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Japanese gardens, typically a section of a larger garden, continue to be popular in the West, and many typical Japanese garden plants, such as cherry trees and the many varieties of Acer palmatum or Japanese maple, are also used in all types of garden, giving a faint hint of the style to very many gardens.
The oldest water fountain in Japan continues functioning at Kenroku-en in Kanazawa. The Three Great Gardens of Japan (日本三名園, Nihon Sanmeien), also known as "the three most famous gardens in Japan" are considered to include Kenroku-en in Kanazawa, Kōraku-en in Okayama and Kairaku-en in Mito. [1]
Kiyosumi Garden: the pond and tea house The Isle. Kiyosumi Garden (清澄庭園, Kiyosumi Teien) is a traditional Japanese stroll garden located in Fukagawa, Tokyo.It was constructed along classic principles in 1878–85, during the Meiji Period, by the shipping financier and industrialist Iwasaki Yatarō. [1]
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) Amami Islands Botanical Garden (Amami, Kagoshima) Aoshima Subtropical Botanical Garden (Miyazaki, Miyazaki) Aritaki Arboretum (Koshigaya ...
The Koishikawa Kōrakuen (小石川後楽園) is a large urban park in the Koishikawa neighborhood of Bunkyō, Tokyo, Japan. The Japanese garden dates from the early Edo period. [1] and is one of three surviving daimyō gardens of the many that were created during that period, the others being the Rikugi-en and the Hama Rikyū gardens. [2]
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 Japanese dry garden (枯山水, karesansui) or Japanese rock garden, often called a Zen garden, is a distinctive style of Japanese garden. It creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in ...
Ritsurin Garden (栗林公園, Ritsurin Kōen) is a large, historic garden in Takamatsu, Japan. It was completed in 1745 as a private strolling garden and villa for the local feudal lords, and opened to the public in 1875. [1] Ritsurin is one of the largest strolling gardens in Japan, [2] and a major tourist attraction for Kagawa Prefecture. [3]