Katsurarikyu - Japanese Garden in Kyoto

Katsurarikyu：Representative Japanese Garden with Condensed Scenery & Techniques

Katsurarikyu (Katsura Imperial Villa) : Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto

Kasturarikyu is the most famous and popular Japanese garden that was built in the 15th century as a villa for a vacation house for the Imperial household. Wherever we walk, Wherever we see, Wherever we look back, we could not help impressed with the condensation of scenery and craftsman’s experience of Katsurarikyu. We can imagine there were the strong relationship between the master and the craftsman, a huge planning and preparation, and time. We can learn the sensibility of the Japanese imperials along with their life (Miyabi) of those days.

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Suhama and Misaki Toro:The shore and the cape stone lantern

Suhama heads to the island where is believed the hermit lives. That delicate distance not to reach that island would be regarded as the human being not to go over the sacred dimension.

The Winter-Dressed Cycad

Wrapping in tiers around the trunk in straw mat and tying with straw rope equally. However, the style is different depending on the craftsman, I would like you to see the gardener’s state of caring of plants and make the appearance look as beautiful in the same time.

You could see the knots are formed in the same line and the ends of rope are closed not loose in the same length. Also the base, the straws are spread in the radial and cut in a circle regularly and hold them with the pin not to break.
The stones make the gregarious cycads stable and enhance to the whole scene.

It will be a Beautiful Scene wherever You Clip

The good shaped pine trees and the straight line of the trimming are standing out in a copse.

Never Crossed the Steps Tobiishi

The natural flat top stepstones are set to walk smoothly in perfect intervals. Katurarikyu has a lot of the path using these step stones of different types efforts to each architecture.

The Entertainment for the Customers

There are various surprising and entertaining techniques like this perspective in Katsurarikyu garden. We would not have enough time to see all attractions in the guidance.