Dusseldorf Japanese Garden
Photo: Robert von Oliva / naruciakk / CC0 1.0, modified.
Overview
The Düsseldorf Japanese Garden, also known as the Japanese Garden on the Rhine, is a 5,000 m² Japanese garden in Nordpark. It was donated in 1975 by Düsseldorf’s Japanese community to the people of the city. The garden was designed specifically for Düsseldorf rather than copied from an existing Japanese garden.
History
The garden was opened to the public on 24 May 1975. It was designed by Japanese garden and landscape architect Sentarō Iwaki and his son Shōjirō Iwaki. Construction was led by the Japanese garden masters Ishiguro and Sakuma, together with six further Japanese gardeners and staff from Düsseldorf’s municipal garden department.
Design features
The garden is a pond-centred Japanese stroll garden with a waterfall, pond, stream, stones, azaleas, Japanese maples and pruned pines. The city describes it as an idealised representation of nature, created according to Japanese garden principles but adapted to the Düsseldorf site.
Garden elements
Enclosures
Waters and islands
Stones
Other elements
Current status
Extant public Japanese garden within Nordpark Düsseldorf. It remains one of the city’s main Japanese cultural landmarks and is freely accessible as part of the municipal park.