Japanese garden

Japanese gardens (Kanji 日本庭園, nihon teien) in the tradition of Japan can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, at Buddhist temples or Shinto shrines, and at historical landmarks such as old castles. Many of the Japanese gardens most famous in the West, and within Japan as well, are Zen gardens. The tradition of the Tea masters has produced highly refined Japanese gardens of quite another style, evoking rural simplicity.

Noteworthy Japanese gardens

In Japan

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• Shugaku-in Imperial Villa, Saiho-ji (the "Moss Temple"), in Kyoto
• Kenroku-en in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture
• Kairaku-en in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture
• Kōkyo Higashi Gyoen, the East Garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo
• Sankei-en in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
• Kōraku-en in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture
• Hosokawa Gyōbu-tei in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefecture
• Urakuen tea garden, Inuyama

In the United States

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• Portland Japanese Garden, Portland, Oregon
• Seattle Japanese Garden, Washington Park Arboretum, Kubota Garden, Seattle
• Fort Worth Japanese Garden, Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth
• Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at Long Beach State
• Anderson Japanese Gardens, Rockford, Illinois
• Ro Ho En Japanese Garden, Phoenix, Arizona

In Australia

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• At Cowra, New South Wales
• Melbourne Zoo
• Frankston High School

See also

• Japanese Friendship Garden

External links

• Jgarden - Japanese Garden Database
• Japanese Gardens Includes detailed section on history of Japanese gardens