The Japanese Garden in The Hague opened again this morning and the light was gorgeous!

#TheHague #DenHaag #JapaneseGarden #Clingendael #Photography

My course "Introduction to Japanese History" is heading towards #imperialism. So let's see a #JapaneseGarden of the times.

In 1894/96, Yamagata Aritomo built #MurinAn in #Kyoto using a reward for his role in the Sino-Japanese war. The garden's Western building also served for a conference in which 4 elder statesmen prepared for the Russo-Japanese war.

Newspapers presented Murin-an as a political site. In a caricature of 1899, you can see #Yamagata pondering a railway project in China.

A very unusual #JapaneseGarden today. Some years ago, I went to #Stockholm + visited #Bagarmossen, a 1950s suburb. Citizens are allowed to create community gardens on public lots.

When I arrived at the garden, the “owner” was working the ground, and I got to interview him. He told me that he had never been to Japan but had always been fascinated with bonsai. So he decided to apply for a lot and turn it into a Japanese garden! The garden showed a lot of dedication and was built on a low budget.

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The #Portland #JapaneseGarden is also great. First visit ever last year. Such a rich asset.

Ok….let’s get started. Here’s a super random list of interests and hobbies
#bonsai
#fish
#dogs
#bordercollie
#aquarium
#natureaquarium
#aquascape
#garden
#japanesegarden
#houseplants
#cactus
#peyote
#cichlids
#uaru

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One of my favorite areas at the Denver Botanic Gardens was the peaceful Japanese Garden. I love the fall colors!

#denverBotanicGardens #denver #japaneseGarden #fallColors #thingsToDo #thingsToDoInDenver #botanicalGardens #peacefulPlaces

There is a tiny #Japanesegarden in the backyard of the #MuséeGuimet in #Paris. The museum is about Asian art. Its founder Émile Guimet was an industrialist who, in 1876, traveled the Far East, buying up objects like Chinese porcelain, Buddhist statues, and all sorts of Japanese art.

In 2001 a #JGarden was added in the backyard of the historic Hôtel d'Heidelbach, an annex building. The museum's introduction smacks a bit of culturalism (too much talk about harmony), but the garden is lovely.

@JapanProf Interesting point about お茶屋! First, the gardener of that site needed to make some money. So the "tea house" was about revenue. Inside it looked more like a typical coffee house. Here is an image of royal family members visiting the Düsseldorf 1904 #JapaneseGarden and drinking coffee (a critical stamp of approval for the site!). The garden designer probably had no idea about tea houses (small) and tea houses (お茶屋). Information on Japan in 1904 was still sketchy in the German Reich.

Did someone say nut here?

#Squirrel #JapaneseGarden #KadriorgPark #Tallinn
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Did someone say nut here?

#Squirrel #JapaneseGarden #KadriorgPark #Tallinn @visitestonia