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Tour On Creating a Japanese Mini Garden/鉢庭づくり体験

Today we did a special tour with a help of a gardening company - 植彌加藤造園. They provided lots of interesting stories about gardens. Imagination and imitation. Nowadays Japanese gardens are very famous worldwide and many travelers come to see them. We can see the beauty of gardens immediately, we can understand the basic concepts by reading a leaflet, but how about the stories behind and gardeners' work everyday?

植彌加藤造園様のご協力を得て、日本庭園についてのツアーを開催しました。今や世界的に人気の日本庭園は、見れば美しさはわかる、読めばコンセプトはわかるものではありながら、実感として理解するのは時として難しいもの。お庭師の方の毎日の努力や隠された物語にも面白さがあります。


To satisfy such our interests, we visited Konkaikomyoji Temple with professional gardeners after visiting Heianjingu Shrine. First, we are explained about the brief history of it, and soon after we entered closed area to tourists.

平安神宮を拝観した後、金戒光明寺を訪問し、庭師ならではのお話を聞きに行ってまいりました。


There was a small dry garden inside. Most people at least once wonder how the pattern on gravels are drawn. We now know the secrets! Even had a chance to try it.

中には枯山水のお庭が。一度は誰しも、あの砂紋はどうやって生み出されているのか、気になったことがあるかもしれません。砂紋引きを体験させていただきました。

砂紋引き

Then we saw the main garden in the temple. We realized how meaningful every small part is with lots of interesting and educating stories given by the gardeners.

その後、紫雲の庭へ移動し、様々なポイントを教えていただきました。

金戒光明寺/ Konkai Komyoji

They showed us the best spot and told us the reason from the point of a gardener's view! Indeed, it was amazing scenery!

ベストビュースポットはここ!のお話も。

金戒光明寺/ Konkai Komyoji

What we were looking forward today was to make our own miniature Japanese garden! Not just listening to their stories, but creating a garden added deep understanding.

さて、今日の目玉は鉢庭づくりです。お話を聞くだけではなく、体験してみることで、庭師の方のお話が身に沁みてよくわかりました。

鉢庭 / Hachiniwa

After about 45 minutes....

Here are our guests' work!!

Both of the gardens have nice concepts, can you guess what?

45分後…

これがお客様の作品です!

どちらのお庭もしっかりとしたコンセプトがあります。みなさんはどう読み解かれますか?

鉢庭 / Hachiniwa
The World Map
鉢庭 / Hachiniwa
Bridging the divides

Thank you all very much for joining our tour!

ご参加ありがとうございました。

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