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  • Japanese Tea Garden at Kokoen - Kokoen Garden; Kokoen; koko-en; himeji castle garden; himeji garden; japanese stepping stones; tobi-ishi; tobi ishi; skipping stones; flying stones; exterior space; landscape; landscape architecture; idyllic; Tranquility; Simplicity; japanese landscape architecture; exterior space; no people; scenery; tranquil; tranquility; calm; natural light; calming; calmness; peacefulness; serenity; serene; nobody; Soujuan Tea House; Soujuan Teahouse
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Hama Rikyu, the garden of a feudal lord's residence during the Edo Period, is one of Tokyo's most attractive landscape gardens. It is located next to Tokyo Bay, beside the futuristic Shiodome district. Seawater ponds, former duck hunting grounds, forested areas and a teahouse in the middle of the pond are some of the park's attractions. The difference between the traditional garden with Shiodome's skyscrapers as a background shows a remarkable contrast between modern Japan and traditional Japan which seem to co-exist in harmony.
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  • Hama Rikyu, the garden of a feudal lord's residence during the Edo Period, is one of Tokyo's most attractive landscape gardens. It is located next to Tokyo Bay, beside the futuristic Shiodome district. Seawater ponds, former duck hunting grounds, forested areas and a teahouse in the middle of the pond are some of the park's attractions. The difference between the traditional garden with Shiodome's skyscrapers as a background shows a remarkable contrast between modern Japan and traditional Japan which seem to co-exist in harmony.
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  • Hama Rikyu, the garden of a feudal lord's residence during the Edo Period, is one of Tokyo's most attractive landscape gardens. It is located next to Tokyo Bay, beside the futuristic Shiodome district. Seawater ponds, former duck hunting grounds, forested areas and a teahouse in the middle of the pond are some of the park's attractions. The difference between the traditional garden with Shiodome's skyscrapers as a background shows a remarkable contrast between modern Japan and traditional Japan which seem to co-exist in harmony.
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  • Originally created as a "Japanese Village" exhibit for the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition, the Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Gate Park originally spanned about one acre. When the fair closed, Japanese landscape architect Makoto Hagiwara created a permanent Japanese garden as a gift for posterity.  Hagiwara became caretaker of the property, pouring all of his personal wealth and creative talents into creating a garden of perfection.  Hagiwara expanded the garden to its current size of approximately 5 acres. He and his family lived on the grounds for many years until 1942 when they were forced to evacuate their homes and put into internment camps. Today, the Japanese Tea Garden endures as one of the most popular attractions at Golden Gate Park, featuring an arched drum bridge, pagodas, stone lanterns, stepping stone paths, native Japanese plants, serene koi ponds and a zen garden.
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  • Oyamazaki Villa Garden is noteworthy in that Shotaro Kaga himself designed the architecture and garden. Having stayed in Europe at a time when studying abroad was not as common as it is now, he took the lead in reflecting the modern British culture and style. Originally built during the Taisho eras as a country villa for Shotaro Kaga - a wealthy businessman from the Kansai region who left behind a legacy as a man of exquisite tastes who cultivated orchids and published a series of botanical woodblock of orchids. Oyamazaki Villa was relinquished by the Kaga family in 1967. After being sold several times, a plan emerged to demolish the villa and garden to make way for an apartment building. However, local people led a campaign to preserve it and Asahi Breweries and Kyoto Prefecture, decided to restore and reopen it as a museum.
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  • Oyamazaki Villa Garden is noteworthy in that Shotaro Kaga himself designed the architecture and garden. Having stayed in Europe at a time when studying abroad was not as common as it is now, he took the lead in reflecting the modern British culture and style. Originally built during the Taisho eras as a country villa for Shotaro Kaga - a wealthy businessman from the Kansai region who left behind a legacy as a man of exquisite tastes who cultivated orchids and published a series of botanical woodblock of orchids. Oyamazaki Villa was relinquished by the Kaga family in 1967. After being sold several times, a plan emerged to demolish the villa and garden to make way for an apartment building. However, local people led a campaign to preserve it and Asahi Breweries and Kyoto Prefecture, decided to restore and reopen it as a museum.
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  • Oyamazaki Villa Garden is noteworthy in that Shotaro Kaga himself designed the architecture and garden. Having stayed in Europe at a time when studying abroad was not as common as it is now, he took the lead in reflecting the modern British culture and style. Originally built during the Taisho eras as a country villa for Shotaro Kaga - a wealthy businessman from the Kansai region who left behind a legacy as a man of exquisite tastes who cultivated orchids and published a series of botanical woodblock of orchids. Oyamazaki Villa was relinquished by the Kaga family in 1967. After being sold several times, a plan emerged to demolish the villa and garden to make way for an apartment building. However, local people led a campaign to preserve it and Asahi Breweries and Kyoto Prefecture, decided to restore and reopen it as a museum.
    Oyamazaki-Villa-Garden-09.jpg
  • Oyamazaki Villa Garden is noteworthy in that Shotaro Kaga himself designed the architecture and garden. Having stayed in Europe at a time when studying abroad was not as common as it is now, he took the lead in reflecting the modern British culture and style. Originally built during the Taisho eras as a country villa for Shotaro Kaga - a wealthy businessman from the Kansai region who left behind a legacy as a man of exquisite tastes who cultivated orchids and published a series of botanical woodblock of orchids. Oyamazaki Villa was relinquished by the Kaga family in 1967. After being sold several times, a plan emerged to demolish the villa and garden to make way for an apartment building. However, local people led a campaign to preserve it and Asahi Breweries and Kyoto Prefecture, decided to restore and reopen it as a museum.
    Oyamazaki-Villa-Garden-08.jpg
  • Oyamazaki Villa Garden is noteworthy in that Shotaro Kaga himself designed the architecture and garden. Having stayed in Europe at a time when studying abroad was not as common as it is now, he took the lead in reflecting the modern British culture and style. Originally built during the Taisho eras as a country villa for Shotaro Kaga - a wealthy businessman from the Kansai region who left behind a legacy as a man of exquisite tastes who cultivated orchids and published a series of botanical woodblock of orchids. Oyamazaki Villa was relinquished by the Kaga family in 1967. After being sold several times, a plan emerged to demolish the villa and garden to make way for an apartment building. However, local people led a campaign to preserve it and Asahi Breweries and Kyoto Prefecture, decided to restore and reopen it as a museum.
    Oyamazaki-Villa-Garden-05.jpg
  • Oyamazaki Villa Garden is noteworthy in that Shotaro Kaga himself designed the architecture and garden. Having stayed in Europe at a time when studying abroad was not as common as it is now, he took the lead in reflecting the modern British culture and style. Originally built during the Taisho eras as a country villa for Shotaro Kaga - a wealthy businessman from the Kansai region who left behind a legacy as a man of exquisite tastes who cultivated orchids and published a series of botanical woodblock of orchids. Oyamazaki Villa was relinquished by the Kaga family in 1967. After being sold several times, a plan emerged to demolish the villa and garden to make way for an apartment building. However, local people led a campaign to preserve it and Asahi Breweries and Kyoto Prefecture, decided to restore and reopen it as a museum.
    Oyamazaki-Villa-Garden-04.jpg
  • Oyamazaki Villa Garden is noteworthy in that Shotaro Kaga himself designed the architecture and garden. Having stayed in Europe at a time when studying abroad was not as common as it is now, he took the lead in reflecting the modern British culture and style. Originally built during the Taisho eras as a country villa for Shotaro Kaga - a wealthy businessman from the Kansai region who left behind a legacy as a man of exquisite tastes who cultivated orchids and published a series of botanical woodblock of orchids. Oyamazaki Villa was relinquished by the Kaga family in 1967. After being sold several times, a plan emerged to demolish the villa and garden to make way for an apartment building. However, local people led a campaign to preserve it and Asahi Breweries and Kyoto Prefecture, decided to restore and reopen it as a museum.
    Oyamazaki-Villa-Garden-02.jpg
  • Oyamazaki Villa Garden is noteworthy in that Shotaro Kaga himself designed the architecture and garden. Having stayed in Europe at a time when studying abroad was not as common as it is now, he took the lead in reflecting the modern British culture and style. Originally built during the Taisho eras as a country villa for Shotaro Kaga - a wealthy businessman from the Kansai region who left behind a legacy as a man of exquisite tastes who cultivated orchids and published a series of botanical woodblock of orchids. Oyamazaki Villa was relinquished by the Kaga family in 1967. After being sold several times, a plan emerged to demolish the villa and garden to make way for an apartment building. However, local people led a campaign to preserve it and Asahi Breweries and Kyoto Prefecture, decided to restore and reopen it as a museum.
    Oyamazaki-Villa-Garden-03.jpg
  • Oyamazaki Villa Garden is noteworthy in that Shotaro Kaga himself designed the architecture and garden. Having stayed in Europe at a time when studying abroad was not as common as it is now, he took the lead in reflecting the modern British culture and style. Originally built during the Taisho eras as a country villa for Shotaro Kaga - a wealthy businessman from the Kansai region who left behind a legacy as a man of exquisite tastes who cultivated orchids and published a series of botanical woodblock of orchids. Oyamazaki Villa was relinquished by the Kaga family in 1967. After being sold several times, a plan emerged to demolish the villa and garden to make way for an apartment building. However, local people led a campaign to preserve it and Asahi Breweries and Kyoto Prefecture, decided to restore and reopen it as a museum.
    Oyamazaki-Villa-Garden-06.jpg
  • Tenryuji Sogenchi Pond Garden - Tenryuji Garden has been ranked first among Kyoto's "Five Great Zen Temples". Tenryuji was established in 1339, and like many other temples burnt down several times over its history. Muso Soseki, the temple's founding abbot and famous garden designer, created Tenryuji's landscape garden which, unlike the temple buildings, survived the many fires and is considered one of the oldest of its kind, that is "borrowed landscape" garden, taking in the background scenery of the hills of  Arashiyama as part of the garden's composition. Sogenchi pond and Ishigumi rock clusters in the garden are this pond garden's essential ingredients.
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  • Minatogawa Shrine is located in front of JR Kobe Station. Kusunoki Masashige, a military commander who was active from the Kamakura period to the period of the Northern and Southern Courts, is enshrined as a deity here. There is an unusual dry landscape garden or rather stone garden created in 1975 by Shoichi Tsushima, a local landscaper in Kobe. From the connecting corridor that connects the main shrine and the shrine office, the dry landscape garden centered on the sacred camphor tree. The sukiya-style Japanese-style building Shoshikan at the end of this garden was completed in 1953 after the war, and its name was named by the writer Soho Tokutomi . Although it is not normally open to the public, it has a tea room where you can get a glimpse of its own small garden.
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  • Minatogawa Shrine is located in front of JR Kobe Station. Kusunoki Masashige, a military commander who was active from the Kamakura period to the period of the Northern and Southern Courts, is enshrined as a deity here. There is an unusual dry landscape garden or rather stone garden created in 1975 by Shoichi Tsushima, a local landscaper in Kobe. From the connecting corridor that connects the main shrine and the shrine office, the dry landscape garden centered on the sacred camphor tree. The sukiya-style Japanese-style building Shoshikan at the end of this garden was completed in 1953 after the war, and its name was named by the writer Soho Tokutomi . Although it is not normally open to the public, it has a tea room where you can get a glimpse of its own small garden.
    Minatogawa-Shrine-2.jpg
  • Minatogawa Shrine is located in front of JR Kobe Station. Kusunoki Masashige, a military commander who was active from the Kamakura period to the period of the Northern and Southern Courts, is enshrined as a deity here. There is an unusual dry landscape garden or rather stone garden created in 1975 by Shoichi Tsushima, a local landscaper in Kobe. From the connecting corridor that connects the main shrine and the shrine office, the dry landscape garden centered on the sacred camphor tree. The sukiya-style Japanese-style building Shoshikan at the end of this garden was completed in 1953 after the war, and its name was named by the writer Soho Tokutomi . Although it is not normally open to the public, it has a tea room where you can get a glimpse of its own small garden.
    Minatogawa-Shrine-1.jpg
  • Sogenchi Pond Garden - Tenryuji has been ranked first among Kyoto's "Five Great Zen Temples".  Muso Soseki, the temple's founding abbot and famous garden designer, created Tenryuji's landscape garden which, unlike the temple buildings, survived the many fires and is considered one of the oldest of its kind.  This is a "borrowed landscape" garden, taking in the background scenery of the hills of  Arashiyama as part of the garden's composition. Sogenchi pond and Ishigumi rock clusters in the garden are this pond garden's main ingredients and what makes it so special.
    tenryuji-13-crop.jpg
  • Kyukonoe-tei is the former residence of the Konoe family located in Nishio City Historical Park in the grounds of Nishio Castle ruins.  There is a dry landscape garden surrounding the Shoin Teahouse. After being used as a villa for Imperial Prince Komatsunomiya for a time , it was relocated to Nishio, Aichi when it was decided to demolish it at the end of the Showa period. Rather than demolish the villa, it was transferred from Kyoto and donated to Nishio in 1995. Thus, the modern circuit-style dry landscape garden was created at that time.
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  • Hyogo Prefectural Museum Garden is located in the birthplace of Hyogo Prefecture. The first Hyogo Prefectural Government Building complete with its own Japanese garden and jail behind the building - a restoration of the first Hyogo Prefectural Office. The dry landscape garden in the first prefectural office building called Hygotottsu In the Nara period, Gyoki was involved in the construction. It is essentially a replica of the First Prefectural Government Building based on old drawings and paintings.  In front of the old prefectural office, there is a Japanese garden composed of pine tree, gentle moss, artificial hills make up a dry landscape garden with many garden stones that represent the islands of the Seto Inland Sea leading to Hyogo.  The five islands of moss and stonework represent the five countries: Settsu, Harima, Tajima, Tamba, and Awaji) that make up Hyogo Prefecture. Garden stones and gravel from Hyogo Prefecture, such as Rokko granite, were used for the stones, and the moss covering the islands, which is relatively resistant to tides.
    Hyogo-City-Museum-Garden-5.jpg
  • Kyukonoe-tei is the former residence of the Konoe family located in Nishio City Historical Park in the grounds of Nishio Castle ruins.  There is a dry landscape garden surrounding the Shoin Teahouse. After being used as a villa for Imperial Prince Komatsunomiya for a time , it was relocated to Nishio, Aichi when it was decided to demolish it at the end of the Showa period. Rather than demolish the villa, it was transferred from Kyoto and donated to Nishio in 1995. Thus, the modern circuit-style dry landscape garden was created at that time.
    konoe-6.jpg
  • Kyukonoe-tei is the former residence of the Konoe family located in Nishio City Historical Park in the grounds of Nishio Castle ruins.  There is a dry landscape garden surrounding the Shoin Teahouse. After being used as a villa for Imperial Prince Komatsunomiya for a time , it was relocated to Nishio, Aichi when it was decided to demolish it at the end of the Showa period. Rather than demolish the villa, it was transferred from Kyoto and donated to Nishio in 1995. Thus, the modern circuit-style dry landscape garden was created at that time.
    konoe-5.jpg
  • Kyukonoe-tei is the former residence of the Konoe family located in Nishio City Historical Park in the grounds of Nishio Castle ruins.  There is a dry landscape garden surrounding the Shoin Teahouse. After being used as a villa for Imperial Prince Komatsunomiya for a time , it was relocated to Nishio, Aichi when it was decided to demolish it at the end of the Showa period. Rather than demolish the villa, it was transferred from Kyoto and donated to Nishio in 1995. Thus, the modern circuit-style dry landscape garden was created at that time.
    konoe-4.jpg
  • Kyukonoe-tei is the former residence of the Konoe family located in Nishio City Historical Park in the grounds of Nishio Castle ruins.  There is a dry landscape garden surrounding the Shoin Teahouse. After being used as a villa for Imperial Prince Komatsunomiya for a time , it was relocated to Nishio, Aichi when it was decided to demolish it at the end of the Showa period. Rather than demolish the villa, it was transferred from Kyoto and donated to Nishio in 1995. Thus, the modern circuit-style dry landscape garden was created at that time.
    konoe-2.jpg
  • Hyogo Prefectural Museum Garden is located in the birthplace of Hyogo Prefecture. The first Hyogo Prefectural Government Building complete with its own Japanese garden and jail behind the building - a restoration of the first Hyogo Prefectural Office. The dry landscape garden in the first prefectural office building called Hygotottsu In the Nara period, Gyoki was involved in the construction. It is essentially a replica of the First Prefectural Government Building based on old drawings and paintings.  In front of the old prefectural office, there is a Japanese garden composed of pine tree, gentle moss, artificial hills make up a dry landscape garden with many garden stones that represent the islands of the Seto Inland Sea leading to Hyogo.  The five islands of moss and stonework represent the five countries: Settsu, Harima, Tajima, Tamba, and Awaji) that make up Hyogo Prefecture. Garden stones and gravel from Hyogo Prefecture, such as Rokko granite, were used for the stones, and the moss covering the islands, which is relatively resistant to tides.
    Hyogo-City-Museum-Garden-3.jpg
  • Hyogo Prefectural Museum Garden is located in the birthplace of Hyogo Prefecture. The first Hyogo Prefectural Government Building complete with its own Japanese garden and jail behind the building - a restoration of the first Hyogo Prefectural Office. The dry landscape garden in the first prefectural office building called Hygotottsu In the Nara period, Gyoki was involved in the construction. It is essentially a replica of the First Prefectural Government Building based on old drawings and paintings.  In front of the old prefectural office, there is a Japanese garden composed of pine tree, gentle moss, artificial hills make up a dry landscape garden with many garden stones that represent the islands of the Seto Inland Sea leading to Hyogo.  The five islands of moss and stonework represent the five countries: Settsu, Harima, Tajima, Tamba, and Awaji) that make up Hyogo Prefecture. Garden stones and gravel from Hyogo Prefecture, such as Rokko granite, were used for the stones, and the moss covering the islands, which is relatively resistant to tides.
    Hyogo-City-Museum-Garden-2.jpg
  • Hyogo Prefectural Museum Garden is located in the birthplace of Hyogo Prefecture. The first Hyogo Prefectural Government Building complete with its own Japanese garden and jail behind the building - a restoration of the first Hyogo Prefectural Office. The dry landscape garden in the first prefectural office building called Hygotottsu In the Nara period, Gyoki was involved in the construction. It is essentially a replica of the First Prefectural Government Building based on old drawings and paintings.  In front of the old prefectural office, there is a Japanese garden composed of pine tree, gentle moss, artificial hills make up a dry landscape garden with many garden stones that represent the islands of the Seto Inland Sea leading to Hyogo.  The five islands of moss and stonework represent the five countries: Settsu, Harima, Tajima, Tamba, and Awaji) that make up Hyogo Prefecture. Garden stones and gravel from Hyogo Prefecture, such as Rokko granite, were used for the stones, and the moss covering the islands, which is relatively resistant to tides.
    Hyogo-City-Museum-Garden-4.jpg
  • Hyogo Prefectural Museum Garden is located in the birthplace of Hyogo Prefecture. The first Hyogo Prefectural Government Building complete with its own Japanese garden and jail behind the building - a restoration of the first Hyogo Prefectural Office. The dry landscape garden in the first prefectural office building called Hygotottsu In the Nara period, Gyoki was involved in the construction. It is essentially a replica of the First Prefectural Government Building based on old drawings and paintings.  In front of the old prefectural office, there is a Japanese garden composed of pine tree, gentle moss, artificial hills make up a dry landscape garden with many garden stones that represent the islands of the Seto Inland Sea leading to Hyogo.  The five islands of moss and stonework represent the five countries: Settsu, Harima, Tajima, Tamba, and Awaji) that make up Hyogo Prefecture. Garden stones and gravel from Hyogo Prefecture, such as Rokko granite, were used for the stones, and the moss covering the islands, which is relatively resistant to tides.
    Hyogo-City-Museum-Garden-1.jpg
  • Ninomaru garden was designed by the famous landscape architect and tea master, Kobori Enshu. It is located between the two main rings of fortifications, next to the palace of the same name. The garden has a large pond with three islands and features numerous carefully placed stones and topiary pine trees.  Nijo Castle and its garden are a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • Kyukonoe-tei is the former residence of the Konoe family located in Nishio City Historical Park in the grounds of Nishio Castle ruins.  There is a dry landscape garden surrounding the Shoin Teahouse. After being used as a villa for Imperial Prince Komatsunomiya for a time , it was relocated to Nishio, Aichi when it was decided to demolish it at the end of the Showa period. Rather than demolish the villa, it was transferred from Kyoto and donated to Nishio in 1995. Thus, the modern circuit-style dry landscape garden was created at that time.
    konoe-7.jpg
  • Kyukonoe-tei is the former residence of the Konoe family located in Nishio City Historical Park in the grounds of Nishio Castle ruins.  There is a dry landscape garden surrounding the Shoin Teahouse. After being used as a villa for Imperial Prince Komatsunomiya for a time , it was relocated to Nishio, Aichi when it was decided to demolish it at the end of the Showa period. Rather than demolish the villa, it was transferred from Kyoto and donated to Nishio in 1995. Thus, the modern circuit-style dry landscape garden was created at that time.
    konoe-3.jpg
  • Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    koishikawa-korakuen-23.jpg
  • Shoboji Temple is of the Jodo sect and related to the Owari Tokugawa family, the head of the three Tokugawa families.  There are two main gardens. The dry landscape garden Hondo Teien spreads out in front of the main hall. As one of the landscapes centered on the Karamon gate, which is the so-called “Onarimon”, there are azaleas and cypresses in the white sand. The garden expresses a “sea of clouds” with its pruning and stone arrangement.  And behind the main hall, there is a pond garden that can be viewed from three sides which is designated as a cultural property by Kyoto Prefecture. This garden is presumed to have been created around the middle of the Edo period -  water flows down from the waterfall stone arrangement using the foot of the mountain to the front of the pond.
    Shoboji-Yawata-09.jpg
  • Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    koishikawa-korakuen-16.jpg
  • Shoboji Temple is of the Jodo sect and related to the Owari Tokugawa family, the head of the three Tokugawa families.  There are two main gardens. The dry landscape garden Hondo Teien spreads out in front of the main hall. As one of the landscapes centered on the Karamon gate, which is the so-called “Onarimon”, there are azaleas and cypresses in the white sand. The garden expresses a “sea of clouds” with its pruning and stone arrangement.  And behind the main hall, there is a pond garden that can be viewed from three sides which is designated as a cultural property by Kyoto Prefecture. This garden is presumed to have been created around the middle of the Edo period -  water flows down from the waterfall stone arrangement using the foot of the mountain to the front of the pond.
    Shoboji-Yawata-08.jpg
  • Shoboji Temple is of the Jodo sect and related to the Owari Tokugawa family, the head of the three Tokugawa families.  There are two main gardens. The dry landscape garden Hondo Teien spreads out in front of the main hall. As one of the landscapes centered on the Karamon gate, which is the so-called “Onarimon”, there are azaleas and cypresses in the white sand. The garden expresses a “sea of clouds” with its pruning and stone arrangement.  And behind the main hall, there is a pond garden that can be viewed from three sides which is designated as a cultural property by Kyoto Prefecture. This garden is presumed to have been created around the middle of the Edo period -  water flows down from the waterfall stone arrangement using the foot of the mountain to the front of the pond.
    Shoboji-Yawata-06.jpg
  • Shoboji Temple is of the Jodo sect and related to the Owari Tokugawa family, the head of the three Tokugawa families.  There are two main gardens. The dry landscape garden Hondo Teien spreads out in front of the main hall. As one of the landscapes centered on the Karamon gate, which is the so-called “Onarimon”, there are azaleas and cypresses in the white sand. The garden expresses a “sea of clouds” with its pruning and stone arrangement.  And behind the main hall, there is a pond garden that can be viewed from three sides which is designated as a cultural property by Kyoto Prefecture. This garden is presumed to have been created around the middle of the Edo period -  water flows down from the waterfall stone arrangement using the foot of the mountain to the front of the pond.
    Shoboji-Yawata-07.jpg
  • Shoboji Temple is of the Jodo sect and related to the Owari Tokugawa family, the head of the three Tokugawa families.  There are two main gardens. The dry landscape garden Hondo Teien spreads out in front of the main hall. As one of the landscapes centered on the Karamon gate, which is the so-called “Onarimon”, there are azaleas and cypresses in the white sand. The garden expresses a “sea of clouds” with its pruning and stone arrangement.  And behind the main hall, there is a pond garden that can be viewed from three sides which is designated as a cultural property by Kyoto Prefecture. This garden is presumed to have been created around the middle of the Edo period -  water flows down from the waterfall stone arrangement using the foot of the mountain to the front of the pond.
    Shoboji-Yawata-05.jpg
  • Shoboji Temple is of the Jodo sect and related to the Owari Tokugawa family, the head of the three Tokugawa families.  There are two main gardens. The dry landscape garden Hondo Teien spreads out in front of the main hall. As one of the landscapes centered on the Karamon gate, which is the so-called “Onarimon”, there are azaleas and cypresses in the white sand. The garden expresses a “sea of clouds” with its pruning and stone arrangement.  And behind the main hall, there is a pond garden that can be viewed from three sides which is designated as a cultural property by Kyoto Prefecture. This garden is presumed to have been created around the middle of the Edo period -  water flows down from the waterfall stone arrangement using the foot of the mountain to the front of the pond.
    Shoboji-Yawata-02.jpg
  • Shoboji Temple is of the Jodo sect and related to the Owari Tokugawa family, the head of the three Tokugawa families.  There are two main gardens. The dry landscape garden Hondo Teien spreads out in front of the main hall. As one of the landscapes centered on the Karamon gate, which is the so-called “Onarimon”, there are azaleas and cypresses in the white sand. The garden expresses a “sea of clouds” with its pruning and stone arrangement.  And behind the main hall, there is a pond garden that can be viewed from three sides which is designated as a cultural property by Kyoto Prefecture. This garden is presumed to have been created around the middle of the Edo period -  water flows down from the waterfall stone arrangement using the foot of the mountain to the front of the pond.
    Shoboji-Yawata-01.jpg
  • Shoboji Temple is of the Jodo sect and related to the Owari Tokugawa family, the head of the three Tokugawa families.  There are two main gardens. The dry landscape garden Hondo Teien spreads out in front of the main hall. As one of the landscapes centered on the Karamon gate, which is the so-called “Onarimon”, there are azaleas and cypresses in the white sand. The garden expresses a “sea of clouds” with its pruning and stone arrangement.  And behind the main hall, there is a pond garden that can be viewed from three sides which is designated as a cultural property by Kyoto Prefecture. This garden is presumed to have been created around the middle of the Edo period -  water flows down from the waterfall stone arrangement using the foot of the mountain to the front of the pond.
    Shoboji-Yawata-03.jpg
  • 16.  Tenryuji 天龍寺 has been ranked first among Kyoto's ‘Five Great Zen Temples’.  Muso Soseki, the temple's founding abbot and famous garden designer, is said to have created Tenryuji's garden which, unlike the temple buildings,  survived several fires intact and is considered one of the oldest gardens of its kind. This is a shakkei or borrowed landscape garden, integrating the background scenery of the hills of Arashiyama as part of the garden's composition. Rather than physically entering the garden, it shows a 3D effect and was meant to be viewed from a distance.  It is often cited as a one of the best examples of the use of borrowed scenery gardens in Japan.
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  • 16.  Tenryuji 天龍寺 has been ranked first among Kyoto's ‘Five Great Zen Temples’.  Muso Soseki, the temple's founding abbot and famous garden designer, is said to have created Tenryuji's garden which, unlike the temple buildings,  survived several fires intact and is considered one of the oldest gardens of its kind. This is a shakkei or borrowed landscape garden, integrating the background scenery of the hills of Arashiyama as part of the garden's composition. Rather than physically entering the garden, it shows a 3D effect and was meant to be viewed from a distance.  It is often cited as a one of the best examples of the use of borrowed scenery gardens in Japan.
    16.KYOTO-TENRYUJI-02.jpg
  • 16.  Tenryuji 天龍寺 has been ranked first among Kyoto's ‘Five Great Zen Temples’.  Muso Soseki, the temple's founding abbot and famous garden designer, is said to have created Tenryuji's garden which, unlike the temple buildings,  survived several fires intact and is considered one of the oldest gardens of its kind. This is a shakkei or borrowed landscape garden, integrating the background scenery of the hills of Arashiyama as part of the garden's composition. Rather than physically entering the garden, it shows a 3D effect and was meant to be viewed from a distance.  It is often cited as a one of the best examples of the use of borrowed scenery gardens in Japan.
    16.KYOTO-TENRYUJI-01.jpg
  • Togetsukyo Bridge at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden -  one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    koishikawa-korakuen-18.jpg
  • Togetsukyo Bridge at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden - Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    koishikawa-korakuen-17.jpg
  • Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    koishikawa-korakuen-14.jpg
  • Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    koishikawa-korakuen-11.jpg
  • Shorazon Hill at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden - one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    koishikawa-korakuen-3.jpg
  • Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    hitotsu-matsu-pond-korakuen-2.jpg
  • Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    koishikawa-korakuen-7.jpg
  • Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    koishikawa-korakuen-13.jpg
  • Shoboji Temple is of the Jodo sect and related to the Owari Tokugawa family, the head of the three Tokugawa families.  There are two main gardens. The dry landscape garden Hondo Teien spreads out in front of the main hall. As one of the landscapes centered on the Karamon gate, which is the so-called “Onarimon”, there are azaleas and cypresses in the white sand. The garden expresses a “sea of clouds” with its pruning and stone arrangement.  And behind the main hall, there is a pond garden that can be viewed from three sides which is designated as a cultural property by Kyoto Prefecture. This garden is presumed to have been created around the middle of the Edo period -  water flows down from the waterfall stone arrangement using the foot of the mountain to the front of the pond.
    Shoboji-Yawata-04.jpg
  • Kantoku-tei Teahouse at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden - Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill..
    kantokto-tei-teahouse-1.jpg
  • Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    hitotsu-matsu-pond-korakuen-3.jpg
  • Koishikawa Korakuen Garden is one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill.
    hitotsu-matsu-pond-korakuen-1.jpg
  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
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  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
    kezoji-4.jpg
  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
    kezoji-3.jpg
  • Myokensha is a shrine within the grounds of Honshoji Temple where the garden of the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi remains. Due to the Separation of Shinto and Buddhism, the temple and the shrine are now separate entities, but Honshoji Temple info states information about Myoken-sha Shrine, so it seems that the relationship is still deep, therefore Myokensha is still enshrined in Honshoji Temple.  At Myokensha, there remains a small dry landscape garden that is characterized by trimmed azaleas, famous spot for azaleas in Akashi.
    Myokensha-5.jpg
  • Korakuen is a Japanese landscape garden located in Okayama and is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenrokuen and Kairakuen. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. In 1884, ownership was transferred to Okayama Prefecture and the garden was opened to the public. The garden suffered severe flood damage in 1934 and during World War II bombing in 1945, but has been restored based on Edo period paintings and diagrams.
    korakuen-7.jpg
  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
    kezoji-6.jpg
  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
    kezoji-5.jpg
  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
    kezoji-2.jpg
  • Zennoji is a sub-temple of Sennyuji and in the precincts there is a garden called Senyu-en created by renowned landscape designer Mirei Shigemori composed of moss and dramatic giant stones. Sennyuji itself is also known as Mitera - the family temple of the imperial family and the head temple of the Sennyuji sect of Shingon Buddhism. Sennyuji is made up of numerous sub-temples of which Zennoji is one.
    Zennoji-Sennyuji-4.jpg
  • Zennoji is a sub-temple of Sennyuji and in the precincts there is a garden called Senyu-en created by renowned landscape designer Mirei Shigemori composed of moss and dramatic giant stones. Sennyuji itself is also known as Mitera - the family temple of the imperial family and the head temple of the Sennyuji sect of Shingon Buddhism. Sennyuji is made up of numerous sub-temples of which Zennoji is one.
    Zennoji-Sennyuji-3.jpg
  • Zennoji is a sub-temple of Sennyuji and in the precincts there is a garden called Senyu-en created by renowned landscape designer Mirei Shigemori composed of moss and dramatic giant stones. Sennyuji itself is also known as Mitera - the family temple of the imperial family and the head temple of the Sennyuji sect of Shingon Buddhism. Sennyuji is made up of numerous sub-temples of which Zennoji is one.
    Zennoji-Sennyuji-1.jpg
  • Zennoji is a sub-temple of Sennyuji and in the precincts there is a garden called Senyu-en created by renowned landscape designer Mirei Shigemori composed of moss and dramatic giant stones. Sennyuji itself is also known as Mitera - the family temple of the imperial family and the head temple of the Sennyuji sect of Shingon Buddhism. Sennyuji is made up of numerous sub-temples of which Zennoji is one.
    Zennoji-Sennyuji-2.jpg
  • Myokensha is a shrine within the grounds of Honshoji Temple where the garden of the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi remains. Due to the Separation of Shinto and Buddhism, the temple and the shrine are now separate entities, but Honshoji Temple info states information about Myoken-sha Shrine, so it seems that the relationship is still deep, therefore Myokensha is still enshrined in Honshoji Temple.  At Myokensha, there remains a small dry landscape garden that is characterized by trimmed azaleas, famous spot for azaleas in Akashi.
    Myokensha-6.jpg
  • Myokensha is a shrine within the grounds of Honshoji Temple where the garden of the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi remains. Due to the Separation of Shinto and Buddhism, the temple and the shrine are now separate entities, but Honshoji Temple info states information about Myoken-sha Shrine, so it seems that the relationship is still deep, therefore Myokensha is still enshrined in Honshoji Temple.  At Myokensha, there remains a small dry landscape garden that is characterized by trimmed azaleas, famous spot for azaleas in Akashi.
    Myokensha-2.jpg
  • Myokensha is a shrine within the grounds of Honshoji Temple where the garden of the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi remains. Due to the Separation of Shinto and Buddhism, the temple and the shrine are now separate entities, but Honshoji Temple info states information about Myoken-sha Shrine, so it seems that the relationship is still deep, therefore Myokensha is still enshrined in Honshoji Temple.  At Myokensha, there remains a small dry landscape garden that is characterized by trimmed azaleas, famous spot for azaleas in Akashi.
    Myokensha-1.jpg
  • Jikko-in is a unique temple because it's dedicated to music, more specifically Buddhist hymns. While silence should be observed in most temples, here it is OK to actually use some of the instruments on display. The sound they make is interesting and beautiful, with a touch of exoticism. If you visit there, try the set of bells on the black rack and the lithophone -  a xylophone but using stones.  More interestingly, the musical aspect is not the only reason to visit this temple: the garden is also very beautiful. The first part is the pond located next to the main hall. It has a few remarkable features: a tsukubai basin, a water fall, a pond with beautiful koi carps and a tortoise-shaped-rock, a stone lantern and pagoda as well as moss and other vegetation. A maple tree covers part of the pond, making this temple a nice spot to visit in autumn. The garden was created in the late Edo period, in the chisen-kansho style; literally "pond-fountain-viewing". The pond empties itself through a small stream that fills the lower pond that is the centre of the second and larger part of the garden. From the hall the mountains Konpira and Koshio can be seen, and are part of the borrowed landscape garden design.
    jikko-in-14.jpg
  • Jikko-in is a unique temple because it's dedicated to music, more specifically Buddhist hymns. While silence should be observed in most temples, here it is OK to actually use some of the instruments on display. The sound they make is interesting and beautiful, with a touch of exoticism. If you visit there, try the set of bells on the black rack and the lithophone -  a xylophone but using stones.  More interestingly, the musical aspect is not the only reason to visit this temple: the garden is also very beautiful. The first part is the pond located next to the main hall. It has a few remarkable features: a tsukubai basin, a water fall, a pond with beautiful koi carps and a tortoise-shaped-rock, a stone lantern and pagoda as well as moss and other vegetation. A maple tree covers part of the pond, making this temple a nice spot to visit in autumn. The garden was created in the late Edo period, in the chisen-kansho style; literally "pond-fountain-viewing". The pond empties itself through a small stream that fills the lower pond that is the centre of the second and larger part of the garden. From the hall the mountains Konpira and Koshio can be seen, and are part of the borrowed landscape garden design.
    jikko-in-12.jpg
  • Jikko-in is a unique temple because it's dedicated to music, more specifically Buddhist hymns. While silence should be observed in most temples, here it is OK to actually use some of the instruments on display. The sound they make is interesting and beautiful, with a touch of exoticism. If you visit there, try the set of bells on the black rack and the lithophone -  a xylophone but using stones.  More interestingly, the musical aspect is not the only reason to visit this temple: the garden is also very beautiful. The first part is the pond located next to the main hall. It has a few remarkable features: a tsukubai basin, a water fall, a pond with beautiful koi carps and a tortoise-shaped-rock, a stone lantern and pagoda as well as moss and other vegetation. A maple tree covers part of the pond, making this temple a nice spot to visit in autumn. The garden was created in the late Edo period, in the chisen-kansho style; literally "pond-fountain-viewing". The pond empties itself through a small stream that fills the lower pond that is the centre of the second and larger part of the garden. From the hall the mountains Konpira and Koshio can be seen, and are part of the borrowed landscape garden design.
    jikko-in-13.jpg
  • Jikko-in is a unique temple because it's dedicated to music, more specifically Buddhist hymns. While silence should be observed in most temples, here it is OK to actually use some of the instruments on display. The sound they make is interesting and beautiful, with a touch of exoticism. If you visit there, try the set of bells on the black rack and the lithophone -  a xylophone but using stones.  More interestingly, the musical aspect is not the only reason to visit this temple: the garden is also very beautiful. The first part is the pond located next to the main hall. It has a few remarkable features: a tsukubai basin, a water fall, a pond with beautiful koi carps and a tortoise-shaped-rock, a stone lantern and pagoda as well as moss and other vegetation. A maple tree covers part of the pond, making this temple a nice spot to visit in autumn. The garden was created in the late Edo period, in the chisen-kansho style; literally "pond-fountain-viewing". The pond empties itself through a small stream that fills the lower pond that is the centre of the second and larger part of the garden. From the hall the mountains Konpira and Koshio can be seen, and are part of the borrowed landscape garden design.
    jikko-in-11.jpg
  • Ninomaru garden was designed by the famous landscape architect and tea master, Kobori Enshu. It is located between the two main rings of fortifications, next to the palace of the same name. The garden has a large pond with three islands and features numerous carefully placed stones and topiary pine trees.  Nijo Castle and its garden are a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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  • Korakuen is a Japanese landscape garden located in Okayama and is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenrokuen and Kairakuen. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. In 1884, ownership was transferred to Okayama Prefecture and the garden was opened to the public. The garden suffered severe flood damage in 1934 and during World War II bombing in 1945, but has been restored based on Edo period paintings and diagrams.
    korakuen-6.jpg
  • Korakuen is a Japanese landscape garden located in Okayama and is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenrokuen and Kairakuen. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. In 1884, ownership was transferred to Okayama Prefecture and the garden was opened to the public. The garden suffered severe flood damage in 1934 and during World War II bombing in 1945, but has been restored based on Edo period paintings and diagrams.
    korakuen-5.jpg
  • Korakuen is a Japanese landscape garden located in Okayama and is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenrokuen and Kairakuen. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. In 1884, ownership was transferred to Okayama Prefecture and the garden was opened to the public. The garden suffered severe flood damage in 1934 and during World War II bombing in 1945, but has been restored based on Edo period paintings and diagrams.
    korakuen-3.jpg
  • Kyu Shiba Rikyu Garden features the typical elements of a Japanese landscape garden including a pond and man-made hills symbolizing the ocean, lakes and mountains of the real world and walking trails to enjoy the garden from various perspectives..During the Edo Period, the garden was built on land reclaimed from Tokyo Bay and served as the residence of various feudal lords and government officials.
    kyu-shiba-rikyu-garden-03.jpg
  • Hama Rikyu, the garden of a feudal lord's residence during the Edo Period, is one of Tokyo's most attractive landscape gardens. It is located next to Tokyo Bay, beside the futuristic Shiodome district.  Seawater ponds, former duck hunting grounds, forested areas and a teahouse in the middle of the pond are some of the park's attractions. Furthermore, the contrast between the traditional gardens with Shiodome's skyscrapers in the background is spectacular.
    hama-rikkyu-2.jpg
  • Myokensha is a shrine within the grounds of Honshoji Temple where the garden of the great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi remains. Due to the Separation of Shinto and Buddhism, the temple and the shrine are now separate entities, but Honshoji Temple info states information about Myoken-sha Shrine, so it seems that the relationship is still deep, therefore Myokensha is still enshrined in Honshoji Temple.  At Myokensha, there remains a small dry landscape garden that is characterized by trimmed azaleas, famous spot for azaleas in Akashi.
    Myokensha-3.jpg
  • Jikko-in is a unique temple because it's dedicated to music, more specifically Buddhist hymns. While silence should be observed in most temples, here it is OK to actually use some of the instruments on display. The sound they make is interesting and beautiful, with a touch of exoticism. If you visit there, try the set of bells on the black rack and the lithophone -  a xylophone but using stones.  More interestingly, the musical aspect is not the only reason to visit this temple: the garden is also very beautiful. The first part is the pond located next to the main hall. It has a few remarkable features: a tsukubai basin, a water fall, a pond with beautiful koi carps and a tortoise-shaped-rock, a stone lantern and pagoda as well as moss and other vegetation. A maple tree covers part of the pond, making this temple a nice spot to visit in autumn. The garden was created in the late Edo period, in the chisen-kansho style; literally "pond-fountain-viewing". The pond empties itself through a small stream that fills the lower pond that is the centre of the second and larger part of the garden. From the hall the mountains Konpira and Koshio can be seen, and are part of the borrowed landscape garden design.
    jikko-in-15.jpg
  • Tsutenkyo Bridge at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden -  one of Tokyo's oldest and most beautiful Japanese landscape gardens. It was built by close relatives of the Tokugawa Shogun in the early Edo Period..Like most traditional Japanese gardens, Koishikawa Korakuen attempts to reproduce famous landscapes from China and Japan in miniature, using a pond, stones, plants and a man made hill..
    koishikawa-korakuen-20.jpg
  • Hama Rikyu Garden or  Hama-rikyu Onshi Teien is a  landscape garden surrounding Shioiri Pond. The park itself is surrounded by a seawater moat filled by Tokyo Bay. It was remodeled as a public garden park on the site of a villa of the Shogun Tokugawa family in the 17th century.  Visitors can also enjoy Japanese tea and sweets at a tea house in the middle of the pond, called Nakajima-no-Ochaya in the garden that offers matcha tea and Japanese sweets.
    hama-rikkyu-4.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-21.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-07.jpg
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