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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.