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JAPANESE GARDENS
MAY 2021 | 5
Feature JAPANESE GARDENS
Kairakuen GardenMito City, Ibaraki Prefecture
Mohri GardenRoppongi, Minato Ward, Tokyo
Dazaifu TenmanguDazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Kyoto Living Craft House MumeishaKyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
KenrokuenKanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
OkayamaKorakuen
Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
Adachi Museumof Art
Yasugi City, Shimane Prefecture
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“T he key elements of Japanese gardens are water, rocks and plants. These elements are used not only to reduce the scale of the natural landscape, but also to express thoughts and stories.” So says Naka Takahiro, director of the Research Center for Japanese Garden Art and Historic Heritage (see
pp. 7–9). In this month’s issue of Highlighting JAPAN, we reveal some of the characteristics of Japanese gardens by introducing some of the best known and most beautiful examples, from the classic daimyo (feudal lord) gardens of Kairakuen in Mito City, Kenrokuen in Kanazawa City and Okayama Korakuen in Okayama City to the redesigned Mohri Garden in Roppongi, Tokyo.