It’s already been a week since I am back to work and it passed too fast! However, now I had time to finish and publish our new eBook about the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. When I first visited the Imperial Palace, I was quite confused by the entrance procedure… Although...Continue Reading
Summer arrived in Japan! Finally it got really really hot and the mosquito are out and try to keep us away from gardens. But who is a real garden lover will not give in to these tiny little insects and will find other ways to indulge in our passion. Maybe...Continue Reading
The first time I came in contact with Houttuynia cordata was during my work in the Botanical Garden in Hamburg / Germany. However, it was not the common one, but the variety “Chameleon”, which is not as vigorous as the normal Houttuynia. Nonetheless, I hated to work inside them...Continue Reading
It is the end of the month and I guess by now you all already know that this is the time for a new eBook! For June I chose to publish the eBook about Tonogayato-teien in Kokubunji. Kokubunji is a city belonging to Tokyo, but not to the inner 23...Continue Reading
It’s been almost two months since I’m working in Real Japanese Gardens. Few times per week we spend in the construction sites doing maintenance and planting. In this article I would like to tell you more about the most common plants we are working with. They are easy to care and...Continue Reading
Already one month passed since I published the last eBook.. It seems like yesterday! However, I had to think hard which eBook to publish next but decided on Happō-en because it is a garden with a very unique history. When I first visited Happō-en, I was very uncertain. The garden...Continue Reading
The garden of the Nezu-Museum is not the only museum garden in our series of “Secret Gardens in Tokyo”. It may seem odd to add such gardens, however, most of them have the history of an old garden and deserve their place on our website. I visited the Museum and...Continue Reading
Japanese people love top lists since ancient times. Very important is the Top 100, which could already experienced during the Edo period like in Ukiyo-e woodblock printings like the 100 views of Edo from Hiroshige or the current list of the 100 most scenic waterfalls. But also other numbers are...Continue Reading
With the last eBook about Shōren-in I made an exception, but now I continue with the “Secret gardens of Tokyo” series! This time I researched and wrote about the Kyu-Furukawa Teien. I never wanted to visit this garden in the first place, because I thought it would be a western...Continue Reading
On a weekend day in early March, I visited the Nezu Museum in Tokyo’s Aoyama area. I am not a great fan of museums. I never was. While I have no problem with paying 500 Yen for visiting a garden, I have with paying 1000 Yen and know I will...Continue Reading
