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It was constructed in 1992 at the site of the lord's west residence, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Himeji municipality. In 2017, Kōko-en signed a sister garden agreement [2] with Rohō-en, the Japanese Friendship Garden, in its sister city, Phoenix, Arizona.
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Japanese gardens are designed to be seen from the outside, as in the Japanese rock garden or zen garden; or from a path winding through the garden. Use of rocks: in a Chinese garden, particularly in the Ming dynasty , scholar's rocks were selected for their extraordinary shapes or resemblance to animals or mountains, and used for dramatic effect.
This list of botanical gardens in Japan is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in Japan. Akatsuka Botanical Garden ( Itabashi, Tokyo ) Aloha Garden Tateyama ( Tateyama, Chiba )
Japanese gardens — designed and created in traditional Japanese style — outside of Japan. For gardens of all styles, traditional 'Japanese gardens' to contemporary 'international styles', located in Japan, see: Category: Gardens in Japan .
The garden was designed in the Kaiyu ("scenic promenade") style which presents the visitor with a new view at every turn of the path which connects the lawns, ponds, hills, tea houses, and streams. The garden covers a total area of approximately 133,000 square meters, with the grassed area covering approximately 18,500 square meters.
The gardens were opened to the public, and in 1940 the Asano family donated them to Hiroshima Prefecture. Being a short walk from ground zero of the nuclear attack on Hiroshima , Shukkei-en suffered extensive damage, and then became a refuge for victims of the war.
The Yuko-En on the Elkhorn garden features the traditional elements of a Japanese garden with plants and landforms native to Japan and Kentucky. The site's flat land was converted with 1400 truckloads of earth into gentle rising hills with gravel paths and arched bridges leading through a water garden , a Zen rock garden , and past the banks of ...