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Rules and Traditions of a Japanese Garden

The style of garden generally referred to asor veranda and for walking through and
a "Japanese Garden" is a garden based on theexploring.
traditional Japanese style gardens of ancient
Japan. Tracing its origins back to theA famous style of garden that most people may
Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, Japanesebe familiar with is the karesansui or "dry
gardens can now be found in many backyards,landscape garden. This garden originates
public parks, schools and retreats around thefrom the Zen temples of Japan, most
world. The most common style of garden foundrecognizable for their lack of water and few
around the world as well as in Japan is theplants. The feeling of water is achieved
famous dry or rock gardens which are gardensthrough the use of pebbles and raked gravel
that contain very little in the way ofinstead of water. Perhaps the most famous
vegetation  traditionally  called Karesansui.example of a karesansui garden is the
Ryoan-ji  temple  in  Kyoto.
The tradition of the Japanese tea ceremony
and the beliefs of tea masters havePlants in Japanese gardens consist mostly of
encouraged the creation of Japanese gardensbamboos and evergreens such as Black Pine and
of a completely different style. The teathe famous bright leaved deciduous Maples
masters have a trademark styles that evokestrees. In cooler climates ferns and mosses
of a sense of rural simplicity as well ascan be used as ground covers and thrive in
tranquility  and  consolidation.the  moist  conditions.
One thing that is common throughout allIdeally a Japanese garden should provide the
Japanese gardens is the presence of watervisitor with a wholesome environment that
containing an island with a bridge to it, aallows them to see beauty, relax and find
stone lantern and a teahouse or sittinginspiration. One of the greatest cultural
pavilion. The elements aren't necessarilypractices to make itself into the western
real they can be of a symbolic nature.world the Japanese garden is truly a thing of
Gardens can also be designed for severalbeauty.
viewing styles including from a boat, porch



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