Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Katsura Rikyū Katsura Rikyū（桂離宮） The Katsura Rikyū or Katsura Imperial Palace (also known under the name Katsura Detached Palace), has been built for Prince Toshihito in the early Edo period. Since the prince was very well read, the gardens...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Kankyū-an Kankyū-an（官休庵） Sen no Rikyu is the most famous Japanese tea master and founder of the Japanese way of tea. After his grandson died, his heirs founded three different schools of the Japanese way of tea. One of these...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Tokyo Area > Hamarikyū Teien Hamarikyū Teien（浜離宮恩賜庭園） The Hamarikyū garden is a large strolling garden directly next to Tokyo bay. It was built by the shogun Tokugawa in the Edo period (1603-1868). The garden’s ponds are connected to the Tokyo bay so...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Fushin-an Fushin-an（不審庵） Sen no Rikyu is the most famous Japanese tea master and founder of the Japanese way of tea. After his grandson died, his heirs founded three different schools of the Japanese way of tea. One of these...Continue Reading
