Friday, April 19, 2013

Japanese Gardens



I could visit a few gardens as well. Japanese gardens differ from Western style gardens.
The form, which might be considered as most alien, is the stone garden. Small pebbles are raked into wave patterns. Sometimes islands of rocks and moss are in between the waves of the ocean.


Here's a picture of Ryoanji (龍安寺), perhaps the most famous of all stone gardens.
As I've made the picture in 1975, please excuse the poor quality.



Here's another example



But this is my favourite garden of this kind for this year :-)



You will find lots of asymmetric forms, stones, moss, evergreens, and winding paths



Stone lantern and flowing water



A landscape en miniature



Water at Ginkakuji (銀閣寺)



This form of garden I'd call garden meets park


Other blogposts about this travel to Japan:

Graveyards in Japan http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2013/04/graveyards-in-japan.html
Kimono and Traditional Dress http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2013/04/kimono-and-traditional-dress.html  
High Tech Toilets in Japan http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2013/04/high-tech-toilets-in-japan.html  
The Kinkakuji in Kyoto http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2013/04/the-kinkakuji-in-kyoto.html  
Shinkansen (新幹線) http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2013/04/shinkansen.html  
Japan and Garbage http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2013/04/japan-and-garbage.html  
Small Shrines Along the Road http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2013/04/small-shrines-along-road.html
Cherry Blossoms (桜の花) http://rheumatologe.blogspot.de/2013/04/cherry-blossoms.html  












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