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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-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-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-06.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
  • 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 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-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-10.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-04.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.
    EDO-TOKYO-MUSEUM-02.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-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-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-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
  • 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-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-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-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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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-11.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
    yoshiike-garden-8.jpg
  • 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.
    angkor-bas-relief-2
  • 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.
    Thai-Chinese-Cultural-Centre-Udon-3.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-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
  • 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.
    Thai-Chinese-Cultural-Centre-Udon-7.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.
    adachi-garden-01.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.
    adachi-garden-08.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.
    adachi-garden-04.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.
    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.
    adachi-garden-03.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-13.jpg
  • Engetsukyo Bridge, or "full moon bridge" built in the Chinese style at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo.  It has this name because a full moon is formed by the arch of the bridge and its reflection in the pond beneath.
    koishikawa-korakuen-24.jpg
  • Ritsurin is a landscape garden in Takamatsu  built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan,  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
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  • Jizo in Snow - "Jizo" images and statues are popular in Japan as Bodhisattva who console beings awaiting rebirth and travelers. As such they are often found along roadsides, paths or even street corners.
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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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  • Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
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  • Ninomaru garden was designed by the famous landscape architect and tea master, Kobori Enshu. It is located between the two main rings of fortifications, next to the palace of the same name. The garden has a large pond with three islands and features numerous carefully placed stones and topiary pine trees.  Nijo Castle and its garden are a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • Engetsukyo Bridge at Ritsurin - a landscape garden in Takamatsu  built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan,  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
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  • Engetsukyo Bridge at Ritsurin - a landscape garden in Takamatsu built by the local feudal lord during the Edo Period and considered one of the most esquisite gardens in Japan,  Ritsurin features ponds, hills and pavilions set in the woods which acts as background and a textbook example of borrowed scenery.
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  • Puuhonua - Honaunau National Historical Park is a US National Historical Park located on the Big Island of Hawaii. The park preserves the site where up until the early 19th century Hawaiians who broke an ancient law could avoid death by fleeing to this place of refuge or puuhonua. Here, the offender would be absolved by a priest and freed to leave. Defeated warriors could also find refuge here during times of battle. The grounds just outside the wall that encloses the puuhonua were home to several generations of powerful chiefs.
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  • Puuhonua - Honaunau National Historical Park is a US National Historical Park located on the Big Island of Hawaii. The park preserves the site where up until the early 19th century Hawaiians who broke an ancient law could avoid death by fleeing to this place of refuge or puuhonua. Here, the offender would be absolved by a priest and freed to leave. Defeated warriors could also find refuge here during times of battle. The grounds just outside the wall that encloses the puuhonua were home to several generations of powerful chiefs.
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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-7.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
  • Ritsurin is a landscape garden in Takamatsu  built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan,  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-garden-21.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-10.jpg
  • Japanese Tea House at the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate park was originally part of the Pan Pacific Exposition.  One of the craftsmen of the Japanese village, Makoto Hagiwara, helped design the Japanese village, and later he became responsible for the majority of the Japanese Tea Garden.  Hagiwara and his family became residents of one of the buildings in the garden, living within Golden Gate Park at the time.
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  • Ritsurin is a landscape garden in Takamatsu  built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan.  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-garden-07.jpg
  • Engetsukyo Bridge at Ritsurin - a landscape garden in Takamatsu  built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan,  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
    ritsurin-garden-15.jpg
  • Ritsurin is a landscape garden in Takamatsu  built by the local feudal lords during the Edo Period. Considered one of the finest gardens in Japan,  Ritsurin features many ponds, hills and pavilions set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a background and example of borrowed scenery and Japanese gardening design.
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  • Rakujuen Garden was built around Kohama Pond where the natural spring brings in water from Mt. Fuji. Built by the Imperial Family Komatsu-no-miya in 1890 on the Mishima Lava that flowed from Mt. Fuji. Rakujuen has been designated as a place of scenic beauty and a national natural treasure by the Japanese government.  Its centerpiece is the Rakujukan teahouse built in the Takayukashiki Sukiyazukuri style.
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  • Rakujuen Garden Wisteria - Rakujuen Garden was built around Kohama Pond where the natural spring brings in water from Mt. Fuji. Built by the Imperial Family Komatsu-no-miya in 1890 on the Mishima Lava that flowed from Mt. Fuji. Rakujuen has been designated as a place of scenic beauty and a national natural treasure by the Japanese government.  Its centerpiece is the Rakujukan teahouse built in the Takayukashiki Sukiyazukuri style.
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  • Arare Path at Jikoin, Nara  - Jiko-in was founded in 1663 by Sekishu Katagiri, a feudal lord of the area who mastered the way of Zen Buddhism and tea ceremony.  He believed that tea ceremony was part of his meditation regime, and so constructed a tea ceremony room and garden for this purpose.  The garden is well known for its elaborate shrubbery - and also includes a larger view of the Yamato plain and hills, contrasted with the temple, tea room, trees, stones, shrubs and grass.  Jiko-in is also very unique in that it is a rare exception that visitors can wander around the shrubs and dry rock garden.  Included in the cost of entry is matcha tea and sweets.
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  • Jiko-in was founded in 1663 by Sekishu Katagiri, a feudal lord of the area who mastered the way of Zen Buddhism and tea ceremony.  He believed that tea ceremony was part of his meditation regime, and so constructed a tea ceremony room and garden for this purpose.  The garden is well known for its elaborate shrubbery - and also includes a larger view of the Yamato plain and hills, contrasted with the temple, tea room, trees, stones, shrubs and grass.  Jiko-in is also very unique in that it is a rare exception that visitors can wander around the shrubs and dry rock garden.  Included in the cost of entry is matcha tea and sweets.
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  • Rinshoji Garden, Rinshoji Temple is known for its unique modern Japanese garden, designed by renowned modern Japanese garden designer Mirei Shigemori.  Mirei fused modern art with Japanese garden design.  Here, he took advantage of the gentle hill and sculpted shrubs as part of the motif.  It follows a Japanese wave pattern, often used in kimono designs. The garden is especially alive during May when the azaleas are at their peak.
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  • Rinshoji Garden, Rinshoji Temple is known for its unique modern Japanese garden, designed by renowned modern Japanese garden designer Mirei Shigemori.  Mirei fused modern art with Japanese garden design.  Here, he took advantage of the gentle hill and sculpted shrubs as part of the motif.  It follows a Japanese wave pattern, often used in kimono designs. The garden is especially alive during May when the azaleas are at their peak.
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  • Daisen Park Japanese Garden  - In medieval times, Osaka Sakai prospered and served as an important conduit between Japan and the rest of Asia.  Daisen garden was designed to symbolize the history of Sakai.  The garden uses the Tsukiyama Rinsen Kaiyushiki form of design and layout. The far shore arbor replicates a Chinese scenic point. The Togendai stream meanders throughout the garden with several scenic viewpoints.  Daisen Garden was created to commemorate the Sakai municipal centennial.
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  • Meigetsuin Zen Garden - The karesansui zen garden of raked sand, rocks and plants at Meigetsuin Temple Garden represents legendary Mount Shumi or Sumeru an imaginary mountain in the Buddhist universe. According to records Meigetsuin was originally merely the guest house of a much bigger temple called Zenko-ji which was closed by the government during the Meiji period and is all that remains of the formerly important temple.
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  • Hokokuji Zen Garden -  Hokoku-ji  is famous for its bamboo garden Its nickname is Take-dera "Bamboo Temple" for that reason.  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.
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  • Showa Kinen Park is a large space surrounded by greenery in the outer suburbs of Tokyo.  A traditional Japanese garden was created in 1997 in a corner of this spacious park.  The strolling garden surrounds a pond, overlooking a tea house.   The delicacy of traditional Japanese landscaping takes account of details as small as a single flower plant or small stone. Kanfu-tei is the tea house built in the Sukiya style in harmony with the pond garden. It was built using mostly cypress special techniques such as roofing with cypress bark and special joints at pillars and beams.
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  • Showa Kinen Park is a large space surrounded by greenery in the outer suburbs of Tokyo.  A traditional Japanese garden was created in 1997 in a corner of this spacious park.  The strolling garden surrounds a pond, overlooking a tea house.   The delicacy of traditional Japanese landscaping takes account of details as small as a single flower plant or small stone. Kanfu-tei is the tea house built in the Sukiya style in harmony with the pond garden. It was built using mostly cypress special techniques such as roofing with cypress bark and special joints at pillars and beams.
    showa-kinen-3.jpg
  • Showa Kinen Park is a large space surrounded by greenery in the outer suburbs of Tokyo.  A traditional Japanese garden was created in 1997 in a corner of this spacious park.  The strolling garden surrounds a pond, overlooking a tea house.   The delicacy of traditional Japanese landscaping takes account of details as small as a single flower plant or small stone. Kanfu-tei is the tea house built in the Sukiya style in harmony with the pond garden. It was built using mostly cypress special techniques such as roofing with cypress bark and special joints at pillars and beams.
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  • The garden of Shoren-in temple is believed to have been designed by Soami during the Muromachi era. The garden on the east side of Sokaden, known as the Garden of Kirishima, was designed by Enshu Kobori. The garden effectively utilises its surrounding natural beauty. To the south of the pond there is a waterfall, Sensin-no-taki, which flows from Mt. Awata. Located at the centre of the pond is a big stone; its shape gives the appearance of the back of a dragon bathing in the pond. Shoren-in temple is one of the five Monzeki temples of the Tendai sect in Kyoto; the head priests at these temples originally belonged to the imperial family.
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  • Yamanashi Prefecture is famous for its rock crystals and many world-class lapidary experts.  It should not be surprising that a rock garden, for which the Japanese are famous, should be born.  The main difference here is that the stones are not austere white pebbles, but multicolored ones from local crystals.  The Jewel Dream Garden is run by a local jewelry company that sponsors it and the adjacent Jewelry Museum.
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  • Yamanashi Prefecture is famous for its rock crystals and many world-class lapidary experts.  It should not be surprising, therefore, that a rock garden, for which the Japanese are famous, should be born.  The main difference here is that the stones are not austere white pebbles, but multicolored ones from local crystals.  The Jewel Dream Garden is large, and run by a local jewelry company that sponsors it and the adjacent Jewelry Museum.
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  • Erin-ji Garden - Erin-ji is a Zen temple set in the mountains of Yamanashi Prefecture built in 1330. Zen priest and garden designer Muso Soseki was asked to establish and design the temple and its garden. It is now a temple of the Myoshin-ji branch of the Rinzai Zen Buddhism.  The temple's pond garden is best viewed from either the temple's tatami rooms or connecting hallways.
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  • Erin-ji Garden - Erin-ji is a Zen temple set in the mountains of Yamanashi Prefecture built in 1330. Zen priest and garden designer Muso Soseki was asked to establish and design the temple and its garden. It is now a temple of the Myoshin-ji branch of the Rinzai Zen Buddhism.  The temple's pond garden is best viewed from either the temple's tatami rooms or connecting hallways.
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  • Tojo-tei Tojogaoka Garden is the former domain of Kokugawa Akitake, often called “the last Shogun".  In 1887 when the last Shogun returned power to the emperor.  At the time,  a new era had begun and people from Shogun families faded into obscurity.  The house was designed in styles of both the Edo and Meiji periods with only precious materials used in its construction.   The minimalism found in the design creates the beauty of form. The garden surrounding the home is  an important element havin been designed so that seasonal followers can be enjoyed viewing from all rooms.
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  • Kyu Furukawa Garden was originally the domain of a Meiji Period notable Mutsu Munemitsu. but later became the property of the Furukawa family.  Ogawa Jihei  sometimes known as Niwashi Ueji designed the garden renowned for its beauty. The Furukawa garden is regarded as an example of gardens of the Taisho Period of Japan.
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  • Tome Ishi is a stone is wrapped in rope and placed in a path or in front of a gate. They're sometimes called "stop stones" sekimori-ishi indicating that entry is forbidden. They are commonly found at temples,  tea houses or traditional Japanese gardens.
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  • Kozenji Garden Tottori - while many temples around Japan share the name Kozenji, the Tottori Kozenji features a small landscape garden using "borrowed scenery" - that is hills and forest behind the garden incorporated into the garden's tableaux.
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  • Ishitani Residence Garden - During the Edo period Chizu flourished as a post station. Among the quaint buildings in Chizu Town the residence of the Ishitani family, an upper class family.  Japanese, gardens are often designed to be viewed from a sitting position. The most celebrated garden at Ishitani Residence is the Chisen Garden, with plants artfully arranged around a pond, the Karesansui Garden, a dry landscape garden that uses no water to represent mountains and streams, and the Shibafu Garden showing the charm of green lawns. The space from indoors to the veranda and the gardens are connected in a gentle way.  In this way Japanese can appreciate living alongside nature by viewing from within the home.
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  • Ishitani Residence Garden - During the Edo period Chizu flourished as a post station. Among the quaint buildings in Chizu Town the residence of the Ishitani family, an upper class family.  Japanese, gardens are often designed to be viewed from a sitting position. The most celebrated garden at Ishitani Residence is the Chisen Garden, with plants artfully arranged around a pond, the Karesansui Garden, a dry landscape garden that uses no water to represent mountains and streams, and the Shibafu Garden showing the charm of green lawns. The space from indoors to the veranda and the gardens are connected in a gentle way.  In this way Japanese can appreciate living alongside nature by viewing from within the home.
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  • There are 540 of these statues representing disciples of Buddha at Kitain Temple in Kawagoe. They were sculpted between 1782 and 1825.  No two rakan statues are alike.  This assemblage on the temple grounds is known as Go Kyuaku Rakan, or "500 Rakan" although there are actually 540.
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  • Kitain Garden is meant to be viewed only from the temple building itself.  The garden is planted with plum, cherry, and maple trees and a variety of flowers.  In this way, the garden can be enjoyed in many different seasons of Japan.  In visiting Kitain Temple, the garden is often overlooked because of poor signage, but it is the furthermost temple room in back, so visitors should persist as it is the highlight of the temple, apart from the 500 rakan.
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  • Hama Rikyu, the garden of a feudal lord's residence during the Edo Period, is one of Tokyo's most attractive landscape gardens. It is located next to Tokyo Bay, beside the futuristic Shiodome district. Seawater ponds, former duck hunting grounds, forested areas and a teahouse in the middle of the pond are some of the park's attractions. The difference between the traditional garden with Shiodome's skyscrapers as a background shows a remarkable contrast between modern Japan and traditional Japan which seem to co-exist in harmony.
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