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  • Jizo at Hokoku-ji Bamboo Garden Hokoku-ji Bamboo Garden - Hokoku-ji Kamakura is world famous for its bamboo garden containing more than 2000 Moso bamboos trees. Its nickname is Take-dera "Bamboo Temple" for that reason.  The bamboo garden is punctuated with stone lanterns, jizo and moss covered stones.  Besides the popular bamboo garden, and teahouse, Hokokuji also has a often overlooked Zen garden   Ashikaga Ietoki, ordered Zen priest Tengan Eko to establish Hokoku-ji. This temple became the family temple of the Ashikaga clan. Tengan was a disciple of Mugaku Sogen a contemporary of famous garden designer Muso Kokushi.
    hokokuji-bamboo-garden--3.jpg
  • Arashiyama bamboo groves are found behind Tenryuji Temple and along the trail to the Okochi Sanso. The bamboo is still used to manufacture various products, such as baskets, cups, boxes, mats and pieces of art at workshops in the Arashiyama area.  The bamboo grove trail is known in Japanese as Chikurin-no-komichi.  The grove is one of the most beautiful bamboo forests in Japan.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-5.jpg
  • Stone Lantern at Hokoku-ji Bamboo Garden - Hokoku-ji Kamakura is world famous for its bamboo garden containing more than 2000 Moso bamboos trees. Its nickname is Take-dera "Bamboo Temple" for that reason.  The bamboo garden is punctuated with stone lanterns, jizo and moss covered stones.  Besides the popular bamboo garden, and teahouse, Hokokuji also has a often overlooked Zen garden   Ashikaga Ietoki, ordered Zen priest Tengan Eko to establish Hokoku-ji. This temple became the family temple of the Ashikaga clan. Tengan was a disciple of Mugaku Sogen a contemporary of famous garden designer Muso Kokushi.
    hokokuji-bamboo-garden--4.jpg
  • Arashiyama Bamboo Grove Arashiyama is a district on the western outskirts of Kyoto, Japan. It also refers to the mountain across the Oi River, which forms a backdrop to the district.  Its famous Sagano Bamboo Grove is one of the most beautiful bamboo forests in Japan. The sound of the wind in this bamboo forest has been voted as one of "one hundred must-be-preserved sounds of Japan" by the Japanese government.
    arashiyama-bamboo-5.jpg
  • Hokoku-ji Kamakura is world famous for its bamboo garden containing more than 2000 Moso bamboos trees. Its nickname is Take-dera "Bamboo Temple" for that reason.  The bamboo garden is punctuated with stone lanterns, jizo and moss covered stones.  Besides the popular bamboo garden, and teahouse, Hokokuji also has a often overlooked Zen garden   Ashikaga Ietoki, ordered Zen priest Tengan Eko to establish Hokoku-ji. This temple became the family temple of the Ashikaga clan. Tengan was a disciple of Mugaku Sogen a contemporary of famous garden designer Muso Kokushi.
    hokokuji-bamboo-stone-1.jpg
  • Stone Lantern at Hokoku-ji Bamboo Garden - Hokoku-ji Kamakura is world famous for its bamboo garden containing more than 2000 Moso bamboos trees. Its nickname is Take-dera "Bamboo Temple" for that reason.  The bamboo garden is punctuated with stone lanterns, jizo and moss covered stones.  Besides the popular bamboo garden, and teahouse, Hokokuji also has a often overlooked Zen garden   Ashikaga Ietoki, ordered Zen priest Tengan Eko to establish Hokoku-ji. This temple became the family temple of the Ashikaga clan. Tengan was a disciple of Mugaku Sogen a contemporary of famous garden designer Muso Kokushi.
    hokokuji-bamboo-garden--5.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-8.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-2.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-10.jpg
  • Hokoku-ji Bamboo Garden - Hokoku-ji Kamakura is world famous for its bamboo garden containing more than 2000 Moso bamboos trees. Its nickname is Take-dera "Bamboo Temple" for that reason.  The bamboo garden is punctuated with stone lanterns, jizo and moss covered stones.  Besides the popular bamboo garden, and teahouse, Hokokuji also has a often overlooked Zen garden   Ashikaga Ietoki, ordered Zen priest Tengan Eko to establish Hokoku-ji. This temple became the family temple of the Ashikaga clan. Tengan was a disciple of Mugaku Sogen a contemporary of famous garden designer Muso Kokushi.
    hokokuji-bamboo-garden--1.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-6.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-9.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is a long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies, particularly those set in Kyoto.
    kyoto-bamboo-forest-1.jpg
  • Myokenji Bamboo Garden is a small, rectangular courtyard garden composed of bamboo which regrows every year.  The composition is said to have been based on a scoll painting "Sho Chiku Bai Zu" by Kohrin Ogata.  This garden has appeared in Nescafe commercials for its freshness.
    myokenji-bamboo-garden-02.jpg
  • Myokenji Bamboo Garden is a small, rectangular courtyard garden composed of bamboo which regrows every year.  The composition is said to have been based on a scoll painting "Sho Chiku Bai Zu" by Kohrin Ogata.  This garden has appeared in Nescafe commercials for its freshness.
    myokenji-bamboo-garden-01.jpg
  • Hokokuji Temple in Kamakaura is one of the few zen temples with a traditional garden in Kamakura, where the rocks, bamboo groves, zen garden, trees and plants are blended with the hills and natural background of the landscape.
    bamboo-grove.jpg
  • Myokenji Bamboo Garden is a small, rectangular courtyard garden composed of bamboo which regrows every year.  The composition is said to have been based on a scoll painting "Sho Chiku Bai Zu" by Kohrin Ogata.  This garden has appeared in Nescafe commercials for its freshness.
    myokenji-bamboo-garden-03.jpg
  • Shuzenji Bamboo Forest - Chikurin No Komichi in Shuzenji is a path that follows the Katura River - contrasts between the bamboo  stretching to the blue sky and the red bridges is what makes Shuzenji Onsen special. Shuzenji Onsen is one of the  most famous onsen towns in Japan located on the Izu Peninsula. Shuzenji attracts visitors with its attractive hilly setting and history.
    shuzenji-bamboo-5.jpg
  • Shuzenji Bamboo Forest - Chikurin No Komichi in Shuzenji is a path that follows the Katura River - contrasts between the bamboo  stretching to the blue sky and the red bridges is what makes Shuzenji Onsen special. Shuzenji Onsen is one of the  most famous onsen towns in Japan located on the Izu Peninsula. Shuzenji attracts visitors with its attractive hilly setting and history.
    shuzenji-bamboo-4.jpg
  • Shuzenji Bamboo Forest - Chikurin No Komichi in Shuzenji is a path that follows the Katura River - contrasts between the bamboo  stretching to the blue sky and the red bridges is what makes Shuzenji Onsen special. Shuzenji Onsen is one of the  most famous onsen towns in Japan located on the Izu Peninsula. Shuzenji attracts visitors with its attractive hilly setting and history.
    shuzenji-bamboo-1.jpg
  • Tropical Veranda at El Galleon Resort, Puerto Galera, The Philippines.  As with most beach towns in the Philippines, much use is made of natural local materials such as bamboo and coconuts which is not only economical but keeps cool in hot humid weather as well.
    bamboo-veranda.jpg
  • Bamboo Monkey Bridge - with nautical origins, a monkey bridge or flying bridge are commonly found in Southeast Asia over creeks and rivers to give locals access to neighboring areas. Sometimes not much more than a couple ropes or bamboo poles, it is used only for foot traffic.  The boat type of flying gangway is a catwalk raised fore-and-aft which allows safe passage when the deck is washed by heavy seas.
    bamboo-bridge-2.jpg
  • Hakone Museum of Art is not just about paintings and ancient ceramics.  The museum is famous for its moss garden as well as its bamboo garden, adjacent to the museum's main building.  Altogether, there are three distinct gardens at Hakone Museum of Art.  In addition to the bamboo garden, the moss garden, there is also Sekiraku-en garden which is usually only open to the public during spring and autumn.
    hakone-bamboo-garden-03.jpg
  • Hakone Museum of Art is not just about paintings and ancient ceramics.  The museum is famous for its moss garden as well as its bamboo garden, adjacent to the museum's main building.  Altogether, there are three distinct gardens at Hakone Museum of Art.  In addition to the bamboo garden, the moss garden, there is also Sekiraku-en garden which is usually only open to the public during spring and autumn.
    hakone-bamboo-garden-02.jpg
  • Hakone Museum of Art is not just about paintings and ancient ceramics.  The museum is famous for its moss garden as well as its bamboo garden, adjacent to the museum's main building.  Altogether, there are three distinct gardens at Hakone Museum of Art.  In addition to the bamboo garden, the moss garden, there is also Sekiraku-en garden which is usually only open to the public during spring and autumn.
    hakone-bamboo-garden-01.jpg
  • Bamboo Monkey Bridge - with nautical origins, a monkey bridge or flying bridge are commonly found in Southeast Asia over creeks and rivers to give locals access to neighboring areas. Sometimes not much more than a couple ropes or bamboo poles, it is used only for foot traffic.  The boat type of flying gangway is a catwalk raised fore-and-aft which allows safe passage when the deck is washed by heavy seas.
    bamboo-bridge-1.jpg
  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
    bamboo-fence-7.jpg
  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
    bamboo-fence-9.jpg
  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
    bamboo-fence-8.jpg
  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
    bamboo-fence-2.jpg
  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
    bamboo-fence-3.jpg
  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
    bamboo-fence-4.jpg
  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
    bamboo-fence-1.jpg
  • Japanese Dwarf Bamboo
    bamboo-9.jpg
  • Since the year 736, Hase-Dera Temple has been known as the 4th station among the 33 holy places in the Kanto area, and one of the main stops for Buddhist pilgrims in Kamakura, situated down the street from the Great Buddha of Kamakura.  Hase-Dera has landscaped Japanese gardens, a giant prayer wheel, jizo caves, a bamboo grove and a vegetarian restaurant up the hill with a bird-eye view of Kamakura and the Shonan Coast.
    bamboo-fountain.jpg
  • Chikurin-no-Michi or the Path of Bamboo is long path of bamboo trees in Arashiyama behind Tenryuji Temple. The scene appears frequently on Japanese TV dramas and in Japanese movies,particularly those set in Kyoto.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-41.jpg
  • Stone Lantern at Hokoku-ji Bamboo Garden - Hokoku-ji Kamakura is world famous for its bamboo garden containing more than 2000 Moso bamboos trees. Its nickname is Take-dera "Bamboo Temple" for that reason.  The bamboo garden is punctuated with stone lanterns, jizo and moss covered stones.  Besides the popular bamboo garden, and teahouse, Hokokuji also has a often overlooked Zen garden   Ashikaga Ietoki, ordered Zen priest Tengan Eko to establish Hokoku-ji. This temple became the family temple of the Ashikaga clan. Tengan was a disciple of Mugaku Sogen a contemporary of famous garden designer Muso Kokushi.
    hokokuji-amber-3.jpg
  • Teahouse at Hokoku-ji Bamboo Garden - Hokoku-ji Kamakura is world famous for its bamboo garden containing more than 2000 Moso bamboos trees. Its nickname is Take-dera "Bamboo Temple" for that reason.  The bamboo garden is punctuated with stone lanterns, jizo and moss covered stones.  Besides the popular bamboo garden, and teahouse, Hokokuji also has a often overlooked Zen garden   Ashikaga Ietoki, ordered Zen priest Tengan Eko to establish Hokoku-ji. This temple became the family temple of the Ashikaga clan. Tengan was a disciple of Mugaku Sogen a contemporary of famous garden designer Muso Kokushi.
    hokokuji-teahouse-1.jpg
  • Jizo at Hokoku-ji Bamboo Garden - Kamakura is world famous for its bamboo garden containing more than 2000 Moso bamboos trees. Its nickname is Take-dera "Bamboo Temple" for that reason.  The bamboo garden is punctuated with stone lanterns, jizo and moss covered stones.  Besides the popular bamboo garden, and teahouse, Hokokuji also has a often overlooked Zen garden   Ashikaga Ietoki, ordered Zen priest Tengan Eko to establish Hokoku-ji. This temple became the family temple of the Ashikaga clan. Tengan was a disciple of Mugaku Sogen a contemporary of famous garden designer Muso Kokushi.
    hokokuji-jizo-amber.jpg
  • Jizo at Hokoku-ji Bamboo Garden - Kamakura is world famous for its bamboo garden containing more than 2000 Moso bamboos trees. Its nickname is Take-dera "Bamboo Temple" for that reason.  The bamboo garden is punctuated with stone lanterns, jizo and moss covered stones.  Besides the popular bamboo garden, and teahouse, Hokokuji also has a often overlooked Zen garden   Ashikaga Ietoki, ordered Zen priest Tengan Eko to establish Hokoku-ji. This temple became the family temple of the Ashikaga clan. Tengan was a disciple of Mugaku Sogen a contemporary of famous garden designer Muso Kokushi.
    hokokuji-jizo-1.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-amber-1.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-09.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-21.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-18.jpg
  • Women in Kimono at Bamboo Grove Eishoji- Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-17.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-11.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-10.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-07.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-04.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-03.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-5.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-23.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-20.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-08.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-01.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-8.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-6.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-1.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-2.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
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  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-13.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-15.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-24.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-22.jpg
  • Bamboo Grove at Eishoji - Eisho-ji is the only convent remaining in Kamakura and was built in the early Edo Period in 1636.  Its full name is Tokozan Eishoji but it is almost always called just Eishoji.  It's nickname is the "flower temple" though it is most noteworthy for its bamboo grove and cave niches with buddha statues inside.   Eishoji was founded as a nunnery by Okatsu, the temple's named was derived from her nun name Eiisho-in.
    eishoji-02.jpg
  • Bamboo Garden at Tenshaen - Tenshaen Garden was built for the retirement of Munetada Date, the seventh feudal lord of Uwajma. It was named after a poem by Masamune Date that described the ideal way to live a life of retirement. The garden delights visitors with seasonal flowers in particular its famous arched bridge lined with wisteria trellises known as the “ascending wisterias”.  Another feature of the garden is the many varieties of bamboo surrounding a pond, associated with the sparrow and bamboo crest of the Date family.  Tensho-en Garden is a Daimyo Garden which was designed as a retirement villa for Masamune and is completed in the late Edo period.
    tenshaen-13.jpg
  • Bamboo Garden at Tenshaen - Tenshaen Garden was built for the retirement of Munetada Date, the seventh feudal lord of Uwajma. It was named after a poem by Masamune Date that described the ideal way to live a life of retirement. The garden delights visitors with seasonal flowers in particular its famous arched bridge lined with wisteria trellises known as the “ascending wisterias”.  Another feature of the garden is the many varieties of bamboo surrounding a pond, associated with the sparrow and bamboo crest of the Date family.  Tensho-en Garden is a Daimyo Garden which was designed as a retirement villa for Masamune and is completed in the late Edo period.
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  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
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  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-7.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-3.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-5.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-10.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-11.jpg
  • Bamboo Garden at Tenshaen - Tenshaen Garden was built for the retirement of Munetada Date, the seventh feudal lord of Uwajma. It was named after a poem by Masamune Date that described the ideal way to live a life of retirement. The garden delights visitors with seasonal flowers in particular its famous arched bridge lined with wisteria trellises known as the “ascending wisterias”.  Another feature of the garden is the many varieties of bamboo surrounding a pond, associated with the sparrow and bamboo crest of the Date family.  Tensho-en Garden is a Daimyo Garden which was designed as a retirement villa for Masamune and is completed in the late Edo period.
    tenshaen-14.jpg
  • Jizo-in, also known as the Bamboo Temple, thanks to its bamboo forest, was built in 1367 by the Hosakawa family. The temple flourished for five generations before the Onin war destroyed most of the buildings like so many others in Kyoto.  Its simple and quiet garden, not to mention the bamboo forest can be beautiful if the light is right. The temple’s name with the word Jizo in it refers to the small stone statues known to be guardians of women, children and travelers which, can often be found along roads as well as in many temples in Japan.  
    jizo-in-kyoto-4.jpg
  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans. The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-14.jpg
  • Bamboo Garden at Tenshaen - Tenshaen Garden was built for the retirement of Munetada Date, the seventh feudal lord of Uwajma. It was named after a poem by Masamune Date that described the ideal way to live a life of retirement. The garden delights visitors with seasonal flowers in particular its famous arched bridge lined with wisteria trellises known as the “ascending wisterias”.  Another feature of the garden is the many varieties of bamboo surrounding a pond, associated with the sparrow and bamboo crest of the Date family.  Tensho-en Garden is a Daimyo Garden which was designed as a retirement villa for Masamune and is completed in the late Edo period.
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  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden; sometimes called "The Bamboo Temple" because of this grove; elsewhere at Hokokuji the zen garden, trees and plants are blended with the hills and natural background of the landscape.
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  • Bamboo at Bangkok Treehouse<br />
- a unique eco hotel on Phra Pradaeng Peninsula, an island in the Chao Phrya River, often called "Bangkok's Lung" for its lack of development and plentiful trees and orchards.   Bangkok Tree House adheres to many green values.  For one thing, bamboo is used for much of the building materials, partly because of its sustainability and its local abundance.  Bamboo is also perfect building material and its strength and durability.  Here it is used for floors, walls, ceilings.  Solar cookers are used in the hotel's kitchen, along with solar hot water heaters.  Everything from cleaning materials, to food in the cafe is all organic in keeping with the policy of the place.
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  • Hokokuji Bamboo Garden, sometimes call "the Bamboo Temple" because of its large bamboo grove, was once the family temple of both the Ashikaga and Uesugi clans.  The temple and its gardens were established by Zen scholar and monk Tengan Eko, posthumously named Butsujo Zenji.
    hokokuji-6.jpg
  • Bamboo at Bangkok Treehouse - Bangkok Tree House is a unique eco hotel on Phra Pradaeng Peninsula, an island in the Chao Phrya River, often called "Bangkok's Lung" for its lack of development and plentiful trees and orchards.   Bangkok Tree House adheres to many green values.  For one thing, bamboo is used for much of the building materials, partly because of its sustainability and its local abundance.  Bamboo is also perfect building material and its strength and durability.  Here it is used for floors, walls, ceilings.  Solar cookers are used in the hotel's kitchen, along with solar hot water heaters.  Everything from cleaning materials, to food in the cafe is all organic in keeping with the policy of the place.
    bangkok-treehouse-09.jpg
  • Nandina domestica is a broadleaf shrub ornamentally grown for its fruit display. Native to Japan, China and India this evergreen shrub belonging to the Barberry family, it is commonly called heavenly bamboo since its stems and leaves resemble bamboo. Sprays of round red berries sprout in winter. 
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  • Bamboo is the largest species in the grass family Poaceae. In most types of bamboo the stems are hollow and the sections are modular. Besides having tensile strength that rivals steel, it is also a food source and one of the fastest growing plants on Earth.
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  • Bamboo is the largest species in the grass family Poaceae. In most types of bamboo the stems are hollow and the sections are modular. Besides having tensile strength that rivals steel, it is also a food source and one of the fastest growing plants on Earth.
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  • Japanese Bamboo Fence & Floral Arrangement - Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
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  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
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  • Jochiji Bamboo Grove & Tanuki Badger - Jochiji ranks 4th of the five great Zen Buddhist temples of Kamakura -  a branch of Engakuji located a few hundred meters away. Jochi-ji was founded in 1283 by the ruling Hojo family, to honor the premature death of their son. This was once a large temple complex with many sub-temples but now it is calm.  Behind the temple a circular path leads through the temple garden past caves and a graveyard.  At the temple's entrance at the bottom of the hill is one of the ten celebrated wells of Kamakura.  Jochiji is unique in that it has a two storey main gate with a bell on the second floor, an unusual combination at Japanese temples.  In addition the shape of the windows are in the shape of bells. The bell itself was cast in 1340.  At its peak, the Temple had 11 different structures including the main hall as well as numerous sub-temples, with 500 residents in the temple precinct.  Many people are familiar with Jochiji as it is alongside the Daibutsu Hiking Trail.  Many visitors hiking or making pilgrimage to the Great Buddha of Kamakura along this trail pass by Jochiji and many stop for a visit en route.
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  • Gio-ji Temple Garden in Arashiyama Kyoto/  In recent years the temple was left unattended and fell in disrepair until an enterprising nun Chishoni moved in and tidied the grounds. Chishoni had been a geisha before taking the vows as a nun. Giyo-ji is a small hermitage now, and its main feature is its moss garden. A small stream crosses through the garden, allowing different types of moss to grow.  The garden is surrounded by a path.  On the northern side, there is a bamboo grove nicely integrated in the composition of the garden as a whole.  Giyo-ji is one of the best moss gardens in Kyoto, after the more famous Koke-dera.
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  • Coconut Rice served in Bamboo
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  • Cambodian folk music is highly influenced by ancient as well as Hindu forms.  Pinpeat orchestras are made up of bamboo xylophone, gongs and various kinds of drums.
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  • Gio-ji Temple Garden in Arashiyama Kyoto/  In recent years the temple was left unattended and fell in disrepair until an enterprising nun Chishoni moved in and tidied the grounds. Chishoni had been a geisha before taking the vows as a nun. Giyo-ji is a small hermitage now, and its main feature is its moss garden. A small stream crosses through the garden, allowing different types of moss to grow.  The garden is surrounded by a path.  On the northern side, there is a bamboo grove nicely integrated in the composition of the garden as a whole.  Giyo-ji is one of the best moss gardens in Kyoto, after the more famous Koke-dera.
    gio-ji-12.jpg
  • Gio-ji Temple Garden in Arashiyama Kyoto/  In recent years the temple was left unattended and fell in disrepair until an enterprising nun Chishoni moved in and tidied the grounds. Chishoni had been a geisha before taking the vows as a nun. Giyo-ji is a small hermitage now, and its main feature is its moss garden. A small stream crosses through the garden, allowing different types of moss to grow.  The garden is surrounded by a path.  On the northern side, there is a bamboo grove nicely integrated in the composition of the garden as a whole.  Giyo-ji is one of the best moss gardens in Kyoto, after the more famous Koke-dera.
    gio-ji-4.jpg
  • Khao lam is sticky rice with coconut cream cooked in specially prepared bamboo sections.  It can be prepared with white or purple varieties of glutinous rice. Sometimes a few beans or nuts are added and mixed in with the rice.
    khao-lam.jpg
  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
    chikurin-in-6.jpg
  • Gio-ji Temple Garden in Arashiyama Kyoto/  In recent years the temple was left unattended and fell in disrepair until an enterprising nun Chishoni moved in and tidied the grounds. Chishoni had been a geisha before taking the vows as a nun. Giyo-ji is a small hermitage now, and its main feature is its moss garden. A small stream crosses through the garden, allowing different types of moss to grow.  The garden is surrounded by a path.  On the northern side, there is a bamboo grove nicely integrated in the composition of the garden as a whole.  Giyo-ji is one of the best moss gardens in Kyoto, after the more famous Koke-dera.
    gio-ji-19.jpg
  • Khao lam is sticky rice with coconut cream cooked in specially prepared bamboo sections.  It can be prepared with white or purple varieties of glutinous rice. Sometimes a few beans or nuts are added and mixed in with the rice.
    khao-lam-02.jpg
  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
    bamboo-fence.jpg
  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background. 
    bamboo-fence-10.jpg
  • Fences and screens - kakine or kaki - are made of bamboo, wood and branches are used to define where one landscape design element cedes to another. In this way they are symbolic margins and represent the balance between nature and human intervention. Fences are also used as backdrops.  Japanese garden fences are also used to distract the eye from an unappealing background.
    bamboo-fence-01.jpg
  • Rickshaw at Arashiyama bamboo groves, found behind Tenryuji Temple and along the trail to the Okochi Sanso. The bamboo is still used to manufacture various products, such as baskets, cups, boxes, mats and pieces of art at workshops in the Arashiyama area.  The bamboo grove trail is known in Japanese as Chikurin-no-komichi
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