Planning a Trip to Japan: A Guide for Garden Enthusiast Planning a trip to Japan is an exciting journey, especially if you’re passionate about gardens. Here’s a comprehensive Japan garden travel guide to help you design the perfect itinerary, focusing on the best seasons, destinations, and accommodations for your garden-themed...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Rokuō-in Rokuō-in (鹿王院庭園) In western Kyoto, near the Arashiyama hills, lies the Rinzai Zen temple Rokuō-in. It was built in 1380. The small Zen garden has a tsukubai, trimmed shrubs and some great maples. In fact, the best season to...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Tenryū-ji Tenryū-ji(天龍寺) The temple was founded by shogun Ashikaga Takauji in 1339, primarily to venerate Gautama Buddha, and its first head priest was Musō Soseki. Construction was completed in 1345. As a temple related to both the Ashikaga family...Continue Reading
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...Continue Reading
Last time, I told you about special events held in Tokyo’s gardens. Today I want to introduce special openings and events in Kyoto during the autumn foliage. However, I won’t write of every special event as there are far too many! This is only a list of some examples. Most people who...Continue Reading
This is about Day 3 of our business trip to Kyoto last autumn. If you want to read what happened until now, please check Day 1 and Day 2. As you already might read, the last day of the business trip we spent in Arashiyama district, visiting special openings and...Continue Reading