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Nezru Museum Garden
The Nezru museum houses over 7,000 works of Japanese and Asian art. The densley planted garden is designed in the shinzan-yokoko style of stroll garden and contains an exceptional number of stone and metal ornaments placed by the paths.

Stone lantern or Ishidoro with surrounding evergreen shrubs Arch over path leading to shrine for Kitano Tenjin. Acers with Autumn colour. Side view of stone Buddha. Seated stone Buddha Boat on pond with leaves floating on the surface. Broad view into garden with evergreens and several trees and shrubs with autumn colour. Broad view into garden with evergreens and several trees and shrubs with autumn colour. Broad view into garden over pond with stepping stones; several trees and shrubs with autumn colour. Stone lantern or Ishidoro with surrounding evergreen shrubs and Acer in Autumn colour. Broad view into garden over pond with evergreens and several trees and shrubs with autumn colour. Steps to tea house with tiled roof. Broad view into garden over pond with several trees and shrubs with autumn colour. Broad view into garden over pond with evergreens and several trees and shrubs with autumn colour.





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Nomura - Ke Garden
The Nomura residence in Kanazawa's Nagamachi Samurai District contains a very small garden incorporating many elements of the traditional Japanese stroll gardens. It features a stream, waterfall, granite bridges, stone lanterns and a tiny courtyard.

View into the entrance to the house and garden with notices in Japanese and wide stepping stones inside entrance and a low bamboo railing. View to seating area from which to view the garden. Surfaces of granite pebbles and stepping stones. View to seating area from which to view the garden. Surfaces of granite pebbles and stepping stones. Tree with pole supporting branch. Covered veranda at the back of the house with view into the garden. Rocks placed as stepping stones across water with two stone lanterns or Ishidoro. Covered veranda at the back of the house with view into the garden. Rocks placed as stepping stones across water with two stone lanterns or Ishidoro. Straw wrapped fragile stone ornaments as protection against frost. Rock stepping stones crossing water with straw-wrapped fragile stone ornament as protection against frost. Shrubs with pole and rope protection against snow damage called Yukitsuri. View to pool with Koi carp. Placed stones and narrow stone bridge across the water. Planting of pine trees. Trees protected against snow damage by rope and bamboo structures called Yukitsuri. Small courtyard with granite pebbles and narrow stone slab path with stone on path tied with string to indicate no entry. This is called Tome ishi. Water feature with small pool. Courtyard at entrance to the house with hollowed out tree trunk and shrubs with wigwams of rope and bamboo as protection against snow damage, called Yukitsuri. View from upper level of house to tiled roof and pine trees with rope and bamboo wigwams as protection against snow damage called Yukitsuri. View from steps to upper floor of house onto a small courtyard with granite pebbles and narrow stone slab path with stone on path tied with string to indicate no entry. This is called Tome ishi. Water feature with small pool. Stream and straw-wrapped fragile stone ornament as protection against frost. Shrubs with pole and rope protection against snow damage called Yukitsuri. Acers with autumn colour. Stone bridge crossing water with two straw-wrapped fragile stone ornaments as protection against frost. Pine tree with pole and rope protection against snow damage called Yukitsuri. Stone lantern called Ishidoro.





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Kenrokuen Garden
Kenrokuen, located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, is a strolling style garden constructed during the Edo period by the Maeda clan. It is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan and is noted for several special fetaures.

View of several pine trees all with bamboo pole and rope protecting wigwams known as Yukitsuri as protection against snow. Several Pine trees by pond with wigwams of bamboo poles and ropes, called Yukitsuri, creating protection against snow damage Clipped Rhododendrons, not in flower, and view over the Kasumigaike pond to building at pond side called Uchihashitei View across the Kasumigaike pond to the Horaijima Island. Trees with autumn colour. View across pond to Tea House building and to several trees with wigwams of bamboo and rope as protection against snow damage called Yukitsuri. View over the Kasumigaike pond framed by trees with autumn colour. View over the Kasumigaike pond framed by trees with autumn colour. Trees with autumn colour reflected in the water of the Kasumigaike Pond. View across the Kasumigaike pond to the Horaijima Island. Trees with autumn colour. View across the Kasumigaike pond to the Horaijima Island and building at pond side called Uchihashitei. Trees with autumn colour. Trees with autumn colour reflected in the water of the Kasumigaike Pond. Rain splashes on pond surface. View across Kasumigaike pond to Tea House building called Uchihashitei and to several trees with wigwams of bamboo and rope as protection against snow damage called Yukitsuri. Fountain in small pool, said to be the oldest fountain in Japan, dating from the C19th and fed by the Kasumigaike pond. Trees in autumn colour behind.





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Ryoani-Ji Temple and Landscape Garden
A Zen buddhist monastery and a UNESCO World Heritage site, this is probably the worlds best known Dry Landscape garden or Karesansui. Lesser known is the surrounding landscaped garden which is at its best in the Autumn.

The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss islands. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. Acers in autumn colour outside the garden. The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss islands. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. Acers in autumn colour outside the garden. Two visitors sitting on decking by The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss islands. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. Acers in autumn colour outside the garden. The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss islands. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. Acers in autumn colour outside the garden. The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss islands. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. Acers in autumn colour outside the garden. The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss islands. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. Acers in autumn colour outside the garden. The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss islands. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. Acers in autumn colour outside the garden. The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss islands. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. Acers in autumn colour outside the garden. The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss islands. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss islands. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss island. Walls of clay. The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stone in moss island. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. Acers in autumn colour outside the garden. The Rock Garden with raked gravel and placed stones in moss island. Walls of clay with tiled roofs. Acers in autumn colour outside the garden.





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Kyoto Botanical Garden
Kyoto Botanic Garden was founded in 1924 and is the most comprehensive public botanical garden in Japan.

Orange painted wooden arch leading to the Nakagari shrine. The Kitayama gate entrance to the garden with fountain. Fountain in the Sunken Garden. Fountain in the sunken Garden The Conservatory The Conservatory reflected in the adjacent pool. Fountain at the Kitayama gate entrance Ginko biloba tree reflected in pool next to the Conservatory. Visitors on broadwalk. Ginko biloba tree with visitor on path Ginko biloba tree behind low hedge and seat next to path. Visitors on broadwalk near the Conservatory. Ginko biloba tree on right. Three statues in pool at the edge of the Sunken Garden. Liquidambar formosa





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Saiho Ji Temple Garden also known as Kokedera or Moss Temple, Kyoto
One of the oldest surviving gardens in Japan this C12th garden, a Unesco World heritage site, is world renowned for the moss garden surrounding a small pond.

Wooden gateway with tiled roof within the garden. Wooden gateway and tiled arch in garden wall with acer in autumn colour and fallen leaves on path. Steps leading to building within the garden with Acer in autumn colour. Building next to the entrance to the garden with Acer in autumn colour in front. Entrance to the garden through doorway with tiled top. View into garden with acers in autumn colour. Main temple building where visitors are required to go to copy a section of Sutra before visiting the garden. View from small building just inside garden entrance where a gardener is working on the moss groundcover. Autumn colour in acers. View into area of grounds planted with acers with autumnal colour growing through moss. View framed by building. Stone path with rope and post edges with view to pond into the garden Curved path of stone blocks within temple complex overhung with acers in autumn colour. Zig-zag path made from rectangular stone slabs with rope and post edges and overhung by acers with autumn colour. Pruned pine tree within the garden growing through ground cover of moss with stone post with inscription in Japanese. Area of moss groundcover with trees growing through. Autumn colour in acers.





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Okochi Sanso Garden, Arashiyama, nr Kyoto
Okochi Sanso was the private villa of the silent film actor Okochi Denjiro (1898-1962). He constructed this strolling garden on the south side of Mount Ogura over a 30 year period. The image set shows the garden at the peak of its autumn colour.

Jibutsu-do shrine with Pine trees and acers in autumn colour. Momoyama style main residence in the garden Momoyama style main residence in the garden Autumnal foliage of mainly Acers with evergreen Pines View over acers in autumn colour to Arashiyama and distant mountains, framed by wooden building. Autumnal foliage of mainly Acers with evergreen Pines Autumnal foliage of mainly Acers with evergreen Pines. Misty view to woodland beyond. Autumnal colours in mostly acer trees. View out of garden over Arishiyama to distant mountains. View from garden to the Hozukyo gorge. Autumnal colours in mostly acer trees View over Pine tree and Acers in Autumn colour to the distant mountains. Tree lined drive leading from entrance into the garden. Gravel path lined with evergreen shrubs with Acers in autumn colour.





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Tenryu -Ji Zen Temple Garden, Kyoto
Designed and laid out in the C14th this is one of the oldest surviving stroll gardens in Japan, combined with an extensive raked gravel garden located in the grounds of an active Zen temple. It is a designated United nations World Heritage Site.

Acer with autumn colour at the entrance to the garden. Sign at the entrance to the garden in Japanese and English. Planting of trees and shrubs at the edge of the lake of the Sogen Garden reflected in the water. Acers with autumn colour. Planting of trees and shrubs at the edge of the lake of the Sogen Garden reflected in the water. Acers with autumn colour. Planting of trees and shrubs at the edge of the lake of the Sogen Garden reflected in the water. Acers with autumn colour. Planting of trees and shrubs at the edge of the lake of the Sogen Garden reflected in the water. Acers with autumn colour. Planting of trees and shrubs at the edge of the lake of the Sogen Garden reflected in the water. Acers with autumn colour. Planting of trees and shrubs at the edge of the lake of the Sogen Garden reflected in the water. Acers with autumn colour. View to woodland and view to the Kameyama hills. Planting of trees and shrubs at the edge of the lake of the Sogen Garden reflected in the water. Acers with autumn colour. View to woodland and view to the Kameyama hills. Planting of trees and shrubs at the edge of the lake of the Sogen Garden reflected in the water. Acers with autumn colour. The raked gravel area, known as Karesansui in foreground. View across lake to Acers with autumn colour. The raked gravel area, known as Karesansui in foreground. View across lake to Acers with autumn colour. Planting of trees and shrubs at the edge of the lake of the Sogen Garden reflected in the water. Acers with autumn colour. View to woodland and view to the Kameyama hills.





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Muin-an Garden, Kyoto
Late C19th 3/4 acre villa garden in urban Kyoto. The aim was to create a naturalistic vision of what one might see in a mountain village using the "borrowed scenery" of the surrounding Higahiyama mountains. Designated as a Scenic Place of Beauty.

Stone path next to main building and view into the garden. View to main building where visitors are sitting looking at the view into the garden. Courtyard within main building planted with bamboos and ferns with framed view through the tea room to the garden. View of stone stepping stone path leading from the cafe room into the garden, framed by cafe room ceiling. Stone bridge across stream with view to undulating grass mounds in garden, trees and shrubs with autumn colour. Stone bridge across stream with view to undulating grass mounds in garden, trees and shrubs with autumn colour. Stream in garden with rocks and view to trees with autumn colour and to hills outside the garden Small backlit acer with autumn colour Gravel path in garden with tree with autumnal colour. Doorway into the garden from near the entrance. Wide pond in garden with trees with autumn colour reflected in the water. Wide pond in garden with trees with autumn colour reflected in the water. Pond in garden with surrounding trees with autumn colour reflected in the water.





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NanzenJi Temple Garden, Kyoto
A series of small courtyard gardens within a Zen temple complex including a large raked gravel garden.

Placed rocks in raked gravel known as karesansui which translates as Edge of the main Zen garden of raked gravel, known as karesansui, which translates as Small courtyard garden within temple complex with placed rocks and several small trees. View to temple buildings. Small courtyard garden of moss, rocks and gravel within temple complex. View to raised wooden walkways and Acers with Autumn colour beyond. View into small courtyard garden of moss, rocks and shrubs within temple complex. Acer palmatum in Autumn colour. Edge of the main Zen garden of raked gravel, known as karesansui, which translates as Edge of the main Zen garden of raked gravel, known as karesansui, which translates as Edge of the main Zen garden of raked gravel, known as karesansui, which translates as Edge of the main Zen garden of raked gravel, known as karesansui, which translates as Small courtyard garden of moss, gravel and shrubs within temple complex. View to temple building and trees beyond. Small courtyard garden within temple complex with gravel and placed stones. Small courtyard garden of moss, rocks and shrubs within temple complex. View to temple building. Two small trees growing from island of moss in small courtyard gravel garden within the temple complex.





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