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Suikinkutsu. Double suikinkutsu at Iwasaki Castle, Nisshin city, Aichi prefecture. A suikinkutsu (水琴窟, lit. 'water koto cavern') is a type of Japanese garden ornament and music device. It consists of an upside down buried pot with a hole at the top.
A shishi-odoshi breaks the quietness of a Japanese garden with the sound of a bamboo rocker arm hitting a rock. Shishi-odoshi (鹿威し) (literally, "deer-frightening" or "boar-frightening"), in a wide sense, refers to Japanese devices made to frighten away animals that pose a threat to agriculture, including kakashi (scarecrows), naruko ...
Three Great Gardens of Japan. The oldest water fountain in Japan continues functioning at Kenroku-en in Kanazawa. The Three Great Gardens of Japan (日本三名園, Nihon Sanmeien), also known as "the three most famous gardens in Japan " are considered to include Kenroku-en in Kanazawa, Kōraku-en in Okayama and Kairaku-en in Mito. [1]
Shinzen is officially a friendship garden and was built partly in dedication to Kochi, Fresno’s sister city in Japan. It recognizes “the significant role of early Japanese immigrants and ...
Kenroku-en (Japanese: 兼六園, Garden of Six Attributes), located in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, is a strolling style garden constructed during the Edo period by the Maeda clan. [ 1 ] Along with Kairaku-en and Kōraku-en, Kenroku-en is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan and is noted for its beauty across all seasons ...
Kiyomizu-dera circa 1880 by Adolfo Farsari. The temple was established in 778, during the late Nara period, by Enchin Shonin, who was a priest from Nara (the capital of Japan from 710 to 784).