The Ryoanji rock garden made our list of the top five gardens in Japan. With it’s moss-covered boulders mixed with carefully raked pebbles it’s one of Japans best examples of immaculately maintained rock gardens.
Let’s take a took at what makes Ryoanji so unique.
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The Japanese take their gardening and landscaping very seriously. You may be surprised at first when you discover that what you thought was a bird up in a tree is really a coverall clad Japanese gardener working on shaping and lovingly pruning the tree.
There are so many beautiful gardens to see in Japan that it’s hard to trim it down to the must-see. But we’ve tried our best. So here we go with our top five gardens in Japan.
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Hama Rikyu Garden is found near the mouth of the Sumida River, and although it’s surrounded by the chaos that is Tokyo, it still remains one of Japan’s most famous gardens.
The garden was originally property of the Tokugawa Shogun and served as his personal hunting grounds. Today the park hosts many beautiful features including a tidal pool, moon-viewing pavilions, as well as several teahouses.
Please welcome my wife Stacey to I Heart Japan! She’s got a keen eye for all things cute and she’ll be running down the latest trends in kawaii and Japanese crafts.
It doesn’t get much cuter than Hello Kitty. Did you know there is a theme park in Japan dedicated to Hello Kitty! How can you not visit it? (I guess pretty easily, if you didn’t find out about it until you were back home, like me.)
Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) is to Kyoto what the Empire State building is to New York- a quintessential piece of architecture that defines the area. It is pretty rare to see a mention of Kyoto in a web site or magazine without at least one picture of this beautiful, gold-covered building.
But what is Kinkaku-ji and why was it built? And if you’re planning to visit, what camera gear should you take to get the best shots?
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Visiting at least one Japanese Castle is probably on every visitors agenda, but with over fifty different castles to choose from, which ones are must sees?
Picking the top five castles in Japan is pretty subjective, but here’s what I consider the do not miss castles of Japan.
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