Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Tokyo National Museum Tokyo National Museum（東京国立博物館） The garden of the Tokyo National Museum became the home for 5 historical buildings gathered from all over Japan. There is a teahouse called Tengōan (転合庵) that was designed by the famous Japanese...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Tōji-in Tōji-in（等持院） Tōji-in is another garden attributed to garden designer and Zen priest Musō Soseki. The first Shogun of the Muromachi period, Ashikaga Takauji, built this temple and had Musō Soseki design it. This rather small and secret temple...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Shōden-ji Shōden-ji （正伝寺） Shōden-ji is a small temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. It is tucked away in the mountains in northern Kyoto. The simple Zen garden in front of the Hojo has a great view on the...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Shinju-an (Daitoku-ji) Shinju-an (Daitoku-ji)（真珠庵） Shinju-an was founded in 1491, in honor of the Zen priest Ikkyu, who was the head priest of Daitoku-ji from 1474- 1481. Ikkyu played the main role in reviving the Daitoku-ji temple complex after its...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 > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Reiun-in (Tōfuku-ji) Reiun-in (Tōfuku-ji)（霊雲院 東福寺） Reiun-in is a sub temple of Tofuku-ji temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. It was built in 1526, and the gardens are said to have been built in 1543 (Muromachi period). Over...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Ōhashi-ke Ōhashi-ke（大橋家庭園） The Ōhashi-ke garden is a private garden in the traditional Fushimi Inari neighborhood in southern Kyoto. It has a special surprise for its visitors: A Suikinkutsu (水琴窟), a musical instrument in the garden. A Suikinkutsu is a...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Nishimura-ke and Umetsuji-ke Nishimura-ke and Umetsuji-ke （西村家 梅辻家 社家町） The Nishimura residence and Umetsuji residence are houses that were built for priests of the nearby Kamigamo Shrine. This type of house is called Sha-ke. The term Shake (社家) consists of the Chinese...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Namikawa-ke Namikawa-ke（並河家） Nowadays, the Namikawa residence is a museum of Cloisonné objects by the artist Namikawa. He used to live and work in this house. Because he became internationally successful after exhibiting at the World Fair in Paris in...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Mirei Shigemori Garden Museum Mirei Shigemori Garden Museum（重森三玲邸） The Shigemori Residence is a traditional town house (Machi-ya) dating from the middle Edo period (1789). It has a garden and two tea ceremony pavilions, which both were designed by the...Continue Reading
