I plan to go next year and visit as many quality Japanese gardens as I can. Anyone have any ideas on the best places?
2006-10-12 02:43:01 · 9 answers · asked by Warlock Fiend 4 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
Some of Japan's famous gardens
In Kyoto
Kyoto Imperial Palace The emperor's residence until 1868.
Nijo Castle Kyoto residence of the Tokugawa shogun.
Nanzenji Zen temple with beautiful stone garden.
Ryoanji Zen Temple most famous for its rock garden.
Daitokuji Large complex of Zen temples.
Katsura Villa Extremely beautiful imperial villa with garden.
Tenryuji Temple in the Arashiyama area.
Daigoji Famous temple in the southeast of Kyoto.
Byodoin Best example of a Heian Period Pure Land Garden.
Kanazawa
Kenrokuen Japan's most famous landscape garden.
Takamatsu
Ritsurin Koen Outstanding Japanese style landscape garden.
Okayama
Korakuen Outstanding Japanese style landscape garden.
Tokyo
Rikugien Arguably Tokyo's best Japanese style garden.
Koishikawa Korakuen Beautiful Japanese style landscape garden.
Hama Rikyu Park Beautiful Japanese garden along Tokyo Bay.
Palace East Gardens Part of the Imperial Palace.
Yokohama
Sankeien Beautiful, spacious Japanese garden.
Kamakura
Zuisenji Temple Zen temple famous for its gardens.
Mito
Kairakuen Famous for its three thousand plum trees.
Hiraizumi
Motsuji Temple famous for its Pure Land Garden.
Inuyama
Urakuen Garden with a celebrated teahouse.
Yoshino
Chikurin-in Temple Temple ryokan with a beautiful garden.
Kobe
Sorakuen Garden Japanese landscape garden in the city center.
Himeji
Kokoen Garden next to Himeji Castle..
Hiroshima
Shukkeien A beautiful Japanese style garden.
Yamaguchi
Joeiji Temple Famous for the Zen garden Sesshutei.
Dazaifu
Komyozenji Temple with a beautiful Zen garden.
Kumamoto
Suizenji Koen Landscape garden that reproduces the Tokaido.
Kagoshima
Senganen Japanese style landscape garden.
Below are types of gardens
Tsukiyama Gardens
Ponds, streams, hills, stones, trees, flowers, bridges and paths are used to create a miniature reproduction of a natural scenery which is often a famous landscape in China or Japan. The name Tsukiyama refers to the creation of artificial hills.
Tsukiyama gardens vary in size and in the way they are viewed. Smaller gardens are usually enjoyed from a single viewpoint, such as the veranda of a temple, while many larger gardens are best experienced by following a circular scrolling path.
Karesansui Gardens
Karesansui gardens reproduce natural landscapes in a more abstract way by using stones, gravel, sand and sometimes a few patches of moss for representing mountains, islands, boats, seas and rivers. Karesansui gardens are strongly influenced by Zen Buddhism and used for meditation.
Chaniwa Gardens
Chaniwa gardens are built for the tea ceremony. They contain a tea house where the actual ceremony is held and are designed in aesthetic simplicity according to the concepts of sado (tea ceremony).
Chaniwa gardens typically feature stepping stones that lead towards the tea house, stone lanterns and a stone basin (tsukubai), where guests purify themselves before participating in the ceremony
2006-10-12 13:09:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Son Yaner Gardens in Hon Atsgui. Take the Odakui line from Tokyo (takes about an hour). There is a toursit info within the station. Get a map and the garderns are within walking distance. Got some great pictures last spring with the cherry blossom trees and Mt Fuji in the background
Gambati!!!!!!
Just read the answer below. Kyto is great, and so is Nara, where the have tame deer wandering round the streets. Nagasaki also has the old/new feel about it
2006-10-12 02:49:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's been said that there are nearly 900 famous gardens in Japan, with nearly half in Kyoto - but most are smallish and probably not what most people have in mind. The two most highly regarded are the Adachi Museum of Art in Shimane and Kenrokuen in Kanazawa. The former one though you can't actually go inside it - you can just look at it from outside.
Some of the best are not along the beaten path for most tourists though, which keeps the crowds down. One is the beautiful Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afx-Ju52FiY
Also in Okayama is Korakuen, a wonderful place and rated as one of Japan's traditional Top 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zAI3_N7NEM
One gorgeous place under most people's noses is the Isuien Garden in Nara:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kk-7IoLELio
The tourist stampede for the Great Buddha usually just blows by and never even notices it. Such a shame.
2015-06-18 09:48:08 · answer #3 · answered by Never-Again 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kurihama Flower World: huge mountain of poppies.. and Godzilla! The Outer Gardens of the Imperial Palace, especially in spring time when the sakura are in bloom. Unfortunately, the Inner gardens are only open to the puplic in late December to celebrate the Emperor's Birthday.
2006-10-13 02:55:11 · answer #4 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the best gardens is in Okayama, they are about five hundred years old and have a backdrop of the castle so look pretty awesome.
The city is on the main shinkansen line between Osaka and Hiroshima so they are easy to get to. (about ten minute walk from the station)
2006-10-12 04:34:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kairakuen in Mito-an easy day trip from Tokyo, the gardens are handy to Mito station.
2006-10-12 16:23:40 · answer #6 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My favourite, although small and unknown, is Shurakuen garden in Tsuyama city (Okayama prefecture)
2006-10-13 02:58:18 · answer #7 · answered by Alyosha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2016-11-26 01:46:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you want a mix of modern and traditional JApan, you can't beat Kyoto
2006-10-12 02:52:39 · answer #9 · answered by break 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋