In The Japanese Garden

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Miniature Mount Fuji
At the temple of Tofukuji in Kyoto a checkerboard pattern of coarse sand imposes an artful symmetry on an ever shifting mediu...
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A tree's shadow casting the poetry of light and dark shapes on a field of white gravel at Shisendo, Japan
Japanese Garden- A stand of swaying bamboo at Saiho-ji creates a natural fence.
Latticed bamboo fences mark borders, allowing light and sound to pass through this fence at Shisendo.
The trunk of this pine tree has been twisted into contortions in Kyoto suburb
Japanese Garden- Pine boughs, pruned for horizontal growth at Koishikawa Koraku-en, near Iidbashi in Tokyo
The Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, a recent garden (1915-1920) reminiscent of Western Park-amidst the gray concrete.
A bonsai tree, the art of miniaturization reaches its zenith in the art of bosai, practiced by more than thirty artists in th...
Japanese Garden- June brings the irises to Kenroku-en.
Japanese Garden- at Sanzen-in in Kyoto, fallen maple leaves on a blanket of sukigoke moss serve as reminders of the cycles o...
Japanese Garden- Moss seen at Saiho-ji, adds an aura of age to a garden
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Moss engulfs a maple tree at Saiho-ji
A representation of a pond composed of rock and gravel at the Zuiho-in
The seas that surround Japan are rife with sacred significance.
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The "deer scare" fills with water and empties into a basin
Carp beneath a ponds surface at Adachi Museum
An eight-fold bridge at Koraku-en inOkayama
rain awakens the greens of the garden, enriching the varied hues of moss at Saiho-ji
A pond lily in a Japanese Pond
Stone footpaths convey the mood of a garden
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Stones and pebbles create the illusion of rushing water
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The province of meditative monks in the early morning and evening hours, Ryoan-ji is a requisite stop for busloads of student...
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This contemporary garden in the local government office of Tokyo's Azabu district features a granite sea studded with gilded ...
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Perched on a rock at Kyoto's Ryoan-ji, a Buddhist monk is intent upon meticulously raking the fine gravel sea that swirls aro...
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