kamakura period
Ryūmonbaku – Dragon Gate Falls
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 the dragon gate on top […]
New eBook! Japanese Garden History Part 2 – From Kamakura to Azuchi-Momoyama
I hoped for some blog posts between the new eBook announcements, however, work kept me busy and I was not able to finish the two posts I already started.. That’s why, again, you can read about Real Japanese Gardens new eBook. But I think that’s not so bad either! Because I have a lot of […]
[Customer Voice] Erin-ji
We received a Customer Voice again! I am very happy! And after Saiho-ji it is the second review about one of our garden guides, not about the explanations. Our customer reviewed a small temple far away from the big bustling cities, which is almost not known in other countries. We introduced it in the section […]