Japanese Garden. Japanese gardens (日本庭園, nihon teien) are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Tsuki-yama consists of hills and ponds, and hira-niwa consists of flat ground designed to represent a valley or moor; tsuki-yama may include a portion laid out as hira-niwa.
Japanese gardens are very different than Western gardens. Like most stroll gardens, this five-acre oasis is designed around a sequence of landscape elements, which come together to create a work of living art. There are specific elements, traditions, and philosophies that contribute to Japanese gardening.
There are various types of Japanese gardens that you can choose from.
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Winding paths and benches invite you to view the garden slowly and mindfully, in all of its detail - stones, water, lanterns, bridges, buildings, plants and animals. The Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix is a traditional strolling garden as you would find in Japan. Bamboo and Conifers in soothing shades of green are planted for year-round interest and trees are pruned into shapes that reveal.