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Tenryu-ji more formally known as Tenryu Shiseizen-ji is the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, located in Arashiyama, Kyoto. The temple was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1339, primarily to venerate Gautama Buddha, and its first chief priest was Muso Soseki the famous Zen garden designer. As a temple related to both the Ashikaga family and Emperor Go-Daigo, the temple is held in high esteem, and is ranked number one among Kyoto's so-called "Five Mountains." In 1994, it was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Couple admiring the view from tatami room at Tenryu-ji Temple's Sogenchi Pond Garden. Tenryuji is more formally known as Tenryu Shiseizen-ji and is the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Its first chief priest was Muso Soseki the famous Zen garden designer who created this magnificent garden which was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Tenryuji - more formally known as Tenryu Shiseizen-ji ior "Temple of the Heavenly Dragon" s the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Sogenchi Garden, located behind Tenryuji, is one of the oldest landscape gardens in Japan, retaining the same form as when it was designed in the fourteenth century by Muso Soseki.

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Tenryuji - more formally known as Tenryu Shiseizen-ji ior "Temple of the Heavenly Dragon" is the head temple of the Tenryu branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Sogenchi Garden, located behind Tenryuji Temple itself, is one of the oldest landscape gardens in Japan, retaining the same form as when it was designed in the fourteenth century by Muso Soseki.

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Ryogen-in, the head temple of the South School of Rinzai-shu Daitoku-ji sect, has a collection of zen gardens including Ryogin-tei a Karesansui or Zen garden laid out in the early 16th century.

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Ginkakuji is a Zen temple at the foot of Kyoto's Higashiyama or "eastern mountain". The temple was formally known as Tozan Jishoji and built in 1482 as a retirement villa for shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa. A few years later, the Silver Pavilion was constructed, modeled after Kinkakuji's Golden Pavilion. Plans to cover the pavilion in silver were never realized yet the name Silver Pavilion stuck. The villa was converted into a Zen temple after Yoshimasa's death and is well known for its zen garden.

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Ryoanji Temple garden is one of the world's best known gardens. The main attraction is its rock garden, the most renowned of its kind in Japan. The simple Zen garden consist of nothing but rocks and neatly raked gravel. Though the meaning of the garden's arrangement is unknown and up to each visitor's interpretation it is said that if you can see all of the 15 stones at one time you have reached enlightenment.

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Tofukuji Temple in the outskirts of Kyoto is renowned for its autumn colors and four different gardens surrounding the 'Hojo" or meditation hall including this Zen rock garden.

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Japanese Maple and Autumn Colors at Koto-In Garden. Koto-in was established in 1601 by Tadaoki Hosokawa, a famous warrior under Toyotomi Hideyoshi. He studied Zen under the Daitoku-ji abbot, Seigan, and was a disciple of tea master, Sen no Rikyu. Koto-in is home to two famous tea houses, Shoko-ken and Horai.

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Nanzen-in Garden at Nanzenji Temple is a strolling garden composed around a pond. Less austere than Nanzenji's main garden the centerpiece of Nanzen-in is a large rock in the pond representing Mt Horai which was a mythical dwelling place of immortal sages.

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Depicting Heaven and Hell at Yoko-en Garden at Taizo-in Temple displays both elegance and austerity - the basis for traditional garden landscapes, and can be called one of the Showa period's most exquisite gardens. Nakane Kinsaku designed this expansive garden. Difficult to see at a glance, great pains have gone into the details. An example of this is the spacious impression one gets when the garden is viewed from the front.

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The Moss Garden at Saihoji Temple is one of the few temples in Kyoto where visitors must request an invitation in advance before their visit. Visitors are required to participate in chanting and writing wishes before visiting the famous gardens. In this way the monks are able to maintain the temple and garden and prevent mass tourism from destroying the tranquility of the moss garden.

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Zuiho-in Zen Garden's most intriguing feature is its main rock garden called "Dozuka-tei", which is raked into appealing patterns to suggest water ripples lapping against rock formations representing the Hohrai Mountains.

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Motonobu-no-Niwa Garden at Taizoin - Motonobu Kano, the Master of Zen and also a painter of the Muromachi period, designed this garden and as such, it retains a very graceful, elegant and painterly ambience, giving it a unique air. The background scenery of the garden consists mainly of camellia, pine, Japanese umbrella pine, and other evergreens, presumably planted to present an "eternal beauty" that remains the same throughout the changing seasons.

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Hoshun-in Zen Garden, Daitokuji Temple, Though not very large, Hoshun-in is an elegantly landscaped garden with oddly overlaying rocks, and attractive for its three dimensional composition. Hoshun-in offers outstanding seasonal beauty in the flowering season due to lilies and irises surrounding the pond and its Zen rock garden.

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Ryogen-tei Garden at Ryogen-in which has a collection of Zen gardens. The most interesting would be Ryogin-tei, a Karesansui or dry garden designed and laid out in the early 16th century.

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Yoko-en Garden at Taizo-in Temple displays both elegance and austerity - the basis for traditional garden landscapes, and can be called one of the Showa period's finest gardens. The landscape gardener Nakane Kinsaku designed this expansive garden. While difficult to see at a glance, great pains have gone into the details. An example of this is the spacious impression one gets when the garden is viewed from the front.

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Kimono at Sankeien a garden, once the private domain of the silk baron Hara Sankei. Sankeien is one of Japan's most exquisite gardens and opened to the public in 1904. Hara wished to share his bounty by opening up his grounds. The cherry blossoms in spring make Sankeien a favorite spot in Yokohama for residents and visitors alike. Besides the landmark three storied pagoda, koi ponds, streams and an elegant feudal lord's residence, numerous tea houses are scattered throughout the expanse.

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The construction of Koishikawa Korakuen Garden of Tokyo was started in 1629 by Yorifusa Mito, the Daimyo of Mito and was completed by his successor, Mitsukuni Mito Mitsukuni and named this garden "Koraku-en" (Koraku means "enjoying afterwards") . Korakuen was appointed as the special place of scenic beauty and the special historic site based on the cultural properties protection law of Japan.

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Japanese koi ponds or carp ponds are a standard feature in many Japanese gardens. In Japan, carp represent strength and are used as a symbol of boyhood.

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Daisensui Pond at Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo. The garden was started in 1629 by Yorifusa Mito, the Daimyo of Mito and was completed by his successor, Mitsukuni Mito Mitsukuni and named this garden "Koraku-en" (Koraku means "enjoying afterwards") . Korakuen was appointed as the special place of scenic beauty and the special historic site based on the cultural properties protection law of Japan.

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Rikugien Garden the very name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges.

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Hama Rikyu Garden or Hama-rikyu Onshi Teien is a landscape garden surrounding Shioiri Pond. The park itself is surrounded by a seawater moat filled by Tokyo Bay. It was remodeled as a public garden park on the site of a villa of the Shogun Tokugawa family in the 17th century. Visitors can also enjoy Japanese tea and sweets at a tea house in the middle of the pond, called Nakajima-no-Ochaya in the garden that offers matcha tea and Japanese sweets.

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Hama Rikyu, the garden of a feudal lord's residence during the Edo Period, is one of Tokyo's most attractive landscape gardens. It is located next to Tokyo Bay, beside the futuristic Shiodome district. Seawater ponds, former duck hunting grounds, forested areas and a teahouse in the middle of the pond are some of the park's attractions. Furthermore, the contrast between the traditional gardens with Shiodome's skyscrapers in the background is spectacular.

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Cherry blossoms and crane at Tsurugaoka Shrine, Kamakura. Various events are held at the shrine throughout the year. During the New Year holidays, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu is with over 2 million visitors one of the country's most visited shrines, and in April and September, horseback archery (yabusame) is performed on the lane that leads to the shrine's dance stage and main building.

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Shomyoji Arched Bridge. Shomyoji was built by Sanetoki Hojo during the Kamakura period, and was made the Hojo family temple of the Kanazawa area. The Jodo style garden with Ajiike Pond in front of the main temple is its most unique feature when considering the arched bridge. The temple's bell was portrayed in the woodblock print "Shomyo-no-Bansho," one of eight prints depicting views of Kanazawa by Hiroshige Utagawa.

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Enkoji was founded in 1601 by Tokugawa Ieyasu - its mission was to promote learning and scholarship in Japan. As a result, both monks and laymen were allowed as students. Enkoji is well known for its autumn leaves.

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Teahouse at the pond garden of Shosei-en - Rinchi-tei on the left and Tekisui-ken to its right. Shosei-en Garden was designed as a retreat for the chief priest Sen'nyo. Shosei-en is also called Kikoku-tei "Orange Mansion" because it was once surrounded by orange groves. The garden is a Chisen-Kaiyu-Shiki teien that is a pond strolling garden with buildings such as tea-ceremony houses arranged here and there throughout the grounds.

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Ryogen-in is a subtemple of the Daitokuji Zen Buddhist complex in Kyoto, It was constructed in 1502. There are five gardens adjoining the abbot's residence, including Totekiko claimed to be the smallest Japanese rock garden, Isshi-dan, Koda-tei and Ryogin-tei a moss covered garden which claims to be the oldest garden in Daitoku-ji, and has been attributed to the renowned garden designer Soami.

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Rickshaws have made a big comeback in Japan, especially around traditional places such as Kyoto, though their use is more a photo opportunity than for real transportation. Usually the ride consists of a quick, token 15 minute tour with an all-important photo opportunity at the end.

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Ryoanji - The Temple of the Dragon at Peace - is a Zen temple located in Kyoto well known for its famous zen garden. The garden is thought to have been built in the late 15th century and consists of raked gravel and fifteen moss covered boulders, which are placed so that, when looking at the garden from any angle only fourteen of the boulders are visible at one time. It is said that only through attaining enlightenment could you be able to view the fifteenth boulder.

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Ninnaji is one of Kyoto's most interesting temples, featuring a large variety of different buildings and gardens on its spacious grounds. It belongs to Kyoto's UNESCO world heritage sites. Ninnaji was founded in the year 888 as an imperial residence, but like most historic buildings in Japan, suffered repeated destruction in wars and fires over the centuries. Today Ninnaji is the headquarters of the Omuro school of the Buddhist Shingon sect and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Daigoji Temple Garden within Daigoji temple complex, a UNESCO world heritage site that includes many temple halls, structures and pagodas including Kyoto's oldest building.

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Kamo-wake-ikazuchi-Jinja in the Kita Ward of Kyoto is the oldest Shinto shrine in the ancient city. Since prehistoric times Kamigamo-jinja has preserved and transmitted the legends relating to the birth of the shrine deity, Wakeikazuchi. The area contains many large trees such as oaks, suda chinquappins and weeping cherry trees coexisting in harmony. Kamigamo-jinja was officially registered IN 1994 as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in recognition of its importance as a monument of ancient Kyoto.

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Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job. The bamboo grove at Arashiyama, where this rickshaw and passengers is located, is one of Kyoto's best retreats from the urban scene.

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Shisendo is a so-called scholars garden in eastern Kyoto designed by Jozen Ishikawa as a personal retreat. Ishikawa was a scholar and landscape architect. After he retired from samurai service he devoted the rest of his life to learning Chinese classics. When he was 59 he built his masterpiece as a retirement villa which has come to be known as Shisendo. The hermitage later became a Zen Buddhist templ of the Soto sect.

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Kiyosumi Garden dates back to the Edo-era. It is belived to have been the residence of business tycoon Kinokuniya Bunzaemon. In the Meiji Era, Iwasaki Yataro, founder of Mitsubishi acquired the land. In 1878, Yataro Iwasaki rebuild the garden and imported 55 huge rocks from all over Japan. The garden was used for entertaining guest and company gatherings. Nowadays, the garden is one of the most pleasant traditional Japanese garden in Tokyo. There are three big islands and a teahouse on the pond. You can enjoy hopping from one stone to another. As you amble around the shores and cross the bridges, you can admire the carp and curious turtles. A water source in a Japanese garden should appear to be part of the natural surroundings; this is why one will not find fountains in traditional gardens. Man made streams are built with curves and irregularities to create a serene and natural appearance

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Shofu-en has three famous gardens: Iwakura, Horai and Kyokusui. These gardens were designed by.Mirei Shigemori during the Showa era. They are not so old but are among the greatest of Japanese gardens designed after the Meiji era. He designed them with a combination of rocks, and the opposite concepts of "stillness" and "movement" in harmony.

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Entoku-in Garden was originally part of Fushimijo Castle and also a sub-temple of Kodaiji Temple. It was founded by a nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The northern dry garden shows the essence of Momoyama style and is a registered National Place of Scenic Beauty by the Japanese government. It was built in 1605 and dedicated as a Rinzai sect temple in 1633..

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Asticou Gardens in autumn, Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA

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Rikugien Garden the very name of this garden means the six traditional elements essential to great poetry. A wonderful, romantic sentiment in itself for a garden but especially apt because the concept has been followed through to the design and layout of this garden which depicts 88 scenes from a classic Japanese poem. It does so by use of the pond, stone islands, teahouses and bridges.

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Rickshaws still ply the streets of Arashiyama in the rural part of Kyoto. Nowadays the rickshaw pullers tend to be university students, working at a part-time job rather than this being a blue-collar low level job. The bamboo grove at Arashiyama, where this rickshaw and passengers is located, is one of Kyoto's best retreats from the urban scene.

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The Rock and Alpine garden

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Shisendo is a so-called scholars garden in eastern Kyoto designed by Jozen Ishikawa as a personal retreat. Ishikawa was a scholar and landscape architect. After he retired from samurai service he devoted the rest of his life to learning Chinese classics. When he was 59 he built his masterpiece as a retirement villa which has come to be known as Shisendo. The hermitage later became a Zen Buddhist templ of the Soto sect.

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Asticou Azalea Garden, public, Northeast Harbor, Maine, USA

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Byodo-in is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto prefecture, a National Treasure and a World Heritage Site. Its outline is featured on the •10 coin. Built in 998 AD during the Heian period, Byodo-in was originally a private residence like many Japanese temples. It was converted into a temple by the Fujiwara clan in 1052. The Phoenix Hall, the great statue of Amida inside it, and several other items at Byodoin are Japanese National Treasures. UNESCO listed the building as a World Heritage Site in 1994.

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Asticou Gardens in autumn, Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine, USA

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Entoku-in Garden was originally part of Fushimijo Castle and also a sub-temple of Kodaiji Temple. It was founded by a nephew of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The northern dry garden shows the essence of Momoyama style and is a registered National Place of Scenic Beauty by the Japanese government. It was built in 1605 and dedicated as a Rinzai sect temple in 1633..

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Shuheki-en Garden at Sanzen-in. Sanzen-in is a Tendai Buddhism monzeki; temple. Its gardens and a small hall called Ojogokuraku-in as well as the three Buddhist images in the hall are the main attractions. Monzeki is a temple of which the head priests has always been a member of the imperial family or of the nobility.

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Kaito-ro, a covered bridge connects the north edge of Engetsu-chi pond and the north island at Shosei-en Garden - designed as a retreat for the chief priest Sen'nyo. Shosei-en is also called Kikoku-tei "Orange Mansion" because it was once surrounded by orange groves. The garden is a Chisen-Kaiyu-Shiki teien that is a pond garden, or strolling garden with buildings such as tea-ceremony houses and bridges throughout the grounds.

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Shofuso Japanese garden, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA

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Shofuso Japanese garden, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA

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Shofuso Japanese garden, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA

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Renge-ji is made up of a pond garden with rocks, bridge, shrubs and moss. .This peaceful garden features a small but beautiful pond set against a hillside of cascading maple foliage. The pond is located on the immediate north side of the sukiya style structure. While there is a path in the current garden, the site is primarily intended to be viewed from within the structure.

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Lower Pond at Dewstow

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lower pond in the rock & alpine garden at Dewstow South Wales

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The "Swimming Pool Pond" at Dewstow

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Water fall at the Lower pond Dewstow

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Bog garden and Bridge at Dewstow Gardens

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Ryoanji Zen Garden; Japanese garden; zen garden; karesansui, Kyoto

Ryoanji or the Temple of the Dragon at Peace is a Zen temple in northwest Kyoto, Ryoanji belongs to the Myōshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism. The garden is considered to be the finest examples of a karesansui, Japanese rock garden, or zen garden, in the world. The temple and gardens are listed as Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto and as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Ryoanji Temple garden is one of the world's best known gardens. The main attraction is its rock garden, the most renowned of its kind in Japan. The simple Zen garden consist of nothing but rocks and neatly raked gravel. Though the meaning of the garden's arrangement is unknown and up to each visitor's interpretation it is said that if you can see all of the 15 stones at one time you have reached enlightenment.

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Asticou Garden, Mt Desert Island, Maine, USA

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Dewstow Bog Garden with Gunnera and Bridge with Wisteria

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Japanese Window with chrysanthemums. Japanese traditional architecture makes use of shapes, contours, and spaces to create an effect that is purely Japanese. Windows play an important part as the indoor/outdoor motif is usually a part of the overall style.

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Shofuso Japanese garden, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA, Pennsylvania, USA

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Rickshaws for hire in the famous bamboo grove at Arashiyama, Kyoto.

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Matsuo Shrine Garden; Matsunoo Shrine Gardens; shofu-en garden; shofu-en; Kyoto garden; modern Japanese garden

Shofu-en has three famous gardens: Iwakura, Horai and Kyokusui. These gardens were designed by. Mirei Shigemori during the Showa era. They are not so old but are among the greatest of Japanese gardens designed after the Meiji era. He designed them with a combination of rocks, and the opposite concepts of "stillness" and "movement" in harmony.

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Asticou Azalea Garden, public, Northeast Harbor, Maine, USA

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Asticou Azalea Garden, public, Northeast Harbor, Maine, USA

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Asticou Azalea Garden, public, Northeast Harbor, Maine, USA

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