Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Tonogayato Teien Tonogayato Teien（殿ヶ谷戸庭園） The Tonogayato Teien is a Japanese landscape garden, built between 1914 and 1916 (Taisho period) near Tokyo. It was built for the residence of the vice president of the Manchurian Railway company. In 1929, the...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Jizō-in Jizō-in（地蔵院） Jizō-in is a really small temple with great atmosphere. Just a few minutes away from Saihō-ji, the moss temple, it is overlooked by most tourists. It was built as a temple of the Buddhist Rinzai school in...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Hōsen-in Hōsen-in（宝泉院） Hōsen-in is a sub-temple of Shorin-in. One of its highlights is the garden in front of a bamboo background, that is framed by the pillars of the tatami room like a painting. A special delight is to...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kamakura Area > Hōkoku-ji Hōkoku-ji（報国寺） Hōkoku-ji is a small Zen temple in Kamakura, world-famous for its bamboo grove of more than 2000 Mōsō bamboos. It is also called Take-dera (Bamboo temple) for that reason. The temple was founded in 1334, a time...Continue Reading
Top > Plants > Bamboo in the Japanese garden Bamboo in the Japanese garden（竹と笹） In Japan, you can encounter bamboo everywhere – In the mountains, near rivers, in strolling gardens, tea gardens and private residences. Timber bamboo is used to build houses, roofs, scaffolding, windows, blinds, and fences. Whether it...Continue Reading
The third and final day was one of interesting contrasts. It began with a modern twist on the traditional Japanese garden, despite being one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan (dating to 701 AD). This is the infamous Matsuno-taisha, in which it is said that worship started here after...Continue Reading
