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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]
Other spellings of tsubo-niwa translate to "container garden", and a tsubo-niwa may differ in size from the tsubo unit of measurement. [1] A number of different terms exist to describe the function of townhouse gardens. Courtyard gardens of all sizes are referred to as naka-niwa, "inner gardens"; [3] gardens referred to as tōri-niwa (通り庭 ...
The moss garden at the Saihō-ji temple in Kyoto, started in 1339. Japanese gardens (日本庭園, nihon teien) are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape.
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 ...
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 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]
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 .
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]