The next garden element on my list is the water basin! I guess, the best-known examples for these water basins are the ones in front of Japanese shrines but also the ones in Japanese tea gardens. Both are meant to symbolically purify oneself before entering a special place. To fulfill...Continue Reading
I got an E-Mail via our Real Japanese Gardens website lately about the small details in Japanese gardens. The writer visited Kyoto and was fascinated by the greater view of the gardens, but when he watched from close, it was far from the perfection he expected. In this E-Mail he...Continue Reading
