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 […]
Category Archives: Explanations
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 […]
Hydrangea and it’s language
Although Hydrangeas season is almost over, I would like to highlight this flower in a blog. In Japan Hydrangea is closely connected to the rainy season in June because it […]
Discipline in smaller details in the Japanese garden
I got an E-Mail via our Real Japanese Gardens website lately about the small details in Japanese gardens. The writer visited Kyoto and was fascinated by the greater view of […]
“Meditation garden” or “Zen garden”?
Many people have the stereotype that Zen Gardens were designed for meditation purpose. I also used to think that Japanese gardens were created mostly for meditation before I joined the […]
The most popular plants in Japanese private gardens
It’s been almost two months since I’m working in Real Japanese Gardens. Few times per week we spend in the construction sites doing maintenance and planting. In this article I would […]
Japanese exterior design
Last week Anika and Aliya participated in Japanese exterior design lesson. The lesson was hold by Furuhashi Norimasa – very talented designer and exterior architect. He is a teacher of Japanese […]
The problem with researching “Kawaramono”…
Everything started with a short post on Facebook by Aliya about Kawaramono and them being the first professional gardeners of Japan. Did you know that… The first gardeners in Japan […]
