Public Gardens
Australia
Strolling garden designed to contribute to international
understanding. Opened in 1979.
http://www.cowrajapanesegarden.com.au/
France
Japanese garden only existing in a virtual world.
http://www.jardin-japonais.fr/
United States
One of the finest Japanese gardens in the US, located
at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver
http://www.nitobe.org/
Traditional Japanese house and garden with teahouse in
Philadelphia's West Fairmont Park.
http://www.shofuso.com/
Many thousands visit this garden in Rockford, Illinois.
Website with nice pictures categorized by season.
http://www.andersongardens.org/
Center for Japanese art and Culture in South-Florida. The
garden is divided in a series of six diverse gardens, each
inspired by a different historical period and type of Japanese
garden.
http://www.morikami.org/
The Hakone Gardens
Garden of eighteen acres in the hills of Saratoga, San
Francisco.
http://www.hakone.com/
Japanese garden designed by Shigeichi Suzuki from Nagaoka,
Niigata-prefecture. Fort Worth is a sister city of Nagaoka.
http://www.fwbg.com/japanese.htm
Japanese garden opened in 1975 in Woodward Park. It is
adjacent to Freeway 41 in the City of Fresno, California.
http://www.shinzenjapanesegarden.org/
Delaware
Park, Buffalo, New York
Japanese Garden part of the landscape at the west end of
Delaware Park.
http://members.localnet.com/~shujir/garden/
Suiho-en
Garden of fragance and water
6.5 acre authentic Japanese garden fashioned after stroll
gardens constructed during the 18th and 19th centuries for
Japanese Feudal lords.
http://www.thejapanesegarden.com/Garden/Pages/garden.htm
Japanese friendship garden
of San Diego
Not-for-profit organization whose mission is to create
understanding of Japanese culture.
http://www.niwa.org/
Friendship
Garden - San Jose
Symbol of the "Sister City" relationship between Okayama,
Japan and San Jose, California. The garden was dedicated
in October 1965, and was patterned after Okayama's world
famous Korakuen Park.
http://www.sanjoseca.gov/prns/regionalparks/kp/jfg.htm
Dunaway
Gardens - Newnan Georgia
Gardens 30 minutes south of Atlanta. Japanese garden is
part of a larger park with several gardens.
http://www.dunawaygardens.com/japanese.html
Japanese garden
- Portland Oregon
Five formal garden styles set on five and one-half acres:
the Strolling Pond Garden, the Natural Garden, the Sand
and Stone Garden, the Flat Garden and the Tea Garden. Designed
by 1963 by Professor Takuma Tono.
http://www.japanesegarden.com/
Canada
Japanese Garden opened in 1967 in celebration as a symbol
of Japanese and Canadian friendship.
http://www.japanesegarden.ab.ca/
Contemporary garden designed by Ken Nakajima. The design
is based on the traditional principles of a Japanese garden.
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/japonais/japonais.htm
The natural landforms and vegetation of the site are used
to make an open stroll garden.
http://www.devonian.ualberta.ca/japgardn.html
Japan
Website about the Japanese historic gardens, focused mainly
on the Kyoto gardens
http://academic.bowdoin.edu/zen/
400 year old garden inside the New Otani Hotel. Wellknown
for its breakfast with a view. Onn ten-acre ground it has
all the elements used in Japanese gardens,stone gardens
and lanterns, carp ponds and an impressive waterfall.
http://www.newotani.co.jp/en/group/garden/
Garden designed by Sankei Hara a wealthy business man from
Yokohama. The garden has a surface of 175.000 square meters
and was opened to the public in 1906.
http://www.sankeien.or.jp/
Seiwa-en
Short interesitng explanations of all the buildig blocks
of a Japanese garden.
http://www.outside-in.com/seiwa-en/index2.html
The
Gyokusen-en Garden - Kanazawa
The Nishida Family garden is a 1800 square meters Kaiyu
garden not far from the famous Kenroku-en garden. Teh design
and cobnstruction dates back to the Edo period.
http://www.city.kanazawa.ishikawa.jp/meisyo_e/kensyuhen/nisidake/nisidakeE.html
The
Kenroku-en - Kanazawa
The Kenroku-en dates back to the samurai era and was the
outer-garden of the Kanazawa castle. It was the private
garden of the Maeda-clan. It opened to the public in 1871.
It is one of the most beautiful gardens in Japan.
http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kenrokuen/e/index.html
The
Taizo-in - Kyoto
Several gardens next to the Taizo-in temple:.a beautiful
rock garden designed by Kano Motonobu in the Muromachi period
and stream-and-pond garden of the twentieth century, designed
by Nakane Kinsaku.
http://academic.bowdoin.edu/zen/intro_template.shtml?taizo
Meiji-Jingu
Garden - Tokyo
Located in the Meiji-jingu temple complex. The garden was
a private garden of a feudal lord. At thebeginning of the
Meiji Era (1868-1912), the garden became an imperial garden.
Has an Iris garden designed by emperor Meiji
.http://www.meijijingu.or.jp/english/jingu/gyoen/index.htm
Rikugien
- Tokyo
Well preserved typical Kaiyu garden dating back to the
17th century. Renovated by Yataro Iwasaki, founder of the
Mitsubishi group.
http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/english/jpgarden5.html#Rikugien
Hamarikyu
Onshi Teien - Tokyo
A garden from the EDO-period with a tidal pond, where seawater
from Tokyo Bay is coming in.
http://www.tokyo-park.or.jp/english/jpgarden1.html#Hamarikyu
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Heian
Jingu Garden - Kyoto
Four gardens covering 33000 square meters. The gardens
are strolling gardens designed in the Meiji-era (1868-1912).
http://www.heianjingu.or.jp/english/0201.html
Germany
7000 square meters garden, divided in different themes
http://www.badlangensalza.de/index.php?id=250&L=1
Garden between the Hamburg Messe and the Congress center
in Hamburg
http://www.plantenunblomen.hamburg.de/garten.html
Garden in Kaiserslautern
http://www.japanischergarten.de/
Designed by Shunmyo Masuno
http://www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de/umwelt/stadtgruen/gruenanlagen
/de/gruenanlagen_plaetze/erholungspark_marzahn/japangarten.shtml
Belgium
25,000 m2 (2.5 ha) of Japanese garden. It was designed
with the help opf the city of Itami in Japan.
http://www.hasselt.be/content/content/record.php?ID=349&back=
United Kingdom
Searchable database of more than 60 Japanese gardens in
the UK and Ireland.
http://japan-interface.co.uk/gardens/index.html
Japanese zen garden in a retreat and conference centre.
Limited number of pictures of this garden.
http://www.emmaus-house.co.uk/
Chelsea 2001 award winning garden
http://www.gardenofwales.org.uk/en/80.html
One of the finest Japanese gardens in Europe. Built in
1910-1913 and restored in 2001
http://www.tattonpark.org.uk/attractions_gardens.htm
Garden open to the public since May 1997. Inside a bamboo
and plant nursery
http://www.angelfire.com/wv/thebonsainursery/japanese_garden.htm
Japanese garden around a pond.
http://www.pine-lodge.co.uk/japanese.htm
Original Japanese garden built in 1920 by Japanese. All
material was brought from Japan.
http://www.comptonacres.co.uk/gardens/japanese.asp
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