New eBook! The Kyu-Asakura House
It’s finally time for a new eBook! This time it will be again about a garden – but also about an old traditional Japanese house! I am actually surprised how […]
Takasho Garden & Exterior Fair 2017
I got the opportunity to visit this fair of one of Japan’s biggest suppliers for garden and exterior “stuff”. On Friday July 28 I just stopped at the office for […]
Sealed surfaces and the problem with heat in Tokyo
Without further investigation When we are looking at Tokyo, it’s green. It could be definately greener, but it is also not pure gray. However, as I heared, over the last […]
New eBook! Japanese Garden History Part 1 – The Heian Period
The rainy season keeps everyone inside and in front of the computer. Me included. Unfortunately.. But actually, this is to your advantage! Else I wouldn’t do as much on RJG […]
Japanese lawn – in comparison with western lawns
This topic was requested by one of our readers and I apologize that it took this long until I was able to write about Japanese grass. The one or other, […]
Exterior Design Studies
In my neighborhood used to be a wonderful huge field full of Japanese “kuri” trees (Castanea crenata – Japanese chestnut). One day, some works began around the field and my […]
New eBook! The Ninomaru Garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo
It’s already been a week since I am back to work and it passed too fast! However, now I had time to finish and publish our new eBook about the […]
Back to work!
You may have noticed, that there were no new blog posts during the last months.. I (Anika) took Maternity leave from July 2016 and wasn’t able to concentrate on blog […]
New eBook! Mukōjima-hyakkaen
Summer arrived in Japan! Finally it got really really hot and the mosquito are out and try to keep us away from gardens. But who is a real garden lover […]
5 Culture Shocks foreign gardeners face in Japan
>>Following my blog about how to become a gardener in Japan.<< I am a gardener from Germany, so the following might not apply to all.. The experiences are based on […]
