taisho period
New eBook! Nezu-Museum
The garden of the Nezu-Museum is not the only museum garden in our series of “Secret Gardens in Tokyo”. It may seem odd to add such gardens, however, most of them have the history of an old garden and deserve their place on our website. I visited the Museum and its garden for the first […]
The pond with snow-viewing lantern
New eBook! Kyu-Furukawa Teien
With the last eBook about Shōren-in I made an exception, but now I continue with the “Secret gardens of Tokyo” series! This time I researched and wrote about the Kyu-Furukawa Teien. I never wanted to visit this garden in the first place, because I thought it would be a western style residence with rose garden […]