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 > Other Regions > Ryugon Ryugon （龍言） Ryugon is one of the most famous guesthouses in Japan. It opened its doors as a guesthouse in 1969 after the construction began in 1964. Utsugi Toshio, the founder of this traditional ryokan, saw a lot...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 > 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
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Kōmyō-in (Tōfuku-ji) Kōmyō-in (Tōfuku-ji)（光明院） Kōmyō-in is one of Tofuku-ji temples sub-temples. It was founded in 1391 (Muromachi period) by Kinzan Myosho. In 1939, Shigemori Mirei laid out the dry landscape garden in front of the main building. Contents of...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Kennin-ji Kennin-ji （建仁寺） Kennin-ji was built in 1202 and is Kyoto’s eldest Zen temple. It belongs to Kyoto’s Five Great Zen Temples after the Mountain system (Gozan – 号山). There are two zen gardens: The Chou-on-tei,“The garden of the...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Tokyo Area > Asakura-chōso-kan Asakura-chōso-kan（朝倉彫塑館） This sculpture museum is situated in Yanaka, which is a district in Tokyo’s Taito ward. It is the former home and studio of the Japanese sculptor Asakura Fumio (1883 – 1964). The house, studio, and garden have...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Kyoto Area > Aoi-den and Kasui-en Aoi-den and Kasui-en（葵殿 佳水園） Both gardens are now on the ground of the Westin Hotel Kyoto. Visitors can enter before sunset for free. “Aoiden” was built by the garden master Ogawa Jihei (7th generation). It is...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Zuihō-in (Daitoku-ji) Zuihō-in (Daitoku-ji)（瑞峯院） Zuihō-in is an extraordinary temple in Kyoto: It was founded by daimyo Otomo, who was one of the early Christians in Japan. He founded the temple as his family temple; he and his wife are...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kyoto Area > Tōfuku-ji – Garden of the Hōjō Tōfuku-ji – Garden of the Hōjō（東福寺） Tōfuku-ji is one of the Five Great Zen temples in the Kyoto Mountain system. It is a temple complex in southern Kyoto with 24 sub-temples. Its garden...Continue Reading
