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  • Japanese Gardener Pruning a Tree
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  • Sumida Park Japanese Pond Garden - Sumida Park is one of the best 100 Sakura Spots in Japan with more than a thousand 1000 cherry trees planted on both sides of the park, which straddles the Sumida River. Formerly the garden was the private domain of the 8th Shogun of Tokugawa, Later it was opened to the public and is now maintained by Tokyo city government.
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  • Sumida Park Japanese Pond Garden - Sumida Park is one of the best 100 Sakura Spots in Japan with more than a thousand 1000 cherry trees planted on both sides of the park, which straddles the Sumida River. Formerly the garden was the private domain of the 8th Shogun of Tokugawa, Later it was opened to the public and is now maintained by Tokyo city government.
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  • Sumida Park Japanese Pond Garden - Sumida Park is one of the best 100 Sakura Spots in Japan with more than a thousand 1000 cherry trees planted on both sides of the park, which straddles the Sumida River. Formerly the garden was the private domain of the 8th Shogun of Tokugawa, Later it was opened to the public and is now maintained by Tokyo city government.
    sumida-park-japanese-garden-2.jpg
  • Sumida Park Japanese Pond Garden - Sumida Park is one of the best 100 Sakura Spots in Japan with more than a thousand 1000 cherry trees planted on both sides of the park, which straddles the Sumida River. Formerly the garden was the private domain of the 8th Shogun of Tokugawa, Later it was opened to the public and is now maintained by Tokyo city government.
    sumida-park-japanese-garden-5.jpg
  • Sumida Park Japanese Pond Garden - Sumida Park is one of the best 100 Sakura Spots in Japan with more than a thousand 1000 cherry trees planted on both sides of the park, which straddles the Sumida River. Formerly the garden was the private domain of the 8th Shogun of Tokugawa, Later it was opened to the public and is now maintained by Tokyo city government.
    sumida-park-japanese-garden-1.jpg
  • Tenjuen Japanese Pond Garden, adjacent to the Chinese garden, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.  Tenjuen Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style.
    tenjuan-15.jpg
  • Tenjuen Japanese Pond Garden, adjacent to the Chinese garden, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.  Tenjuen Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style.
    tenjuan-14.jpg
  • Tenjuen Japanese Pond Garden, adjacent to the Chinese garden, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.  Tenjuen Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style.
    tenjuan-13.jpg
  • Tenjuen Japanese Pond Garden, adjacent to the Chinese garden, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.  Tenjuen Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style.
    tenjuan-12.jpg
  • Arai Library Garden is a garden created by Kinsaku Nakane , a local builder from the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture, in a library in Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is said that there are several gardens in Arai-cho, including the world-famous "Adachi Museum of Art Garden" , which was also created by Kinsaku Nakane, a leading modern landscaping artist who has worked on Japanese gardens overseas. The library's Ikezumi strolling garden is located on the outer circumference of the building, so you anyone can freely visit it.
    arai-library-garden-03.jpg
  • Arai Library Garden is a garden created by Kinsaku Nakane , a local builder from the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture, in a library in Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is said that there are several gardens in Arai-cho, including the world-famous "Adachi Museum of Art Garden" , which was also created by Kinsaku Nakane, a leading modern landscaping artist who has worked on Japanese gardens overseas. The library's Ikezumi strolling garden is located on the outer circumference of the building, so you anyone can freely visit it.
    arai-library-garden-01.jpg
  • Arai Library Garden is a garden created by Kinsaku Nakane , a local builder from the western part of Shizuoka Prefecture, in a library in Kosai City, Shizuoka Prefecture. It is said that there are several gardens in Arai-cho, including the world-famous "Adachi Museum of Art Garden" , which was also created by Kinsaku Nakane, a leading modern landscaping artist who has worked on Japanese gardens overseas. The library's Ikezumi strolling garden is located on the outer circumference of the building, so you anyone can freely visit it.
    arai-library-garden-02.jpg
  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
    tenjuan-11.jpg
  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
    tenjuan-08.jpg
  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
    tenjuan-09.jpg
  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
    tenjuan-04.jpg
  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
    tenjuan-02.jpg
  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
    tenjuan-10.jpg
  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
    tenjuan-07.jpg
  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
    tenjuan-05.jpg
  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
    tenjuan-01.jpg
  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
    tenjuan-06.jpg
  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
    tenjuan-03.jpg
  • Fukuda Art Museum Garden - Based on the basic qualities of Kyoto’s traditional machiya townhouses, the museum building aims for a special derivative Japanese architecture. Even considering contemporary architecture, the exhibition room has the feeling of a warehouse, although the essence of the Kyoto machiya style has been taken into consideration. There is a reflective pond garden running from the building to the river.  It is a very modern garden that reflects Arashiyama as a water mirror. The overall architectural design was created by Yasuda Atelier and designed by Mitani Landscape Studio and constructed by Ueyakato Landscape, a purveyor of gardenIng services in Kyoto. 
    Fukuda-Museum-Garden-2.jpg
  • Fukuda Art Museum Garden - Based on the basic qualities of Kyoto’s traditional machiya townhouses, the museum building aims for a special derivative Japanese architecture. Even considering contemporary architecture, the exhibition room has the feeling of a warehouse, although the essence of the Kyoto machiya style has been taken into consideration. There is a reflective pond garden running from the building to the river.  It is a very modern garden that reflects Arashiyama as a water mirror. The overall architectural design was created by Yasuda Atelier and designed by Mitani Landscape Studio and constructed by Ueyakato Landscape, a purveyor of gardenIng services in Kyoto. 
    Fukuda-Museum-Garden-3.jpg
  • Fukuda Art Museum Garden - Based on the basic qualities of Kyoto’s traditional machiya townhouses, the museum building aims for a special derivative Japanese architecture. Even considering contemporary architecture, the exhibition room has the feeling of a warehouse, although the essence of the Kyoto machiya style has been taken into consideration. There is a reflective pond garden running from the building to the river.  It is a very modern garden that reflects Arashiyama as a water mirror. The overall architectural design was created by Yasuda Atelier and designed by Mitani Landscape Studio and constructed by Ueyakato Landscape, a purveyor of gardenIng services in Kyoto. 
    Fukuda-Museum-Garden-1.jpg
  • Carp are seen in Japan (as well as in the rest of Asia) as a symbol of fortune.  These ponds used as an element of a landscape pond garden. Classic koi ponds have nishikigoi Japanese ornamental carps.  It is said that the design of a koi pond has a great effect on the well-being of the carp.
    carp-pond-09.jpg
  • Carp are seen in Japan (as well as in the rest of Asia) as a symbol of fortune.  These ponds used as an element of a landscape pond garden. Classic koi ponds have nishikigoi Japanese ornamental carps.  It is said that the design of a koi pond has a great effect on the well-being of the carp.
    carp-pond-10.jpg
  • Carp are seen in Japan (as well as in the rest of Asia) as a symbol of fortune.  These ponds used as an element of a landscape pond garden. Classic koi ponds have nishikigoi Japanese ornamental carps.  It is said that the design of a koi pond has a great effect on the well-being of the carp.
    carp-pond-11.jpg
  • Rinkaku is the teahouse within the main enclosure of Aizuwakamatsu Castle - also known as Tsuruga Castle. It is a Japanese tea room that is said to have been built by Sen-no-Rikyu's child, Sen Shoan.  The tea room that Sen Shoan built here during his stay in Aizu is Rinkaku" After that, Shoan returned to Kyoto to revive the tea ceremony, and his son and grandson handed it down to the present day as the Omotesenke, Urasenke and MushakojisenkeIt schols of tea ceremony. is designated as an important cultural property by Fukushima Prefecture.
    rinkaku-04.jpg
  • Kyocera Museum Garden - the museum and garden were founded in 1933, occupying the large space of a product display facility that the city acquired. The pond garden behind the museum was designed and created by Ogawa Jihei,the 7th generation of this celebrated family of Japanese garden masters. In this Meiji period garden, the pond makes use of Lake Biwa Canal water and uses Higashiyama hills as a backdrop. 
    kyocera-garden-3.jpg
  • Kyocera Museum Garden - the museum and garden were founded in 1933, occupying the large space of a product display facility that the city acquired. The pond garden behind the museum was designed and created by Ogawa Jihei,the 7th generation of this celebrated family of Japanese garden masters. In this Meiji period garden, the pond makes use of Lake Biwa Canal water and uses Higashiyama hills as a backdrop. 
    kyocera-garden-2.jpg
  • Kinsaku Nakane Garden - The courtyard of the Elderly Welfare Center Kosai is a dry garden designed by world-famous landscape architect Kinsaku Nakane.  Nakane dedicated his life to landscape architecture after having been impressed by the beauty of the stone garden of Tenryu-ji in Kyoto.  After moving to Kyoto and his research in the preservation and restoration of antique gardens, he designed and created more than 300 landscape architectural projects.  These were conducted both in Japan and overseas. Mastering landscape gardening techniques on his own, he explored new designs based on the beauty of the classic Japanese gardens.  Nakane said that “Creating garden is like painting on three-dimensional space using materials such as stones and trees.”
    nakane-garden-2.jpg
  • Kinsaku Nakane Garden - The courtyard of the Elderly Welfare Center Kosai is a dry garden designed by world-famous landscape architect Kinsaku Nakane.  Nakane dedicated his life to landscape architecture after having been impressed by the beauty of the stone garden of Tenryu-ji in Kyoto.  After moving to Kyoto and his research in the preservation and restoration of antique gardens, he designed and created more than 300 landscape architectural projects.  These were conducted both in Japan and overseas. Mastering landscape gardening techniques on his own, he explored new designs based on the beauty of the classic Japanese gardens.  Nakane said that “Creating garden is like painting on three-dimensional space using materials such as stones and trees.”
    nakane-garden-4.jpg
  • Kinsaku Nakane Garden - The courtyard of the Elderly Welfare Center Kosai is a dry garden designed by world-famous landscape architect Kinsaku Nakane.  Nakane dedicated his life to landscape architecture after having been impressed by the beauty of the stone garden of Tenryu-ji in Kyoto.  After moving to Kyoto and his research in the preservation and restoration of antique gardens, he designed and created more than 300 landscape architectural projects.  These were conducted both in Japan and overseas. Mastering landscape gardening techniques on his own, he explored new designs based on the beauty of the classic Japanese gardens.  Nakane said that “Creating garden is like painting on three-dimensional space using materials such as stones and trees.”
    nakane-garden-1.jpg
  • Rinkaku is the teahouse within the main enclosure of Aizuwakamatsu Castle - also known as Tsuruga Castle. It is a Japanese tea room that is said to have been built by Sen-no-Rikyu's child, Sen Shoan.  The tea room that Sen Shoan built here during his stay in Aizu is Rinkaku" After that, Shoan returned to Kyoto to revive the tea ceremony, and his son and grandson handed it down to the present day as the Omotesenke, Urasenke and MushakojisenkeIt schols of tea ceremony. is designated as an important cultural property by Fukushima Prefecture.
    rinkaku-03.jpg
  • Kyocera Museum Garden - the museum and garden were founded in 1933, occupying the large space of a product display facility that the city acquired. The pond garden behind the museum was designed and created by Ogawa Jihei,the 7th generation of this celebrated family of Japanese garden masters. In this Meiji period garden, the pond makes use of Lake Biwa Canal water and uses Higashiyama hills as a backdrop. 
    kyocera-garden-4.jpg
  • Kyocera Museum Garden - the museum and garden were founded in 1933, occupying the large space of a product display facility that the city acquired. The pond garden behind the museum was designed and created by Ogawa Jihei,the 7th generation of this celebrated family of Japanese garden masters. In this Meiji period garden, the pond makes use of Lake Biwa Canal water and uses Higashiyama hills as a backdrop. 
    kyocera-garden-1.jpg
  • Kinsaku Nakane Garden - The courtyard of the Elderly Welfare Center Kosai is a dry garden designed by world-famous landscape architect Kinsaku Nakane.  Nakane dedicated his life to landscape architecture after having been impressed by the beauty of the stone garden of Tenryu-ji in Kyoto.  After moving to Kyoto and his research in the preservation and restoration of antique gardens, he designed and created more than 300 landscape architectural projects.  These were conducted both in Japan and overseas. Mastering landscape gardening techniques on his own, he explored new designs based on the beauty of the classic Japanese gardens.  Nakane said that “Creating garden is like painting on three-dimensional space using materials such as stones and trees.”
    nakane-garden-5.jpg
  • Kinsaku Nakane Garden - The courtyard of the Elderly Welfare Center Kosai is a dry garden designed by world-famous landscape architect Kinsaku Nakane.  Nakane dedicated his life to landscape architecture after having been impressed by the beauty of the stone garden of Tenryu-ji in Kyoto.  After moving to Kyoto and his research in the preservation and restoration of antique gardens, he designed and created more than 300 landscape architectural projects.  These were conducted both in Japan and overseas. Mastering landscape gardening techniques on his own, he explored new designs based on the beauty of the classic Japanese gardens.  Nakane said that “Creating garden is like painting on three-dimensional space using materials such as stones and trees.” -
    nakane-kinsaku-garden-01.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
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  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-18.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-17.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-16.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-14.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-12.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-08.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-06.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
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  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-03.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-22.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-19.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-13.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-11.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-10.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
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  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-05.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-02.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
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  • Rinkaku is the teahouse within the main enclosure of Aizuwakamatsu Castle - also known as Tsuruga Castle. It is a Japanese tea room that is said to have been built by Sen-no-Rikyu's child, Sen Shoan.  The tea room that Sen Shoan built here during his stay in Aizu is Rinkaku" After that, Shoan returned to Kyoto to revive the tea ceremony, and his son and grandson handed it down to the present day as the Omotesenke, Urasenke and MushakojisenkeIt schols of tea ceremony. is designated as an important cultural property by Fukushima Prefecture.
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  • Shokokuji Temple Kaisando Garden - Shokoku-ji occupies a vast area of northern Kyoto with many sub-temples under its dominion. In addition to the main hall Hojo gardens, the Kaisando next door is really the showcase of Shokokuji gardens. The Kaisando front garden is dedicated to Muso Soseki a prominent figure in Japanese Buddhism and forerunner of Japanese garden design. The two tiered Ryubuchimizu-no- Niwa garden has white sand in the foreground and moss at the base of maple trees in back.  The Kaisando garden has been listed as a National Important Property by the Japanese government. 
    Shokokuji-Kaisando-Garden-5.jpg
  • Rinkaku is the teahouse within the main enclosure of Aizuwakamatsu Castle - also known as Tsuruga Castle. It is a Japanese tea room that is said to have been built by Sen-no-Rikyu's child, Sen Shoan.  The tea room that Sen Shoan built here during his stay in Aizu is Rinkaku" After that, Shoan returned to Kyoto to revive the tea ceremony, and his son and grandson handed it down to the present day as the Omotesenke, Urasenke and MushakojisenkeIt schols of tea ceremony. is designated as an important cultural property by Fukushima Prefecture.
    rinkaku.jpg
  • Rinkaku is the teahouse within the main enclosure of Aizuwakamatsu Castle - also known as Tsuruga Castle. It is a Japanese tea room that is said to have been built by Sen-no-Rikyu's child, Sen Shoan.  The tea room that Sen Shoan built here during his stay in Aizu is Rinkaku" After that, Shoan returned to Kyoto to revive the tea ceremony, and his son and grandson handed it down to the present day as the Omotesenke, Urasenke and MushakojisenkeIt schols of tea ceremony. is designated as an important cultural property by Fukushima Prefecture.
    rinkaku-06.jpg
  • Shokokuji Temple Kaisando Garden - Shokoku-ji occupies a vast area of northern Kyoto with many sub-temples under its dominion. In addition to the main hall Hojo gardens, the Kaisando next door is really the showcase of Shokokuji gardens. The Kaisando front garden is dedicated to Muso Soseki a prominent figure in Japanese Buddhism and forerunner of Japanese garden design. The two tiered Ryubuchimizu-no- Niwa garden has white sand in the foreground and moss at the base of maple trees in back.  The Kaisando garden has been listed as a National Important Property by the Japanese government. 
    Shokokuji-Kaisando-Garden-3.jpg
  • Shokokuji Temple Kaisando Garden - Shokoku-ji occupies a vast area of northern Kyoto with many sub-temples under its dominion. In addition to the main hall Hojo gardens, the Kaisando next door is really the showcase of Shokokuji gardens. The Kaisando front garden is dedicated to Muso Soseki a prominent figure in Japanese Buddhism and forerunner of Japanese garden design. The two tiered Ryubuchimizu-no- Niwa garden has white sand in the foreground and moss at the base of maple trees in back.  The Kaisando garden has been listed as a National Important Property by the Japanese government. 
    Shokokuji-Kaisando-Garden-4.jpg
  • Shokokuji Temple Kaisando Garden - Shokoku-ji occupies a vast area of northern Kyoto with many sub-temples under its dominion. In addition to the main hall Hojo gardens, the Kaisando next door is really the showcase of Shokokuji gardens. The Kaisando front garden is dedicated to Muso Soseki a prominent figure in Japanese Buddhism and forerunner of Japanese garden design. The two tiered Ryubuchimizu-no- Niwa garden has white sand in the foreground and moss at the base of maple trees in back.  The Kaisando garden has been listed as a National Important Property by the Japanese government. 
    Shokokuji-Kaisando-Garden-2.jpg
  • Rinkaku is the teahouse within the main enclosure of Aizuwakamatsu Castle - also known as Tsuruga Castle. It is a Japanese tea room that is said to have been built by Sen-no-Rikyu's child, Sen Shoan.  The tea room that Sen Shoan built here during his stay in Aizu is Rinkaku" After that, Shoan returned to Kyoto to revive the tea ceremony, and his son and grandson handed it down to the present day as the Omotesenke, Urasenke and MushakojisenkeIt schols of tea ceremony. is designated as an important cultural property by Fukushima Prefecture.
    rinkaku-02.jpg
  • Rinkaku is the teahouse within the main enclosure of Aizuwakamatsu Castle - also known as Tsuruga Castle. It is a Japanese tea room that is said to have been built by Sen-no-Rikyu's child, Sen Shoan.  The tea room that Sen Shoan built here during his stay in Aizu is Rinkaku" After that, Shoan returned to Kyoto to revive the tea ceremony, and his son and grandson handed it down to the present day as the Omotesenke, Urasenke and MushakojisenkeIt schols of tea ceremony. is designated as an important cultural property by Fukushima Prefecture.
    rinkaku-01.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-18.jpg
  • Shokokuji Temple Kaisando Garden - Shokoku-ji occupies a vast area of northern Kyoto with many sub-temples under its dominion. In addition to the main hall Hojo gardens, the Kaisando next door is really the showcase of Shokokuji gardens. The Kaisando front garden is dedicated to Muso Soseki a prominent figure in Japanese Buddhism and forerunner of Japanese garden design. The two tiered Ryubuchimizu-no- Niwa garden has white sand in the foreground and moss at the base of maple trees in back.  The Kaisando garden has been listed as a National Important Property by the Japanese government. 
    Shokokuji-Kaisando-Garden-1.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-15.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-11.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-13.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-07.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-02.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-19.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-17.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-12.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-10.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-08.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-07.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-06.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-05.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-02.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-01.jpg
  • Bunshokan is a public cultural facility that uses the grounds of the former Yamagata Prefectural Government Building built in the Taisho era. It is a nationally designated important cultural property. There is a strolling Japanese garden in the front officially known as the Prefectural Government History Green Area.  After the Yamagata Prefectural Office moved to a new building preservation and restoration work of the old prefectural office was carried out. At that time the area around the building was developed as a green park, and the Japanese-style garden that can be seen now was created.  It is now officially known as Kenseishi Ryokuchi Park.
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  • Bunshokan is a public cultural facility that uses the grounds of the former Yamagata Prefectural Government Building built in the Taisho era. It is a nationally designated important cultural property. There is a strolling Japanese garden in the front officially known as the Prefectural Government History Green Area.  After the Yamagata Prefectural Office moved to a new building preservation and restoration work of the old prefectural office was carried out. At that time the area around the building was developed as a green park, and the Japanese-style garden that can be seen now was created.  It is now officially known as Kenseishi Ryokuchi Park.
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  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
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  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
    Rinkokaku-23.jpg
  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
    Rinkokaku-24.jpg
  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
    Rinkokaku-22.jpg
  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
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  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
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  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
    Rinkokaku-12.jpg
  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
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  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
    Rinkokaku-08.jpg
  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
    Rinkokaku-06.jpg
  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
    Rinkokaku-05.jpg
  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
    Rinkokaku-04.jpg
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