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  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
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  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
    northern-culture-niitsu-07.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
    northern-culture-niitsu-09.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
    northern-culture-niitsu-08.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
    northern-culture-niitsu-05.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
    northern-culture-niitsu-01.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
    northern-culture-niitsu-03.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
    northern-culture-niitsu-02.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
    northern-culture-niitsu-06.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
    northern-culture-niitsu-04.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niigata Annex - Hoppoubunka Hakubutsukan Niigata Maykan - was first opened by the landowner Gono Ito Bunkichi, who represented Niigata from during the Showa era. It was also the mansion where literary art historian Yaichi Aizu spent his final years.  The garden itself was designed by Goto Ishimizu.  The Northern Culture Museum operated three different facilities in the Niigata area, all of them contain Japanese gardens of varying quality.
    northern- culture-annex-3.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niigata Annex - Hoppoubunka Hakubutsukan Niigata Maykan - was first opened by the landowner Gono Ito Bunkichi, who represented Niigata from during the Showa era. It was also the mansion where literary art historian Yaichi Aizu spent his final years.  The garden itself was designed by Goto Ishimizu.  The Northern Culture Museum operated three different facilities in the Niigata area, all of them contain Japanese gardens of varying quality.
    northern- culture-annex-1.jpg
  • Northern Culture Museum Niigata Annex - Hoppoubunka Hakubutsukan Niigata Maykan - was first opened by the landowner Gono Ito Bunkichi, who represented Niigata from during the Showa era. It was also the mansion where literary art historian Yaichi Aizu spent his final years.  The garden itself was designed by Goto Ishimizu.  The Northern Culture Museum operated three different facilities in the Niigata area, all of them contain Japanese gardens of varying quality.
    northern- culture-annex-2.jpg
  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
    Furusato-Kaikan-14.jpg
  • The Edo Tokyo Museum is a replication of an elevated-floor type warehouse. The Edo-Tokyo Museum was founded on March 28,1993, as the place where visitors come to learn more about Tokyoís history and culture. You can find original and replicated exhibits, as well as large-scale models, faithful representations of their originals, which have been reproduced after painstaking investigations and research.  Beside the exhibitions, the Audio-Visual Hall and Library make this a museum a place where visitors can learn while having fun at the same time.
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  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
    Furusato-Kaikan-13.jpg
  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
    Furusato-Kaikan-15.jpg
  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
    Furusato-Kaikan-11.jpg
  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
    Furusato-Kaikan-12.jpg
  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
    Furusato-Kaikan-08.jpg
  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
    Furusato-Kaikan-07.jpg
  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
    Furusato-Kaikan-03.jpg
  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
    Furusato-Kaikan-09.jpg
  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
    Furusato-Kaikan-06.jpg
  • Located on the Hamakua Coast, Waipio Valley was the boyhood home of King Kamehameha I, and an important center for political and religious life in Hawaii. Not only is Waipio Valley an important site for Hawaiian history and culture, it's also a place of dramatic beauty.  This fertile valley is about one mile across and over five miles deep surrounded by cliffs. Waipio Valley was once the home of thousands of Native Hawaiians. Today, there are less than 100 residents living amongst the waterfalls, taro fields and rivers in the valley.
    Waipio-Valley-02.jpg
  • Located on the Hamakua Coast, Waipio Valley was the boyhood home of King Kamehameha I, and an important center for political and religious life in Hawaii. Not only is Waipio Valley an important site for Hawaiian history and culture, it's also a place of dramatic beauty.  This fertile valley is about one mile across and over five miles deep surrounded by cliffs. Waipio Valley was once the home of thousands of Native Hawaiians. Today, there are less than 100 residents living amongst the waterfalls, taro fields and rivers in the valley.
    Waipio-Valley-04.jpg
  • Seiryuen is a cluster of teahouses connected by Japanese gardens - The tea room known as Seiryo is said to have been the seat of the Higashiyama strongly Grand Tea Ceremony held during the Taisho period. The main components of the tea room built by Gengensai Seichu, the 11th generation of the Urasenke school, in the Tokugawa family's territory in Edo were relocated. This is a monumental building that gave birth to one of the trends in early modern tea culture. Another teahouse is a hermitage-style tea room built in accordance with ancient history, as it was the hiding place of Nagako Kinoshita, a Momoyama poet and nephew of Kita Mandokoro, the legal wife of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
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  • Located on the Hamakua Coast, Waipio Valley was the boyhood home of King Kamehameha I, and an important center for political and religious life in Hawaii. Not only is Waipio Valley an important site for Hawaiian history and culture, it's also a place of dramatic beauty.  This fertile valley is about one mile across and over five miles deep surrounded by cliffs. Waipio Valley was once the home of thousands of Native Hawaiians. Today, there are less than 100 residents living amongst the waterfalls, taro fields and rivers in the valley.
    Waipio-Valley-03.jpg
  • Sorakuen was once the residence of Taijiro Kodera.  This pond garden was built in the early 20th century but now surrounded by modern buildings.  At one time the garden was called “Kodera Residence” or “Sotetsu Garden”/. When Kobe City took over its maintenance it was opened to the public under the name “Sorakuen”.  Like most strolling gardens Sorakuen has a central pond and stone pathways that circle around it.. What makes it distinct is its western influences as it was built during the Meiji period.  Although most buildings were burnt during WWII important cultural properties such as The Hassam House and Funayakata, a sort of houseboat, which were moved to the garden for the sake of preservation.
    sorakuen-15.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-216.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-17.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-15.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-13.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-12.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-11.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-9.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-6.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-2.jpg
  • Sorakuen was once the residence of Taijiro Kodera.  This pond garden was built in the early 20th century but now surrounded by modern buildings.  At one time the garden was called “Kodera Residence” or “Sotetsu Garden”/. When Kobe City took over its maintenance it was opened to the public under the name “Sorakuen”.  Like most strolling gardens Sorakuen has a central pond and stone pathways that circle around it.. What makes it distinct is its western influences as it was built during the Meiji period.  Although most buildings were burnt during WWII important cultural properties such as The Hassam House and Funayakata, a sort of houseboat, which were moved to the garden for the sake of preservation.
    sorakuen-2.jpg
  • Sorakuen was once the residence of Taijiro Kodera.  This pond garden was built in the early 20th century but now surrounded by modern buildings.  At one time the garden was called “Kodera Residence” or “Sotetsu Garden”/. When Kobe City took over its maintenance it was opened to the public under the name “Sorakuen”.  Like most strolling gardens Sorakuen has a central pond and stone pathways that circle around it.. What makes it distinct is its western influences as it was built during the Meiji period.  Although most buildings were burnt during WWII important cultural properties such as The Hassam House and Funayakata, a sort of houseboat, which were moved to the garden for the sake of preservation.
    sorakuen-10.jpg
  • Sorakuen was once the residence of Taijiro Kodera.  This pond garden was built in the early 20th century but now surrounded by modern buildings.  At one time the garden was called “Kodera Residence” or “Sotetsu Garden”/. When Kobe City took over its maintenance it was opened to the public under the name “Sorakuen”.  Like most strolling gardens Sorakuen has a central pond and stone pathways that circle around it.. What makes it distinct is its western influences as it was built during the Meiji period.  Although most buildings were burnt during WWII important cultural properties such as The Hassam House and Funayakata, a sort of houseboat, which were moved to the garden for the sake of preservation.
    sorakuen-16.jpg
  • Sorakuen was once the residence of Taijiro Kodera.  This pond garden was built in the early 20th century but now surrounded by modern buildings.  At one time the garden was called “Kodera Residence” or “Sotetsu Garden”/. When Kobe City took over its maintenance it was opened to the public under the name “Sorakuen”.  Like most strolling gardens Sorakuen has a central pond and stone pathways that circle around it.. What makes it distinct is its western influences as it was built during the Meiji period.  Although most buildings were burnt during WWII important cultural properties such as The Hassam House and Funayakata, a sort of houseboat, which were moved to the garden for the sake of preservation.
    sorakuen-7.jpg
  • Shizuoka Sengen Jinja is made up of Kambe, Sengen, and Ohtoshimioya shrines as a collective. Tokugawa Ieyasu sponsored the shrines reconstruction after his retirement to Shizuoka Sumpu Castle and his successors continued to worship at the shrines throughout the Edo period.  The shrine has 26 buildings that have been designated as important cultural properties of Japan.
    shizuoka-sengen-shrine-2.jpg
  • Shizuoka Sengen Jinja is made up of Kambe, Sengen, and Ohtoshimioya shrines as a collective. Tokugawa Ieyasu sponsored the shrines reconstruction after his retirement to Shizuoka Sumpu Castle and his successors continued to worship at the shrines throughout the Edo period.  The shrine has 26 buildings that have been designated as important cultural properties of Japan.
    shizuoka-sengen-shrine-1.jpg
  • Kiun-kaku was once among the three greatest houses in Atami.  When it became a hotel, it was used by many Japanese authors and so is thought of as a historical and cultural asset because of its atmosphere of elegance.  The garden at Kiun-kaku is a strolling pond garden, with gentle slopes, winding paths, the garden exudes an atmosphere of privacy and privilege.
    kiunkaku-2.jpg
  • Kiun-kaku was once among the three greatest houses in Atami.  When it became a hotel, it was used by many Japanese authors and so is thought of as a historical and cultural asset because of its atmosphere of elegance.  The garden at Kiun-kaku is a strolling pond garden, with gentle slopes, winding paths, the garden exudes an atmosphere of privacy and privilege.
    kiunkaku-1.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-112.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-18.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-14.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-10.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-5.jpg
  • Sorakuen was once the residence of Taijiro Kodera.  This pond garden was built in the early 20th century but now surrounded by modern buildings.  At one time the garden was called “Kodera Residence” or “Sotetsu Garden”/. When Kobe City took over its maintenance it was opened to the public under the name “Sorakuen”.  Like most strolling gardens Sorakuen has a central pond and stone pathways that circle around it.. What makes it distinct is its western influences as it was built during the Meiji period.  Although most buildings were burnt during WWII important cultural properties such as The Hassam House and Funayakata, a sort of houseboat, which were moved to the garden for the sake of preservation.
    sorakuen-9.jpg
  • Shizuoka Sengen Jinja is made up of Kambe, Sengen, and Ohtoshimioya shrines as a collective. Tokugawa Ieyasu sponsored the shrines reconstruction after his retirement to Shizuoka Sumpu Castle and his successors continued to worship at the shrines throughout the Edo period.  The shrine has 26 buildings that have been designated as important cultural properties of Japan.
    shizuoka-sengen-shrine-3.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    AMBER-LOTUS-2023-253.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
    yoshiike-garden-16.jpg
  • Yoshiike Garden - Yoshiike Ryokan's garden has been planted with seasonal flowers, lying along a stream whose source is the Sukumo river. it was once the private villa of Yanosuke Iwasaki.  Adjacent to the villa a Japanese tea ceremony room Shinkou-An - both the villa and tea ceremony room is registered as the important cultural properties of Japan.  The Japanese garden incorporates borrowed scenery using the background landscape of mountains into the composition of the garden.
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  • Bayon is known for its impressive sets of bas-reliefs, which present an unusual combination of mythological, historical, and even mundane scenes such as these workmen carrying a tree.
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  • Integrated with the architecture of the building, and one of the causes for its fame is Angkor Wat's extensive decoration, which predominantly takes the form of bas-relief friezes. The inner walls of the outer gallery bear a series of large scale scenes mainly depicting episodes from the Hindu epics the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
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  • Garden of  Morality at Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre - The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
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  • Garden of  Morality at Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre - The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
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  • Garden of  Morality at Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre - The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
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  • Garden of  Morality at Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre - The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
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  • Garden of  Morality at Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre - The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
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  • Garden of  Morality at Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre - The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
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  • Moon Window at The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani - opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
    Thai-Chinese-Cultural-Centre-Udon-13.jpg
  • Garden of  Morality at Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre - The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
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  • Garden of  Morality at Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre - The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
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  • The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
    Thai-Chinese-Cultural-Centre-Udon-12.jpg
  • The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
    Thai-Chinese-Cultural-Centre-Udon-9.jpg
  • The Thai-Chinese Cultural Centre in Udon Thani opened in January 2013. Its aim is the preservation the art, culture, lifestyle and philosophical principles of the ancestors of the Thai-Chinese community.  The Museum of Morality is complete with interactive displays and a movie about the history of the Chinese community and also about Confucius and the Pu-Ya faith. The beautiful garden of the centre was created in Chinese style.  Its theme is  The 24 manners of gratitude, the garden of a thousand year old morality’.  In the Preecha Chairat conference hall the Pu-Ya Chinese Orchestra plays traditional Chinese instruments like the guzheng,the pipa, the Chinese flute and the Chinese clarinet.
    Thai-Chinese-Cultural-Centre-Udon-14.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-14.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-11.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art is made up of the private collection of Zenko Adach who collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  He was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and  stone for the garden himself from all around Japan.  In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision. Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shoisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-05.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
    adachi-garden-10.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • Ride 'em cowboy!  Posing for the camera at one of the giant penises at the annual Kanamara Shrine Matsuri in Kawasaki, Japan. Originally, Kanamara Shrine was a place for couples to pray for fertility so as to have a baby or for prostitutes to ward off diseases as it is today. The annual festival has become, however, a bit of a circus for its novelty.
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  • Gardener at Suizenji - Suizenji Garden is strolling style Japanese garden located in Kumamoto Its centerpiece is a tsukiyama representation of Mount Fuji.  Lord Hosokawa began construction of the garden in 1636 as a teahouse retreat.  Hosokawa selected the site for the spring fed pool that provided excellent tea water. The Tea Arbor and Kokindenju Room are nearly 400 years old.
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  • 78.5 Engakuji 円覚寺 is the main temple of the Engakuji sect of the Rinzai Buddhist sect. Engakuji is one of the leading Zen temples in eastern Japan and ranks second among Kamakura's five great Zen temples. Its unique garden was restored in 1969 according to an old drawing. Zen Buddhism regarded gardens as microcosms of the natural landscape and this is a fine example.
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  • 23. Daigo-ji 醍醐寺 Within its grounds, Daigo-ji houses eighteen of Japan’s National Treasures. Among them are buildings belonging to Sanbo-in famous for the quality of its Japanese garden.  The garden was laid out with a large pond, paths and bridges and said to contain over 700 stones.  Sanbo-in was designed for viewing from a specific perspective within the temple’s buildings. Laid out in the Momoyama period, the garden’s islands depict ‘fortuitous crane’, the ‘tortoise’ and the ‘"isle of eternal youth’ - poetic terms that show stones and ponds can be poised in a prescribed, esoteric relationship.
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  • Sanrio Puroland is an indoor theme park located in Tama Center, Tokyo, that attracts over 1.5 million visitors per year and hosts various musicals, restaurants, attractions, and theme rides using popular characters such as Hello Kitty, Pochacco, Keroppi, and many more. While many of the shows are only in Japanese, Puroland nevertheless attracts many visitors from overseas because of the worldwide popularity of these characters. Puroland has become one of Japan's most popular attractions.
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  • Togeppo Saioku-ji Temple was cherished by the poet, Socho who spent his final years at the hermitage here.  The temple's garden incorporates the scenery of Tenchuuzan and Maruko Fuji. Togeppo is designated as a national scenic spot and historic site of Japan.
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  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313.  The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure.
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  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313.  The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure.
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  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313.  The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure.
    Eiho-ji-11.jpg
  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313.  The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure.
    Eiho-ji-9.jpg
  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313.  The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure.
    Eiho-ji-6.jpg
  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313.  The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure.
    Eiho-ji-4.jpg
  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313.  The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure.
    Eiho-ji-2.jpg
  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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  • The Adachi Museum of Art was based on the private collection of Zenko Adachi.  Adachi collected Japanese paintings, ceramics and scrolls.  Adachi himself was an aficionado of Japanese gardens and collected each pine tree and each stone for the garden himself from around Japan.   In this way he created a beautiful garden filled with his own vision and passion.  Adachi believed that Japanese gardens were "as beautiful as pictures” and even framed one of the gardens in one of the museums rooms as if it is a painting itself. Adachi Museum Garden has been selected as the best garden in Japan year after year since 2003, by the Journal of Japanese Gardens Shisai Project.
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