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Works in the Garden in June
Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. Here is part 6, in which I talk about the works in June. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]
Understanding the Wabi-sabi
Japanese people tend to state that foreigners can’t understand the concept of wabi-sabi. But is this really true? Or is it one of these myths Japanese like so much hearing and spreading about their country and culture like that one about other countries don’t have four distinctive seasons? When I came to Japan as a […]
Works in the Garden in May
Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. This is part 5, in which I talk about the works in May. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]
Works in the Garden in April
Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. This is part 4, in which I talk about the works in April. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, […]
Works in the Garden in March
Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. This is part 3 about the works in March. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, […]
Ryūmonbaku – Dragon Gate Falls
Today I would like to talk about the Ryūmonbaku style waterfalls. Do you know these falls where a stone represents a carp jumping up a fall to become a dragon? The tale goes, that only a strong carp can manage to swim up a river with strong current and pass the dragon gate on top […]
[New eBook] The Teahouses of the Tokyo National Museum
Finally I finished the last book in our “Gardens in Tokyo” series! I am very happy and also a little bit proud. The last book features the secret garden of the Tokyo National Museum, which is only open for the public in spring and autumn. I visited the garden three times, twice in autumn and […]
Works in the garden in February
Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. This is part 2 about the works in February. You can find the other parts here: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Because the […]
Works in the garden in January
Requested by one of our readers was an article about maintenance works throughout the year. I thought it would be nice to make a monthly series out of this. However, you will find it more boring and unspecified as you might expect it ^_- Here are the following parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, […]
New eBook: Stone Arrangement!
This book I wanted to do for a long time and now I was finally able to write it. I am so excited! In the beginning of 2016, I had prescribed bed rest for about a month and during this time I read the Sakuteiki and already wrote down a lot of the text you […]