Large pond garden at Narita-san-Shinshaji Temple near Narita airport
In the Spring of 2015 we were fortunate enough to visit Japan and made a point of seeing a good number of gardens as we toured around.
As you may know, Japanese garden design is a very complicated subject and the resulting gardens are quite different from the gardens we are used to here. The basic principle is that a garden should be a work of art, inspired by nature, appearing to be natural but not wild. Basic principles include:
Finally, there are the very special dry rock gardens associated with Zen Buddhist temples. Here are views of some of the gardens we saw on our trip. Liz and Mike Bissett |
Courtyard garden in Yanaka, an old suburb of Tokyo
Strolling garden - a 16th century garden in Nikko
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