Exquisite temples gardens and Karesansui (枯山水) Zen dry gardenss in around Kyoto and Arashiyama, including Tenryuji temple

A quiet refuge with pond and tea garden

Expansive feudal-era strolling garden and lake and an homage to niwaki pruning

Rinzai Zen temple in Kyoto regarded as Japan’s greatest Moss Temple,

Regarded as one of the three most beautiful gardens in Japan, it captures the “six attributes” of the ideal landscape: spaciousness, seclusion, artifice, antiquity, abundant water, and grand vistas.