Saijo-ji Temple

Nanzenji Temple (南禅寺）, Kyoto City

Nanzenji Temple　（南禅寺） is a Zen Temple belonging to the Rinzai Sect-Nanzenji School of Zen Buddhism. This temple is located in the upper/central east side of Kyoto city, at the foothills of the Higashiyama mountains. At one time this temple is considered above the five great Zen temples of Kyoto City.

This temple has a large Gate at it's entrance called sanmon, and it is almost as large as the Gate at Tofukuji Temple. In the eastern permises of the temple, there is a roman aquaduct style elevated brick waterway, belonging to a Lake Biwa (Biwako) Canal.

There are thirteen sub temples in the temple complex.

bamboo groves and moss garden at Gio-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan

Cowra Japanese Garden

The Japanese War Cemetery holding the dead from the Cowra Breakout was tended to after WWII by members of the Cowra RSL and ceded to Japan in 1963. In 1971 the Cowra Tourism Development decided to celebrate this link to Japan, and proposed a Japanese Garden for the town. The Japanese Government agreed to support this development as a sign of thanks for the respectful treatment of their war dead; the development also received funding from the Australian Government and private entities.

The garden was designed by Ken Nakajima (1914-2000), a world renowned designer of Japanese gardens at the time. The first stage was opened in 1979, with a second stage opened in 1986.

The gardens were designed in the style of the Edo period and are a kaiyu-shiki or strolling garden. They are designed to show all of the landscape types of Japan. At five hectares (12 acres), the Cowra Japanese Garden is the largest Japanese garden in the Southern Hemisphere. An annual Sakura Matsuri (cherry blossom festival) is held in the gardens during late September and/or early October each year. The garden also hosts several other events during the year.

Koishikawa Korakuen Garden, Tokyo, Japan

Koishikawa Korakuen Garden, Tokyo, Japan (2008).
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japanese gardens - Kyoto, Japan

A sweeping view of some most beautiful japanese gardens, this one from the silver pavillion in Kyoto.
June 2010.
Just being here made me feel at complete peace.

Hotel Nikko SF - Zen Garden

15-second TV spot for the Hotel Nikko, international Japanese hotel in San Francisco

Japanese garden in Huntington Library 2010

Japanese garden in Huntington Library - Summer 2010

Kaiten Sushi de Teramachi à Kyoto.

Le petit train en forme de shinkansen nous apporte les victuailles que nous avons commandé. Un tapis roulant fait défiler les plats devant nos yeux plus gros que nos ventres.

松田山ハーブガーデン / Matsudayama Herb Garden (X-H1, ETERNA)

松田山ハーブガーデン / Matsudayama Herb Garden


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