Japanese Garden - Tranquil Personality

For centuries, the Japanese Garden has been a precious art form in Japan, influenced by the ancient and complex garden design of China.

Strict traditions, associated with related and equally disciplined calligraphy art and Japanese ink paintings, historically passed from sensing to masters to apprentices.

Although the Japanese garden has been influenced by the West since the late 19th century, some elements are considered typical and, in some respects, necessary for art forms. Water, whether true or symbolic, is a must. Bridges or stepping stones often travel through ponds or stream elements to islands, or to tea houses. Rock or stone arrangements can form a dry or wet waterfall. Hedges, fences or traditional-style walls create a wall around the miniature landscape.

Japanese gardens have three basic traditional styles. The Karesausui Garden is a dry landscape in which different shades and shapes of rocks and gravel, as well as precise placement of mosses and shrubs are used to represent abstract forms of ponds, islands, rivers, oceans, boats and mountains. The extension of gravel or sand creates the illusion of flowing water. This type of garden is used for meditation and is often found in Zen temples.

The Tsukiyami garden style recreates the distinctive features of China or Japan. Cleverly placing shrubs to block the landscape of surrounding houses or buildings effectively creates the illusion of a larger garden area. Sidewalks may pass through ponds, streams, rocks and hills and may guide visitors through intricate bridges. The bonsai tree, a miniature version of its full-size cousin, is an important part of these miniature landscapes.

The Chianwa Garden is designed to host a tea ceremony, another rigorous and pretty Japanese tradition. Simple teahouses are a common focus, and the elegance of the garden itself is just too simple. Traditional stepping stones lead to a tea house through a quiet pond, with a variety of stone lanterns and basins dotted in the garden landscape. The Stone Basin, known as Tuskubai, is a place to invite guests to purify themselves before attending the tea ceremony.

In addition to these three basic styles, Kanshoh-style gardens are popular in private homes and can be viewed from the inside. The pond garden built along the quiet coastline can be seen from the boat. Strolling through the garden leads the visitors along a meandering path, offering a range of views and a soft curve of navigation.

From the 100-year-old Japanese tea garden at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco to the Japanese garden at the Irish National Horse Farm in Kildare, Ireland, these serenity, creative embellishments of serene art are now spread all over the world. Bamboo plants, Japanese black pine and colored maples share space with native plant species in the most unlikely climate conditions. Even in the town of Ronneby in Sweden, almost at the top of the world, it is possible to find a truly created Japanese garden. Please enjoy!

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