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  • Autumn Leaves at Tofukuji Temple is the head temple of the Tofukuji School of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism.  Its original buildings were burned but were rebuilt in the 15th century according to the original plans. About this time it flourished as one of the Five Great Temples of Kyoto.  Tofukuji is renowned for its maple trees in autumn, a favorite spot for Japanese leaf peepers.
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  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-yamakage-bridge-amber-1.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-yamakage-bridge-6.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-yamakage-bridge-5.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-yamakage-bridge-2.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-35.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-32.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-31.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-30.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-24.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-25.jpg
  • Otaguro Garden is part of the estate of Moto Otaguro, the musician, critic and scholar who introduced Debussy to Japan. The garden is famous for its 80 year-old gingko trees, pond, and pavilion. Built on the site of Otaguro's residence, this Japanese garden features a stone paved walkway lined with gingko trees, a tearoom, a carp pond, and a villa that was once Otaguro’s office but is now open to the public as a museum.
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  • Otaguro Garden is part of the estate of Moto Otaguro, the musician, critic and scholar who introduced Debussy to Japan. The garden is famous for its 80 year-old gingko trees, pond, and pavilion. Built on the site of Otaguro's residence, this Japanese garden features a stone paved walkway lined with gingko trees, a tearoom, a carp pond, and a villa that was once Otaguro’s office but is now open to the public as a museum.
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  • Fujinami-bashi Bridge at Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-amber-3.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-yamakage-bridge-9.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-yamakage-bridge-3.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-yamakage-bridge-4.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-yamakage-bridge-1.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-teahouse-3.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-teahouse-2.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-teahouse-1.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-38.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-34.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-26.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-23.jpg
  • Rest House at Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-amber-2.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-37.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-36.jpg
  • Rikugien Garden - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges
    rikugien-33.jpg
  • Otaguro Garden is part of the estate of Moto Otaguro, the musician, critic and scholar who introduced Debussy to Japan. The garden is famous for its 80 year-old gingko trees, pond, and pavilion. Built on the site of Otaguro's residence, this Japanese garden features a stone paved walkway lined with gingko trees, a tearoom, a carp pond, and a villa that was once Otaguro’s office but is now open to the public as a museum.
    otaguru-amber-1.jpg
  • Rikugien Bridge, Autumn Colors - the name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry.  A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden stroll but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem.  It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges.
    rikugien-8.jpg
  • Maples and Stream at Kamigamo Shrine - Kamo-wake-ikazuchi-Jinja in the Kita Ward of Kyoto is the oldest Shinto shrine in the ancient city. Since prehistoric times Kamigamo-jinja has preserved and transmitted the legends relating to the birth of the shrine deity, Wakeikazuchi. The area contains many large trees such as oaks, suda chinquappins and weeping cherry trees coexisting in harmony. Kamigamo-jinja was officially registered IN 1994 as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in recognition of its importance as a monument of ancient Kyoto.
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  • Yasuda Kusuo, inherited the house and grounds and lived there until his death in 1995. After his death, the building and most of the site area were donated to the Japan National Trust for Cultural and Natural Conservation.   The garden is configured with four elements: a front garden located between the main gate and the entrance of the house; a main garden facing the solarium and the Zangetsu-no-ma; a courtyard that fronts the north side and an interior garden enclosed in the back. The main garden is designed in a dry-landscape style, and is intended to be viewed while sitting in the solarium Zangetsu-no-ma. Rocks symbolizing a waterfall are placed at the southwest corner of the garden as the highest point from which sand and gravel suggesting flowing water descend towards the east.  The rocks representing the waterfall are the main feature of the garden and are arranged with pointed natural stones called Taki-soeishi and straight stones called Mizuochi-ishi. By orienting the top of the waterfall facing the northwest, it also created a visual effect of making the flowing dry riverbed appear larger.  This magnificent Tokyo garden, uses the geographical characteristics particular to the edge of the Hongo plateau, in a unique sample found among luxury residences of the Yamanote area in Tokyo from the Taisho and Showa periods that comes down to us today in its original condition.
    kusuo-yasuda-garden-4.jpg
  • Yasuda Kusuo, inherited the house and grounds and lived there until his death in 1995. After his death, the building and most of the site area were donated to the Japan National Trust for Cultural and Natural Conservation.   The garden is configured with four elements: a front garden located between the main gate and the entrance of the house; a main garden facing the solarium and the Zangetsu-no-ma; a courtyard that fronts the north side and an interior garden enclosed in the back. The main garden is designed in a dry-landscape style, and is intended to be viewed while sitting in the solarium Zangetsu-no-ma. Rocks symbolizing a waterfall are placed at the southwest corner of the garden as the highest point from which sand and gravel suggesting flowing water descend towards the east.  The rocks representing the waterfall are the main feature of the garden and are arranged with pointed natural stones called Taki-soeishi and straight stones called Mizuochi-ishi. By orienting the top of the waterfall facing the northwest, it also created a visual effect of making the flowing dry riverbed appear larger.  This magnificent Tokyo garden, uses the geographical characteristics particular to the edge of the Hongo plateau, in a unique sample found among luxury residences of the Yamanote area in Tokyo from the Taisho and Showa periods that comes down to us today in its original condition.
    kusuo-yasuda-garden-3.jpg
  • Yasuda Kusuo, inherited the house and grounds and lived there until his death in 1995. After his death, the building and most of the site area were donated to the Japan National Trust for Cultural and Natural Conservation.   The garden is configured with four elements: a front garden located between the main gate and the entrance of the house; a main garden facing the solarium and the Zangetsu-no-ma; a courtyard that fronts the north side and an interior garden enclosed in the back. The main garden is designed in a dry-landscape style, and is intended to be viewed while sitting in the solarium Zangetsu-no-ma. Rocks symbolizing a waterfall are placed at the southwest corner of the garden as the highest point from which sand and gravel suggesting flowing water descend towards the east.  The rocks representing the waterfall are the main feature of the garden and are arranged with pointed natural stones called Taki-soeishi and straight stones called Mizuochi-ishi. By orienting the top of the waterfall facing the northwest, it also created a visual effect of making the flowing dry riverbed appear larger.  This magnificent Tokyo garden, uses the geographical characteristics particular to the edge of the Hongo plateau, in a unique sample found among luxury residences of the Yamanote area in Tokyo from the Taisho and Showa periods that comes down to us today in its original condition.
    kusuo-yasuda-garden-2.jpg
  • Yasuda Kusuo, inherited the house and grounds and lived there until his death in 1995. After his death, the building and most of the site area were donated to the Japan National Trust for Cultural and Natural Conservation.   The garden is configured with four elements: a front garden located between the main gate and the entrance of the house; a main garden facing the solarium and the Zangetsu-no-ma; a courtyard that fronts the north side and an interior garden enclosed in the back. The main garden is designed in a dry-landscape style, and is intended to be viewed while sitting in the solarium Zangetsu-no-ma. Rocks symbolizing a waterfall are placed at the southwest corner of the garden as the highest point from which sand and gravel suggesting flowing water descend towards the east.  The rocks representing the waterfall are the main feature of the garden and are arranged with pointed natural stones called Taki-soeishi and straight stones called Mizuochi-ishi. By orienting the top of the waterfall facing the northwest, it also created a visual effect of making the flowing dry riverbed appear larger.  This magnificent Tokyo garden, uses the geographical characteristics particular to the edge of the Hongo plateau, in a unique sample found among luxury residences of the Yamanote area in Tokyo from the Taisho and Showa periods that comes down to us today in its original condition.
    kusuo-yasuda-garden-1.jpg
  • Yasuda Kusuo, inherited the house and grounds and lived there until his death in 1995. After his death, the building and most of the site area were donated to the Japan National Trust for Cultural and Natural Conservation.   The garden is configured with four elements: a front garden located between the main gate and the entrance of the house; a main garden facing the solarium and the Zangetsu-no-ma; a courtyard that fronts the north side and an interior garden enclosed in the back. The main garden is designed in a dry-landscape style, and is intended to be viewed while sitting in the solarium Zangetsu-no-ma. Rocks symbolizing a waterfall are placed at the southwest corner of the garden as the highest point from which sand and gravel suggesting flowing water descend towards the east.  The rocks representing the waterfall are the main feature of the garden and are arranged with pointed natural stones called Taki-soeishi and straight stones called Mizuochi-ishi. By orienting the top of the waterfall facing the northwest, it also created a visual effect of making the flowing dry riverbed appear larger.  This magnificent Tokyo garden, uses the geographical characteristics particular to the edge of the Hongo plateau, in a unique sample found among luxury residences of the Yamanote area in Tokyo from the Taisho and Showa periods that comes down to us today in its original condition.
    kusuo-yasuda-garden-6.jpg
  • Yasuda Kusuo, inherited the house and grounds and lived there until his death in 1995. After his death, the building and most of the site area were donated to the Japan National Trust for Cultural and Natural Conservation.   The garden is configured with four elements: a front garden located between the main gate and the entrance of the house; a main garden facing the solarium and the Zangetsu-no-ma; a courtyard that fronts the north side and an interior garden enclosed in the back. The main garden is designed in a dry-landscape style, and is intended to be viewed while sitting in the solarium Zangetsu-no-ma. Rocks symbolizing a waterfall are placed at the southwest corner of the garden as the highest point from which sand and gravel suggesting flowing water descend towards the east.  The rocks representing the waterfall are the main feature of the garden and are arranged with pointed natural stones called Taki-soeishi and straight stones called Mizuochi-ishi. By orienting the top of the waterfall facing the northwest, it also created a visual effect of making the flowing dry riverbed appear larger.  This magnificent Tokyo garden, uses the geographical characteristics particular to the edge of the Hongo plateau, in a unique sample found among luxury residences of the Yamanote area in Tokyo from the Taisho and Showa periods that comes down to us today in its original condition.
    kusuo-yasuda-garden-7.jpg
  • Yasuda Kusuo, inherited the house and grounds and lived there until his death in 1995. After his death, the building and most of the site area were donated to the Japan National Trust for Cultural and Natural Conservation.   The garden is configured with four elements: a front garden located between the main gate and the entrance of the house; a main garden facing the solarium and the Zangetsu-no-ma; a courtyard that fronts the north side and an interior garden enclosed in the back. The main garden is designed in a dry-landscape style, and is intended to be viewed while sitting in the solarium Zangetsu-no-ma. Rocks symbolizing a waterfall are placed at the southwest corner of the garden as the highest point from which sand and gravel suggesting flowing water descend towards the east.  The rocks representing the waterfall are the main feature of the garden and are arranged with pointed natural stones called Taki-soeishi and straight stones called Mizuochi-ishi. By orienting the top of the waterfall facing the northwest, it also created a visual effect of making the flowing dry riverbed appear larger.  This magnificent Tokyo garden, uses the geographical characteristics particular to the edge of the Hongo plateau, in a unique sample found among luxury residences of the Yamanote area in Tokyo from the Taisho and Showa periods that comes down to us today in its original condition.
    kusuo-yasuda-garden-5.jpg
  • Shuheki-en Garden at Sanzen-in.  Sanzen-in is a Tendai Buddhism monzeki; temple. Its gardens and a small hall called Ojogokuraku-in as well as the three Buddhist images in the hall are the main attractions. Monzeki is a temple of which the head priests has always been a member of the imperial family or of the nobility.
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  • Shuheki-en Garden at Sanzen-in.  Sanzen-in is a Tendai Buddhism monzeki; temple. Its gardens and a small hall called Ojogokuraku-in as well as the three Buddhist images in the hall are the main attractions. Monzeki is a temple of which the head priests has always been a member of the imperial family or of the nobility.
    sanzen-in-3.jpg
  • Shuheki-en Garden at Sanzen-in.  Sanzen-in is a Tendai Buddhism monzeki; temple. Its gardens and a small hall called Ojogokuraku-in as well as the three Buddhist images in the hall are the main attractions. Monzeki is a temple of which the head priests has always been a member of the imperial family or of the nobility.
    sanzen-in-4.jpg
  • Shuheki-en Garden at Sanzen-in.  Sanzen-in is a Tendai Buddhism monzeki; temple. Its gardens and a small hall called Ojogokuraku-in as well as the three Buddhist images in the hall are the main attractions. Monzeki is a temple of which the head priests has always been a member of the imperial family or of the nobility.
    sanzen-in-5.jpg
  • Shuheki-en Garden at Sanzen-in.  Sanzen-in is a Tendai Buddhism monzeki; temple. Its gardens and a small hall called Ojogokuraku-in as well as the three Buddhist images in the hall are the main attractions. Monzeki is a temple of which the head priests has always been a member of the imperial family or of the nobility.
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  • Isui-en Garden Maples - Isuien was created during the Meiji era and is the only strolling garden in Nara. It was originally two separate gardens, now combined into one.  The garden site original formed part of Manishu-in-  a minor temple which was part of the larger temple Kofuku-ji. In the central pond of the gardens, there are two islands with sculptures of a crane and tortoise. The back gardens were completed by using a technique called "borrowed landcape."  These make the space between the garden and background seem to disappear, producing a continuity which makes the landscape blend in visual harmony.
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  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
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  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
    gotenyama-11.jpg
  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
    gotenyama-05.jpg
  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
    gotenyama-06.jpg
  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
    gotenyama-12.jpg
  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
    gotenyama-09.jpg
  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
    gotenyama-10.jpg
  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
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  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
    gotenyama-07.jpg
  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
    gotenyama-03.jpg
  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
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  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
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  • Gotenyama is a hilly area in Shinagawa and served as the former site of Tokugawa Ieyasu's retreat palace. Gotenyama Garden is a Japanese garden that contains the remnants of Gotenyama, once a famous place for viewing cherry blossoms in the Edo period.  Apart from locals, this quiet spot is almost unknown by others and thus is rarely visited.  Here the main attraction is the rich nature amidst urban surroundings.. You can enjoy plums and cherry blossoms in spring, hydrangea and pear flowers in early summer, autumn leaves of maples and ginkgo trees in autumn.  On the spacious and quiet site there is an unusual tea room Ujian designed by architect Arata Isozaki.
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  • Enju Toru Garden - Shinjuku City Enju Toryu Garden is a garden maintained by Shinjuku City with the donation of land and maintenance costs from the residents. In response to the donor's desire to create a Japanese-style garden that retains the remnants of Mejiro Cultural Village, it was developed as a garden with waterfalls and streams. In addition to transplanting the original pine trees and plums, we also plant azaleas, maples, and other plants that give the impression of the four seasons.
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  • Enju Toru Garden - Shinjuku City Enju Toryu Garden is a garden maintained by Shinjuku City with the donation of land and maintenance costs from the residents. In response to the donor's desire to create a Japanese-style garden that retains the remnants of Mejiro Cultural Village, it was developed as a garden with waterfalls and streams. In addition to transplanting the original pine trees and plums, we also plant azaleas, maples, and other plants that give the impression of the four seasons.
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  • Kokoen is a relatively modern Japanese garden, opened in 1992 on the former site of of the feudal lord's west residence Nishi-Oyashiki at Himeji Castle. The gardens were designed by a team of Japan's top landscape architects and garden designers and consists of nine separate, walled gardens designed in various styles of the Edo Period.  Among the gardens are the garden of the lord's residence which features a pond with a waterfall, a tea garden & tea ceremony house, a pine tree garden, a bamboo garden and a flower garden.  Overall the gardens were designed to be attractive in every season.
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  • Kokoen is a relatively modern Japanese garden, opened in 1992 on the former site of of the feudal lord's west residence Nishi-Oyashiki at Himeji Castle. The gardens were designed by a team of Japan's top landscape architects and garden designers and consists of nine separate, walled gardens designed in various styles of the Edo Period.  Among the gardens are the garden of the lord's residence which features a pond with a waterfall, a tea garden & tea ceremony house, a pine tree garden, a bamboo garden and a flower garden.  Overall the gardens were designed to be attractive in every season.
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  • Kokoen is a relatively modern Japanese garden, opened in 1992 on the former site of of the feudal lord's west residence Nishi-Oyashiki at Himeji Castle. The gardens were designed by a team of Japan's top landscape architects and garden designers and consists of nine separate, walled gardens designed in various styles of the Edo Period.  Among the gardens are the garden of the lord's residence which features a pond with a waterfall, a tea garden & tea ceremony house, a pine tree garden, a bamboo garden and a flower garden.  Overall the gardens were designed to be attractive in every season.
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  • Moon Window at Meigetsuin - a Zen temple in Kamakura in harmony with nature. Composed of two gardens, one zen dry garden in front and a strolling garden in back. Meigetsuin is well-known for the many hydrangea in bloom in June, and vivid maples leaves in autumn.
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  • Fuchu-no-Mori Park was built on a former US military air base has been turned into a multi-purpose park for the area’s citizens.  It includes restored an open-air museum with Edo and Showa architecture, a planetarium, and Fuchu Art Museum.  One of the highlights of the park is its Japanese garden, which comes into its own during autumn with fiery red maples, then again in spring with its cherry blossoms.  There are two pond gardens where satsuki and azalea flowers bloom in season.  Fuchu-no-mori was used as a location in a TV series “Aibo” for important crime scenes in multiple seasons. The park was also used as a venue for “Gokusen”, another TV series about school life that was also made into a movie. The park includes a Japanese style garden, sports facilities and a water park.
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  • The Japanese garden at the Grand Prince Takanawa Hotel is a must-see spot if you happen to be staying at one of the Prince hotels in Shinagawa or happen to be in the area as access is free to guests as well as non guest . At the time of the renovation of the former Takanawa Prince Hotel in 1971, the garden replaced an old swimming pool. This garden features seasonal beauty, maples in autumn, cherry blossoms in spring, as well as colorful carps swimming in the pond, and Japanese traditional structures and bridges as well as the Ean Tea House.
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  • The Japanese garden at the Grand Prince Takanawa Hotel is a must-see spot if you happen to be staying at one of the Prince hotels in Shinagawa or happen to be in the area as access is free to guests as well as non guest . At the time of the renovation of the former Takanawa Prince Hotel in 1971, the garden replaced an old swimming pool. This garden features seasonal beauty, maples in autumn, cherry blossoms in spring, as well as colorful carps swimming in the pond, and Japanese traditional structures and bridges as well as the Ean Tea House.
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  • The Japanese garden at the Grand Prince Takanawa Hotel is a must-see spot if you happen to be staying at one of the Prince hotels in Shinagawa or happen to be in the area as access is free to guests as well as non guest . At the time of the renovation of the former Takanawa Prince Hotel in 1971, the garden replaced an old swimming pool. This garden features seasonal beauty, maples in autumn, cherry blossoms in spring, as well as colorful carps swimming in the pond, and Japanese traditional structures and bridges as well as the Ean Tea House.
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  • Fuchu-no-Mori Park was built on a former US military air base has been turned into a multi-purpose park for the area’s citizens.  It includes restored an open-air museum with Edo and Showa architecture, a planetarium, and Fuchu Art Museum.  One of the highlights of the park is its Japanese garden, which comes into its own during autumn with fiery red maples, then again in spring with its cherry blossoms.  There are two pond gardens where satsuki and azalea flowers bloom in season.  Fuchu-no-mori was used as a location in a TV series “Aibo” for important crime scenes in multiple seasons. The park was also used as a venue for “Gokusen”, another TV series about school life that was also made into a movie. The park includes a Japanese style garden, sports facilities and a water park.
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  • Fuchu-no-Mori Park was built on a former US military air base has been turned into a multi-purpose park for the area’s citizens.  It includes restored an open-air museum with Edo and Showa architecture, a planetarium, and Fuchu Art Museum.  One of the highlights of the park is its Japanese garden, which comes into its own during autumn with fiery red maples, then again in spring with its cherry blossoms.  There are two pond gardens where satsuki and azalea flowers bloom in season.  Fuchu-no-mori was used as a location in a TV series “Aibo” for important crime scenes in multiple seasons. The park was also used as a venue for “Gokusen”, another TV series about school life that was also made into a movie. The park includes a Japanese style garden, sports facilities and a water park.
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  • Fuchu-no-Mori Park was built on a former US military air base has been turned into a multi-purpose park for the area’s citizens.  It includes restored an open-air museum with Edo and Showa architecture, a planetarium, and Fuchu Art Museum.  One of the highlights of the park is its Japanese garden, which comes into its own during autumn with fiery red maples, then again in spring with its cherry blossoms.  There are two pond gardens where satsuki and azalea flowers bloom in season.  Fuchu-no-mori was used as a location in a TV series “Aibo” for important crime scenes in multiple seasons. The park was also used as a venue for “Gokusen”, another TV series about school life that was also made into a movie. The park includes a Japanese style garden, sports facilities and a water park.
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  • Fuchu-no-Mori Park was built on a former US military air base has been turned into a multi-purpose park for the area’s citizens.  It includes restored an open-air museum with Edo and Showa architecture, a planetarium, and Fuchu Art Museum.  One of the highlights of the park is its Japanese garden, which comes into its own during autumn with fiery red maples, then again in spring with its cherry blossoms.  There are two pond gardens where satsuki and azalea flowers bloom in season.  Fuchu-no-mori was used as a location in a TV series “Aibo” for important crime scenes in multiple seasons. The park was also used as a venue for “Gokusen”, another TV series about school life that was also made into a movie. The park includes a Japanese style garden, sports facilities and a water park.
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  • Fuchu-no-Mori Park was built on a former US military air base has been turned into a multi-purpose park for the area’s citizens.  It includes restored an open-air museum with Edo and Showa architecture, a planetarium, and Fuchu Art Museum.  One of the highlights of the park is its Japanese garden, which comes into its own during autumn with fiery red maples, then again in spring with its cherry blossoms.  There are two pond gardens where satsuki and azalea flowers bloom in season.  Fuchu-no-mori was used as a location in a TV series “Aibo” for important crime scenes in multiple seasons. The park was also used as a venue for “Gokusen”, another TV series about school life that was also made into a movie. The park includes a Japanese style garden, sports facilities and a water park.
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  • Fuchu-no-Mori Park was built on a former US military air base has been turned into a multi-purpose park for the area’s citizens.  It includes restored an open-air museum with Edo and Showa architecture, a planetarium, and Fuchu Art Museum.  One of the highlights of the park is its Japanese garden, which comes into its own during autumn with fiery red maples, then again in spring with its cherry blossoms.  There are two pond gardens where satsuki and azalea flowers bloom in season.  Fuchu-no-mori was used as a location in a TV series “Aibo” for important crime scenes in multiple seasons. The park was also used as a venue for “Gokusen”, another TV series about school life that was also made into a movie. The park includes a Japanese style garden, sports facilities and a water park.
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  • Fuchu-no-Mori Park was built on a former US military air base has been turned into a multi-purpose park for the area’s citizens.  It includes restored an open-air museum with Edo and Showa architecture, a planetarium, and Fuchu Art Museum.  One of the highlights of the park is its Japanese garden, which comes into its own during autumn with fiery red maples, then again in spring with its cherry blossoms.  There are two pond gardens where satsuki and azalea flowers bloom in season.  Fuchu-no-mori was used as a location in a TV series “Aibo” for important crime scenes in multiple seasons. The park was also used as a venue for “Gokusen”, another TV series about school life that was also made into a movie. The park includes a Japanese style garden, sports facilities and a water park.
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  • Fuchu-no-Mori Park was built on a former US military air base has been turned into a multi-purpose park for the area’s citizens.  It includes restored an open-air museum with Edo and Showa architecture, a planetarium, and Fuchu Art Museum.  One of the highlights of the park is its Japanese garden, which comes into its own during autumn with fiery red maples, then again in spring with its cherry blossoms.  There are two pond gardens where satsuki and azalea flowers bloom in season.  Fuchu-no-mori was used as a location in a TV series “Aibo” for important crime scenes in multiple seasons. The park was also used as a venue for “Gokusen”, another TV series about school life that was also made into a movie. The park includes a Japanese style garden, sports facilities and a water park.
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  • Fuchu-no-Mori Park was built on a former US military air base has been turned into a multi-purpose park for the area’s citizens.  It includes restored an open-air museum with Edo and Showa architecture, a planetarium, and Fuchu Art Museum.  One of the highlights of the park is its Japanese garden, which comes into its own during autumn with fiery red maples, then again in spring with its cherry blossoms.  There are two pond gardens where satsuki and azalea flowers bloom in season.  Fuchu-no-mori was used as a location in a TV series “Aibo” for important crime scenes in multiple seasons. The park was also used as a venue for “Gokusen”, another TV series about school life that was also made into a movie. The park includes a Japanese style garden, sports facilities and a water park.
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  • Fuchu-no-Mori Park was built on a former US military air base has been turned into a multi-purpose park for the area’s citizens.  It includes restored an open-air museum with Edo and Showa architecture, a planetarium, and Fuchu Art Museum.  One of the highlights of the park is its Japanese garden, which comes into its own during autumn with fiery red maples, then again in spring with its cherry blossoms.  There are two pond gardens where satsuki and azalea flowers bloom in season.  Fuchu-no-mori was used as a location in a TV series “Aibo” for important crime scenes in multiple seasons. The park was also used as a venue for “Gokusen”, another TV series about school life that was also made into a movie. The park includes a Japanese style garden, sports facilities and a water park.
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  • The Japanese garden at the Grand Prince Takanawa Hotel is a must-see spot if you happen to be staying at one of the Prince hotels in Shinagawa or happen to be in the area as access is free to guests as well as non guest . At the time of the renovation of the former Takanawa Prince Hotel in 1971, the garden replaced an old swimming pool. This garden features seasonal beauty, maples in autumn, cherry blossoms in spring, as well as colorful carps swimming in the pond, and Japanese traditional structures and bridges as well as the Ean Tea House.
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  • Momiji Garden is a part of Hastings Park in Vancouver. This Japanese styled garden is a memorial to the Japanese-Canadians who were held in detention and internment during the Second World War. Japanese-Canadians were temporarily detained in many of the exhibition buildings in Hastings Park before being transported to various interment camps around the province of British Columbia.  Its name is leaf viewing garden, meant to be viewed during authmn, when the foliage is at its best.
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  • Momiji Garden is a part of Hastings Park in Vancouver. This Japanese styled garden is a memorial to the Japanese-Canadians who were held in detention and internment during the Second World War. Japanese-Canadians were temporarily detained in many of the exhibition buildings in Hastings Park before being transported to various interment camps around the province of British Columbia.  Its name is leaf viewing garden, meant to be viewed during authmn, when the foliage is at its best.
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  • Momiji Garden is a part of Hastings Park in Vancouver. This Japanese styled garden is a memorial to the Japanese-Canadians who were held in detention and internment during the Second World War. Japanese-Canadians were temporarily detained in many of the exhibition buildings in Hastings Park before being transported to various interment camps around the province of British Columbia.  Its name is leaf viewing garden, meant to be viewed during authmn, when the foliage is at its best.
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  • Momiji Garden is a part of Hastings Park in Vancouver. This Japanese styled garden is a memorial to the Japanese-Canadians who were held in detention and internment during the Second World War. Japanese-Canadians were temporarily detained in many of the exhibition buildings in Hastings Park before being transported to various interment camps around the province of British Columbia.  Its name is leaf viewing garden, meant to be viewed during authmn, when the foliage is at its best.
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  • Momiji Garden is a part of Hastings Park in Vancouver. This Japanese styled garden is a memorial to the Japanese-Canadians who were held in detention and internment during the Second World War. Japanese-Canadians were temporarily detained in many of the exhibition buildings in Hastings Park before being transported to various interment camps around the province of British Columbia.  Its name is leaf viewing garden, meant to be viewed during authmn, when the foliage is at its best.
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  • Momiji Garden is a part of Hastings Park in Vancouver. This Japanese styled garden is a memorial to the Japanese-Canadians who were held in detention and internment during the Second World War. Japanese-Canadians were temporarily detained in many of the exhibition buildings in Hastings Park before being transported to various interment camps around the province of British Columbia.  Its name is leaf viewing garden, meant to be viewed during authmn, when the foliage is at its best.
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  • Momiji Garden is a part of Hastings Park in Vancouver. This Japanese styled garden is a memorial to the Japanese-Canadians who were held in detention and internment during the Second World War. Japanese-Canadians were temporarily detained in many of the exhibition buildings in Hastings Park before being transported to various interment camps around the province of British Columbia.  Its name is leaf viewing garden, meant to be viewed during authmn, when the foliage is at its best.
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  • Momiji Garden is a part of Hastings Park in Vancouver. This Japanese styled garden is a memorial to the Japanese-Canadians who were held in detention and internment during the Second World War. Japanese-Canadians were temporarily detained in many of the exhibition buildings in Hastings Park before being transported to various interment camps around the province of British Columbia.  Its name is leaf viewing garden, meant to be viewed during authmn, when the foliage is at its best.
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  • Momiji Garden is a part of Hastings Park in Vancouver. This Japanese styled garden is a memorial to the Japanese-Canadians who were held in detention and internment during the Second World War. Japanese-Canadians were temporarily detained in many of the exhibition buildings in Hastings Park before being transported to various interment camps around the province of British Columbia.  Its name is leaf viewing garden, meant to be viewed during authmn, when the foliage is at its best.
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  • Momiji Garden is a part of Hastings Park in Vancouver. This Japanese styled garden is a memorial to the Japanese-Canadians who were held in detention and internment during the Second World War. Japanese-Canadians were temporarily detained in many of the exhibition buildings in Hastings Park before being transported to various interment camps around the province of British Columbia.  Its name is leaf viewing garden, meant to be viewed during authmn, when the foliage is at its best.
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  • Momiji Garden is a part of Hastings Park in Vancouver. This Japanese styled garden is a memorial to the Japanese-Canadians who were held in detention and internment during the Second World War. Japanese-Canadians were temporarily detained in many of the exhibition buildings in Hastings Park before being transported to various interment camps around the province of British Columbia.  Its name is leaf viewing garden, meant to be viewed during authmn, when the foliage is at its best.
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  • Kozenji Temple is one of the largest and most important temples in Nagano Prefecture. Its garden is famous as a weeping cherry blossom viewing spot, and it lights up from mid-April to early May during the flowering period.<br />
It is also a renowned spot for autumn leaves, with more than 60 maples in the precinct turn the place into a panoramo of red and yellow.  Kozenji Garden has been designated as a national scenic spot; its calm and quiet environment and scenic beauty the price of Nagano Prefecture thanks to its Tsukiyama garden.
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  • Kozenji Temple is one of the largest and most important temples in Nagano Prefecture. Its garden is famous as a weeping cherry blossom viewing spot, and it lights up from mid-April to early May during the flowering period.<br />
It is also a renowned spot for autumn leaves, with more than 60 maples in the precinct turn the place into a panoramo of red and yellow.  Kozenji Garden has been designated as a national scenic spot; its calm and quiet environment and scenic beauty the price of Nagano Prefecture thanks to its Tsukiyama garden.
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  • Kozenji Temple is one of the largest and most important temples in Nagano Prefecture. Its garden is famous as a weeping cherry blossom viewing spot, and it lights up from mid-April to early May during the flowering period.<br />
It is also a renowned spot for autumn leaves, with more than 60 maples in the precinct turn the place into a panoramo of red and yellow.  Kozenji Garden has been designated as a national scenic spot; its calm and quiet environment and scenic beauty the price of Nagano Prefecture thanks to its Tsukiyama garden.
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  • Kozenji Temple is one of the largest and most important temples in Nagano Prefecture. Its garden is famous as a weeping cherry blossom viewing spot, and it lights up from mid-April to early May during the flowering period.<br />
It is also a renowned spot for autumn leaves, with more than 60 maples in the precinct turn the place into a panoramo of red and yellow.  Kozenji Garden has been designated as a national scenic spot; its calm and quiet environment and scenic beauty the price of Nagano Prefecture thanks to its Tsukiyama garden.
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  • Kozenji Temple is one of the largest and most important temples in Nagano Prefecture. Its garden is famous as a weeping cherry blossom viewing spot, and it lights up from mid-April to early May during the flowering period.<br />
It is also a renowned spot for autumn leaves, with more than 60 maples in the precinct turn the place into a panoramo of red and yellow.  Kozenji Garden has been designated as a national scenic spot; its calm and quiet environment and scenic beauty the price of Nagano Prefecture thanks to its Tsukiyama garden.
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  • Kozenji Temple is one of the largest and most important temples in Nagano Prefecture. Its garden is famous as a weeping cherry blossom viewing spot, and it lights up from mid-April to early May during the flowering period.<br />
It is also a renowned spot for autumn leaves, with more than 60 maples in the precinct turn the place into a panoramo of red and yellow.  Kozenji Garden has been designated as a national scenic spot; its calm and quiet environment and scenic beauty the price of Nagano Prefecture thanks to its Tsukiyama garden.
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  • Ikoji Temple Garden is a masterpiece by Sesshu Toyo - one of the greatest artists in Japanese history.  The garden was created around 1478 when Sesshu was head priest at Iko-ji.  The pond is in the shape of a crane and in it the island is shaped like a turtle, turtles and cranes being symbols of longevity.  The garden is populated with elements that change with the passage of the seasons.  In spring there are weeping cherry tree blossoms and azaleas, autumn turns the maples red. In winter after snowfall, many consider it the most evocative of Sesshu's works of art.
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  • Ikoji Temple Garden is a masterpiece by Sesshu Toyo - one of the greatest artists in Japanese history.  The garden was created around 1478 when Sesshu was head priest at Iko-ji.  The pond is in the shape of a crane and in it the island is shaped like a turtle, turtles and cranes being symbols of longevity.  The garden is populated with elements that change with the passage of the seasons.  In spring there are weeping cherry tree blossoms and azaleas, autumn turns the maples red. In winter after snowfall, many consider it the most evocative of Sesshu's works of art.
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  • Ikoji Temple Garden is a masterpiece by Sesshu Toyo - one of the greatest artists in Japanese history.  The garden was created around 1478 when Sesshu was head priest at Iko-ji.  The pond is in the shape of a crane and in it the island is shaped like a turtle, turtles and cranes being symbols of longevity.  The garden is populated with elements that change with the passage of the seasons.  In spring there are weeping cherry tree blossoms and azaleas, autumn turns the maples red. In winter after snowfall, many consider it the most evocative of Sesshu's works of art.
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  • Ikoji Temple Garden is a masterpiece by Sesshu Toyo - one of the greatest artists in Japanese history.  The garden was created around 1478 when Sesshu was head priest at Iko-ji.  The pond is in the shape of a crane and in it the island is shaped like a turtle, turtles and cranes being symbols of longevity.  The garden is populated with elements that change with the passage of the seasons.  In spring there are weeping cherry tree blossoms and azaleas, autumn turns the maples red. In winter after snowfall, many consider it the most evocative of Sesshu's works of art.
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