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Back to: HomeFrom carefully raked zen gardens to colourful koi carp ponds, Japanese gardens are breathtaking places. As well as gardens in Japan being popular tourist destinations, Japanese garden designs are popular in the West as much for the therapeutic nature of their maintenance as much as their stunning looks.
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Japanese Zen GardensNothing could be further from the typical image of a garden than a Japanese Zen rock garden. The total lack of grass, greenery or any growing matter in favour of rocks and gravel might not have instant aesthetic appeal to a Western gardener but to the Japanese it has a much deeper appeal. Due to Shinto, the native Japanese religion respects trees and mountains as sacred, gardens have always had a spiritual significance for the Japanese people. Rather than just being a place for recreation and to waste away the hours, a garden to a Japanese person is a place for the worship and respect of the earth. Even the seemingly mundane garden maintenance tasks such as weeding and sweeping leaves are seen as a therapeutic task and a way of showing respect and pride. Zen rock gardens are the barest form of what can be called a garden. Consisting of large stones carefully spaced in a sea of perfectly raked gravel, Zen gardens are... read more... |
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