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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]
Kikuyō (菊陽町, Kikuyō-machi) is a town located in Kikuchi District, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 July 2024 [update] , the town had an estimated population of 43,852 in 19715 households, and a population density of 1200 persons per km 2 . [ 1 ]
Six residences are currently located on the grounds of the estate. At its rough center is a Japanese garden, the Akasaka Imperial Gardens (赤坂御苑, Akasaka-gyoen), where the Emperor holds a garden party (園遊会, Enyūkai) [1] twice annually, to which are invited around 2,000 political figures, diplomatic representatives, and celebrities from various fields.
The Japanese Garden was designed by Ken Nakajima in 1992, includes a teahouse, waterfalls, bridges, and stone paths that wander among crepe myrtles, azaleas, Japanese maples, dogwoods and cherry trees. Hershey Gardens: Hershey: Pennsylvania: Includes a Japanese garden with rare giant sequoias, Dawn Redwood trees, Japanese maples and more.
Kōraku-en (後楽園, Kōrakuen) is a Japanese garden located in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture. It is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan, along with Kenroku-en and Kairaku-en. Korakuen was built in 1700 by Ikeda Tsunamasa, lord of Okayama. The garden reached its modern form in 1863. [1]
The outside of the mansion that can be found in the gardens. Kyū-Furukawa Gardens (旧古河庭園, kyū-furukawa teien) is a Tokyo metropolitan park in Nishigahara, Kita, Tokyo. The park includes a Western-style mansion, a Western-style rose garden, and a Japanese-style garden, all of which were built in early 20th century.
According to one theory, this garden was the part of the residence of the famous Edo-period business magnate, Kinokuniya Bunzaemon.In the Kyōhō era (1716–1736), it became the location of the Edo residence of the feudal lord Kuze Yamatonokami, of Sekiyamo, who built his mansion here in 1721 [3] and this is the period when the basic form of the garden came into existence.
A History of the Kikuyu, 1500-1900. Nairobi: Oxford University Press. Routledge, William Scoresby; Routledge, Katherine Pease (1910). With a Prehistoric People: The Akikûyu of British East Africa, Being some account of the method of life and mode of thought found existent amongst a nation on its first contact with European civilisation. London ...