Japanese Gardens Original Or Imported?

Hi,

Thanks for reading my Japanese gardens Blog once again and thanks also for your continued interactivity. Please feel free to email me at zeniboltd@aol.com with comments and queries. Joanne Marshall from California sent me a mail asking if Japanese gardens are indeed totally original?

The answer is not as simple as it may seem but scholars and Japanese garden history does suggest that the idea and designs of Japanese gardens were infact imported as an idea, and copied into Japan following the opening of ‘relations’ between China and Japan around 607 AD . There are records of special gardens in China from as early as 140 BC. these things have been around for a long while, and, because of enthusiasts all over the world will be around for a good deal of time to come!!

If you would like to share your knowledge and experience with my readers please get in touch and I will give you a forum via this Blog.

I will be posting the final fantastic pictures of ‘Pureland’ sent by reader Steve at the weekend. So watch out for those!

Have a great day or night! depending on where you are reading this!

For more information about Japanese Gardens take a look at my manual at www.japzengardens.org

Bye for now.

‘Pureland’ Japanese Garden

It really is a stunning place!

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More Photo’s Of The Japanese Garden At ‘Pureland’

Pureland Japanese Garden

Pureland Japanese Garden in the UK

‘Pureland’ Japanese Garden

I had a very interesting e mail from Blog reader Steve, who also has read my Japanese gardens book. He sent me details of an exquisitely beautiful Japanese Garden in the UK called ‘Pureland’. Steve has given me several photo’s to share with you on this blog which I am more than happy to do!

Steve informs me that it was created by Maitreya (Koji Takeuchi) who was a meditation master. He came to England on a friends invitation and began to teach and lecture at various places around the country.

Eventually he ought a property at a place called North Clifton that became known as ‘Pureland’. It is siutuated near Newark in Nottinghamshire. Infact it’s halfway between Newark and Gainsborough just off the A1133. It’s postal code is NG23 7AT, so it’s easy to find on a route finder service on the internet.

I am going to display a few of Steve’s photo’s over the next few days and thank him for allowing me to share them with you. Steve also said that he found my website www.japzengardens.org ‘very informative and interesting’. Take a look, it’s made especially for enthusiasts of Japanese gardens.

www.japzebgardens.org.

Have a good day and watch out for the photo’s!

More Japanese Gardens From Around The World…

Hi,

Thanks for reading my Japanese gardens blog once again. As promised yesterday here are some more famous, and well worth visiting!, Japanese gardens in North and South America.

Perhaps the biggest in South america can be found in Buenos Aires in Argentina, it is called ‘The Buenos Aires Japanese Garden’ and it has website at www.jardinjapones.org.ar/fundacion.htm .

In North America there are quite a few to interest you:

The Anderson Japanese Garden in Rockford. Illinois

The Chicago Botanic garden at Glencoe,Illinois

Fort Worth Japanese garden at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Fort Worth, Texas.

Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden at Long Beach state.

The Hakone gardens at Saratoga, California

The Huntington Garden at San Marino, California.

The Japanese Tea Garden at golden gate park, San Fransisco, California.

The Portland Japanese garden at Portland, Oregon.

The Japanese Friendship garden in Phoenix, Arizona.

Roji-en Japanese gardens at the Morikami museum and Japanese gardens at Delray beach, Florida.

The San Antonio Japanese Tea Garden at San Antonio, Texas.

The Seattle Japanese Garden at the Washington Park Arboretum, Kubota garden in Seattle , Washington.

and finally, Seiwa-en at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, Missouri.

If you would like to let myself and my blog readers know of any more please e mail me at zeniboltd@aol.com.

Have a good day….and don’t forget to learn more …and i mean much more about Japanese and Zen Gardens got to: www.japzengardens.org.
 

Japanese Gardens Around The World

Hi,

Thanks for reading my Japanese gardens blog once again. today I am continuing with the list and indeed some suggestions for Japanese gardens to see around the world.  In Canada a very famous garden is located at the Nitobe Memorial Garden in Vancouver in British
Columbia.

In the United Kingdom try the following:

Dartington Hall in Devon

Harewood House in Leeds

Holland Park in London

Tatton Park in Cheshire

Plus there is an interesting one at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

I am about to relaese full details of ‘Peaceland’ Japanese garden that is located in the central UK, I have extensive photo’s and details thanks to a reader of this Blog, Steve. Please feel free to reccomend Japanese gardens to me from all over the world so I can share it with my readers. Any phot’s you have taken would be much appreciated to share with readers.

In Ireland there is a beautiful Japanese garden at the Irish National Stud in Kildare, Co Kildare.

Scotland has a fine example, that was opened in 2002 , at Lauriston Castle in Edinburgh.

Finally, some Japanese garden reccomendations for Austraila.

Australia~ The Cowra Japanese garden in Cowra, New South Wales. It’s a strolling garden with great use of Lanterns, see the Upper lake if you visit it.

There is a database of Japanese gardens that you can find at http://www.jgarden.org. Worth a look!

Tomorrow I will be posting Japanese Gardens in the United States of America, South America and maybe some hidden gems that you are aware of! Please e mail me with your thoughts and information as well as any questions that you may have.

To learn everything that you need to know about JAPANESE GARDENs take a look at www.japzengardens.org

Talk to you tomorrow.

Famous Japanese Gardens Around The World

I have recieved a couple of e mails requesting information about famous Japanese gardens around the world so in the next few posts I will give you what I hope is some useful information. Perhaps it’s only logical that I will stsrt in Japan! so here goes:

Hamarikyu gardens in Tokyo

Kairaku-en in Mito in Ibaraki

Hosokawa Gyobu-tei in Kumamoto

Kinuta park in Tokyo

Kenroku-en in Kanazawa, Ishikawa

Kokyo Higashi Gyoen- this is more popularly known as the East Garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo

Koishikawa Korakuen Garden in Tokyo

Koraku-ei in Okayama, Okayama

Ryoan-ji in Tokyo

Saiho-ji- The Moss Temple in Kyoto

Sankei-ei in Yokohama

Shinjuku Gyoen in Tokyo

Urakuen Tea Garden in Inuyama, Aichi

Ueno Park in Tokyo

Shugaku- Imperial villa Tokyo

The grounds ans surrounding area of the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo

Tomorrow I will give you information about Japanese gardens in south america, the USA, Canada and Australia.

For more information about everything that you need to know on the subject of Japanese Gardens go to www.japzengardens.org

Green Plants In Japanese Gardens

You may or may not have noticed an absence of ‘flowers’ in Japanese gardens. This is because the Japanese prefer the use of minimal colour, giving rise to the importance of GREEN plants in any Japanese garden. Some plants with colourful blooms are sometimes used near the entrance to a Japanese Garden. Lots of plants that would appear in western replicas of Japanese gardens are usually indigenous to Japan and are imported. Climate does prohibit the successful transfer of some varieties. Sugar maple and firebush can be used for example to give the garden some seasonal colour. Really look at some of the pictures on the Blog to see the combination of Water,Stone and Plants. you will really get a sense for what looks right and why they are where they are!

For more detailed information on greenery in Japanese gardens and the use of plants go to: www.japzengardens.org

More tomorrow…have a good day!