneath it all. This vast undertaking, back in the Muromachi period, it is clear that this was a monumental undertaking given the resources of the times. The dry karesansui garden, a masterpiece of its kind, was created by Nakane Kinsaku.
    Shogunzuka-Seiryudan-Garden-08.jpg
  • Shogunzuka Seiryudan Dainichi-do Garden - one of the very finest in Kyoto, sits on top of Mt Higashiyama and is well known for its viewing deck of the city below. The Seiryuden garden is a strolling garden but with many twists and turns, leading the visitor down mossy pathways, past a Zen dry garden, the distant view of Mt Nishiyama, and a stunning view of Kyoto underneath it all. This vast undertaking, back in the Muromachi period, it is clear that this was a monumental undertaking given the resources of the times. The dry karesansui garden, a masterpiece of its kind, was created by Nakane Kinsaku.
    Shogunzuka-Seiryudan-Garden-06.jpg
  • Shogunzuka Seiryudan Dainichi-do Garden - one of the very finest in Kyoto, sits on top of Mt Higashiyama and is well known for its viewing deck of the city below. The Seiryuden garden is a strolling garden but with many twists and turns, leading the visitor down mossy pathways, past a Zen dry garden, the distant view of Mt Nishiyama, and a stunning view of Kyoto underneath it all. This vast undertaking, back in the Muromachi period, it is clear that this was a monumental undertaking given the resources of the times. The dry karesansui garden, a masterpiece of its kind, was created by Nakane Kinsaku.
    Shogunzuka-Seiryudan-Garden-04.jpg
  • Shogunzuka Seiryudan Dainichi-do Garden - one of the very finest in Kyoto, sits on top of Mt Higashiyama and is well known for its viewing deck of the city below. The Seiryuden garden is a strolling garden but with many twists and turns, leading the visitor down mossy pathways, past a Zen dry garden, the distant view of Mt Nishiyama, and a stunning view of Kyoto underneath it all. This vast undertaking, back in the Muromachi period, it is clear that this was a monumental undertaking given the resources of the times. The dry karesansui garden, a masterpiece of its kind, was created by Nakane Kinsaku.
    Shogunzuka-Seiryudan-Garden-01.jpg
  • Joshinji Zen Garden - The Hondo main hall at Joshin-ji Temple was built in 1759 and has a striking zen garden next to the hall, one of the very few dry karesansui gardens in Tokyo. Joshin-ji Temple, also known as Kuhonbutsu is a large Jodo sect Buddhist temple in Jiyugaoka Tokyo.  The temple was established in 1678 and still maintains its original buildings . The grounds contain some of Tokyo’s oldest trees a few more than 700 years old.  Jōshin-ji is the home of the three Buddha Halls in front of the main Hall, devoted to Amida Buddha.  Each of the tall statues shows a different hand position, also known as Mudra, which have a symbolic meaning in esoteric Buddhism.  These Buddha Statues were the craftwork of the great master Kaseki Shonin who devoted his life to create nine different manifestations of the Amida Buddha.  The Niohmon Gate was completed in 1793. It houses a pair of fierce guardian divinities. Joshinji Kuhon Butsu is not listed as a tourist attraction and maintains its serenity as a working Jodo Buddhist temple without charing admissions, fees nor restrictions on entering.
    daisuke-joshinji-2.jpg
  • Joshinji Zen Garden - The Hondo main hall at Joshin-ji Temple was built in 1759 and has a striking zen garden next to the hall, one of the very few dry karesansui gardens in Tokyo. Joshin-ji Temple, also known as Kuhonbutsu is a large Jodo sect Buddhist temple in Jiyugaoka Tokyo.  The temple was established in 1678 and still maintains its original buildings . The grounds contain some of Tokyo’s oldest trees a few more than 700 years old.  Jōshin-ji is the home of the three Buddha Halls in front of the main Hall, devoted to Amida Buddha.  Each of the tall statues shows a different hand position, also known as Mudra, which have a symbolic meaning in esoteric Buddhism.  These Buddha Statues were the craftwork of the great master Kaseki Shonin who devoted his life to create nine different manifestations of the Amida Buddha.  The Niohmon Gate was completed in 1793. It houses a pair of fierce guardian divinities. Joshinji Kuhon Butsu is not listed as a tourist attraction and maintains its serenity as a working Jodo Buddhist temple without charing admissions, fees nor restrictions on entering.
    daisuke-joshinji-1.jpg
  • Joshinji Zen Garden - The Hondo main hall at Joshin-ji Temple was built in 1759 and has a striking zen garden next to the hall, one of the very few dry karesansui gardens in Tokyo. Joshin-ji Temple, also known as Kuhonbutsu is a large Jodo sect Buddhist temple in Jiyugaoka Tokyo.  The temple was established in 1678 and still maintains its original buildings . The grounds contain some of Tokyo’s oldest trees a few more than 700 years old.  Jōshin-ji is the home of the three Buddha Halls in front of the main Hall, devoted to Amida Buddha.  Each of the tall statues shows a different hand position, also known as Mudra, which have a symbolic meaning in esoteric Buddhism.  These Buddha Statues were the craftwork of the great master Kaseki Shonin who devoted his life to create nine different manifestations of the Amida Buddha.  The Niohmon Gate was completed in 1793. It houses a pair of fierce guardian divinities. Joshinji Kuhon Butsu is not listed as a tourist attraction and maintains its serenity as a working Jodo Buddhist temple without charing admissions, fees nor restrictions on entering.
    joshinji-garden-12.jpg
  • Joshinji Zen Garden - The Hondo main hall at Joshin-ji Temple was built in 1759 and has a striking zen garden next to the hall, one of the very few dry karesansui gardens in Tokyo. Joshin-ji Temple, also known as Kuhonbutsu is a large Jodo sect Buddhist temple in Jiyugaoka Tokyo.  The temple was established in 1678 and still maintains its original buildings . The grounds contain some of Tokyo’s oldest trees a few more than 700 years old.  Jōshin-ji is the home of the three Buddha Halls in front of the main Hall, devoted to Amida Buddha.  Each of the tall statues shows a different hand position, also known as Mudra, which have a symbolic meaning in esoteric Buddhism.  These Buddha Statues were the craftwork of the great master Kaseki Shonin who devoted his life to create nine different manifestations of the Amida Buddha.  The Niohmon Gate was completed in 1793. It houses a pair of fierce guardian divinities. Joshinji Kuhon Butsu is not listed as a tourist attraction and maintains its serenity as a working Jodo Buddhist temple without charing admissions, fees nor restrictions on entering.
    joshinji-garden-11.jpg
  • Joshinji Zen Garden - The Hondo main hall at Joshin-ji Temple was built in 1759 and has a striking zen garden next to the hall, one of the very few dry karesansui gardens in Tokyo. Joshin-ji Temple, also known as Kuhonbutsu is a large Jodo sect Buddhist temple in Jiyugaoka Tokyo.  The temple was established in 1678 and still maintains its original buildings . The grounds contain some of Tokyo’s oldest trees a few more than 700 years old.  Jōshin-ji is the home of the three Buddha Halls in front of the main Hall, devoted to Amida Buddha.  Each of the tall statues shows a different hand position, also known as Mudra, which have a symbolic meaning in esoteric Buddhism.  These Buddha Statues were the craftwork of the great master Kaseki Shonin who devoted his life to create nine different manifestations of the Amida Buddha.  The Niohmon Gate was completed in 1793. It houses a pair of fierce guardian divinities. Joshinji Kuhon Butsu is not listed as a tourist attraction and maintains its serenity as a working Jodo Buddhist temple without charing admissions, fees nor restrictions on entering.
    joshinji-garden-3.jpg
  • Joshinji Zen Garden - The Hondo main hall at Joshin-ji Temple was built in 1759 and has a striking zen garden next to the hall, one of the very few dry karesansui gardens in Tokyo. Joshin-ji Temple, also known as Kuhonbutsu is a large Jodo sect Buddhist temple in Jiyugaoka Tokyo.  The temple was established in 1678 and still maintains its original buildings . The grounds contain some of Tokyo’s oldest trees a few more than 700 years old.  Jōshin-ji is the home of the three Buddha Halls in front of the main Hall, devoted to Amida Buddha.  Each of the tall statues shows a different hand position, also known as Mudra, which have a symbolic meaning in esoteric Buddhism.  These Buddha Statues were the craftwork of the great master Kaseki Shonin who devoted his life to create nine different manifestations of the Amida Buddha.  The Niohmon Gate was completed in 1793. It houses a pair of fierce guardian divinities. Joshinji Kuhon Butsu is not listed as a tourist attraction and maintains its serenity as a working Jodo Buddhist temple without charing admissions, fees nor restrictions on entering.
    joshinji-garden-5.jpg
  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
    bories-provence-03.jpg
  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
    village-borie-14.jpg
  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
    village-borie-10.jpg
  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
    village-borie-8.jpg
  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
    village-borie-7.jpg
  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
    village-borie-5.jpg
  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
    village-borie-3.jpg
  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
    village-borie-1.jpg
  • Motonobu Garden at Taizo-in - Taizo-in was built in 1404 and the oldest of the forty sub-temples at Myoshin-ji.  Taizo-in has three unusual gardens. The first garden to visit is Motonobu Garden next to the Hojo abbot's quarters - it is a classic dry landscape garden made of stones, satsuki, bamboo and white sand.  The second Heaven and Hell Garden is organized around a large weeping cherry tree that looms over the paths going left and right. To the right is a small stone garden made of black sand and pink stones. To the left of the cherry tree is another dry landscape garden, with white sand this time.  The paths around the cherry tree merge later, but it's worth trying both.  Finally,  Yoko-en is a modern design created in 1963 and very different from the previous ones.  Yoko-en is built on a slope with a waterfall with large expanse of satsuki bushes.  The lower part of the garden is occupied by a pond and a rest area covered by a wisteria or fuji in Japanese.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-150.jpg
  • Motonobu Garden at Taizo-in - Taizo-in was built in 1404 and the oldest of the forty sub-temples at Myoshin-ji.  Taizo-in has three unusual gardens. The first garden to visit is Motonobu Garden next to the Hojo abbot's quarters - it is a classic dry landscape garden made of stones, satsuki, bamboo and white sand.  The second Heaven and Hell Garden is organized around a large weeping cherry tree that looms over the paths going left and right. To the right is a small stone garden made of black sand and pink stones. To the left of the cherry tree is another dry landscape garden, with white sand this time.  The paths around the cherry tree merge later, but it's worth trying both.  Finally,  Yoko-en is a modern design created in 1963 and very different from the previous ones.  Yoko-en is built on a slope with a waterfall with large expanse of satsuki bushes.  The lower part of the garden is occupied by a pond and a rest area covered by a wisteria or fuji in Japanese.
    taizo-in-motonobu-1.jpg
  • Shogunzuka Seiryudan Dainichi-do Garden - one of the very finest in Kyoto, sits on top of Mt Higashiyama and is well known for its viewing deck of the city below. The Seiryuden garden is a strolling garden but with many twists and turns, leading the visitor down mossy pathways, past a Zen dry garden, the distant view of Mt Nishiyama, and a stunning view of Kyoto underneath it all. This vast undertaking, back in the Muromachi period, it is clear that this was a monumental undertaking given the resources of the times. The dry karesansui garden, a masterpiece of its kind, was created by Nakane Kinsaku.
    Shogunzuka-Seiryudan-Garden-10.jpg
  • Joshinji Zen Garden - The Hondo main hall at Joshin-ji Temple was built in 1759 and has a striking zen garden next to the hall, one of the very few dry karesansui gardens in Tokyo. Joshin-ji Temple, also known as Kuhonbutsu is a large Jodo sect Buddhist temple in Jiyugaoka Tokyo.  The temple was established in 1678 and still maintains its original buildings . The grounds contain some of Tokyo’s oldest trees a few more than 700 years old.  Jōshin-ji is the home of the three Buddha Halls in front of the main Hall, devoted to Amida Buddha.  Each of the tall statues shows a different hand position, also known as Mudra, which have a symbolic meaning in esoteric Buddhism.  These Buddha Statues were the craftwork of the great master Kaseki Shonin who devoted his life to create nine different manifestations of the Amida Buddha.  The Niohmon Gate was completed in 1793. It houses a pair of fierce guardian divinities. Joshinji Kuhon Butsu is not listed as a tourist attraction and maintains its serenity as a working Jodo Buddhist temple without charing admissions, fees nor restrictions on entering.
    daisuke-joshinji-4.jpg
  • Joshinji Zen Garden - The Hondo main hall at Joshin-ji Temple was built in 1759 and has a striking zen garden next to the hall, one of the very few dry karesansui gardens in Tokyo. Joshin-ji Temple, also known as Kuhonbutsu is a large Jodo sect Buddhist temple in Jiyugaoka Tokyo.  The temple was established in 1678 and still maintains its original buildings . The grounds contain some of Tokyo’s oldest trees a few more than 700 years old.  Jōshin-ji is the home of the three Buddha Halls in front of the main Hall, devoted to Amida Buddha.  Each of the tall statues shows a different hand position, also known as Mudra, which have a symbolic meaning in esoteric Buddhism.  These Buddha Statues were the craftwork of the great master Kaseki Shonin who devoted his life to create nine different manifestations of the Amida Buddha.  The Niohmon Gate was completed in 1793. It houses a pair of fierce guardian divinities. Joshinji Kuhon Butsu is not listed as a tourist attraction and maintains its serenity as a working Jodo Buddhist temple without charing admissions, fees nor restrictions on entering.
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  • Oven at Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
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  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
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  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
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  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
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  • Village de Bories - thirty restored dry stone huts, made of simple shapes represent an architectural masterpiece. Without the use of mortar, the borie have been skillfully stacked into huts with vaulted ceilings, reflecting the harmony of natural materials.  The word Borie comes from the Latin boaria - oxen stable. The borie gave shelter to farmers’ livestock. Village des Bories is an open-air museum near Gordes in the Vaucluse.  The origin of bories goes as far back as the Bronze Age. The village museum displays traditional objects and tools, as well as presenting the history of the Bories and dry stone architecture.
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