Traditionally, a Japanese garden has a gate. Boundaries, in general, are very important in a Japanese garden, to symbolize ...

This is related to the concept of miniaturization, which means that a Japanese garden presents a smaller, idealized vision of ...

An award-winning landscape designer created this brand-new tiny house as part of a heavenly Japanese garden with a sauna and ...

Japanese dry gardens–karesansui–have minimalist motifs conducive to meditation. Instead of water, gravel flows through a ...

YASUGI, Shimane Prefecture—The Adachi Museum of Art’s picturesque gardens have defended their title as the best in Japan for the 22nd straight year, topping the Journal of Japanese Gardening ...

Over time, Japanese gardens have evolved to serve different purposes, but the traditional concept of combining the elements of stone, water, foliage and man-made features has remained an integral ...

The Bowdoin Japanese garden was designed and constructed by Nathaniel Cormier ’95. He transformed the space behind 38 College Street into a karesansui-style Japanese garden for his honors project for ...

Hannah Wallace If you need an escape from urban landscapes, seek out Zen-like tranquility at the Japanese Garden within Washington Park. The 12-acre Portland Japanese Garden is made up of eight ...