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
We received a Customer Voice again! I am very happy! And after Saiho-ji it is the second review about one of our garden guides, not about the explanations. Our customer reviewed a small temple far away from the big bustling cities, which is almost not known in other countries. We...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
I am always happy when we receive a new Customer Voice! It helps me to figure out what our readers like and what can be improved. This time, the review features a book out of our Explanations section. If you too like to help us improve our eBooks, please feel...Continue Reading
I am happy to show you a review of one of Real Japanese Gardens eBooks today. This review is not about one of our Garden Guides, but about one in our Plants section. I can openly say that it is our bestseller! However, read for yourself what our customer has...Continue Reading
The latest Sakura forecast tells us, that the Sakura in Tokyo will be in full bloom this year on March 23 and Hanami invitations are out for the 2nd and 3rd of April. Are you already looking forward to masses of Sakura photos flooding your social media accounts? I am!...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
Just after I started the new series about the secret gardens of Tokyo, I already took a break and wrote a book about a really nice temple in Kyoto. As we do from time to time, we had a business trip to Kyoto in early winter in 2015 to study...Continue Reading
The Kamakura and Muromachi eras hold the answer to my third question of dry landscape gardens – is there more to their compositions than the restraint and unnaturalness that they project? The effect upon these karesansui (“withered mountain-water”) gardens from the practice of meditation from Zen Buddhism was profound. They...Continue Reading
