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Established: 1996
Style: Landscape garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Kazuyuki Sato
Commissioned by: Kur und Bäder GmbH Bad Krozingen

House Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 2000
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Kunihiko Akamatsu, with the planning team of Freunde des Japanischen Gartens Kaiserslautern e.V. and the City of Kaiserslautern
Commissioned by: City of Kaiserslautern and Freunde des Japanischen Gartens Kaiserslautern e.V.

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Tea House Walls Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gateways Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Gate Lantern Pagoda Buddha statue

Established: 2000
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Hans Jürgen Höpken and Gerd Alves; redesigned in 2020-21: Park der Gärten and Olof Schlittenhardt, Gartenräume
Commissioned by: unknown

Established: 2002
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Silke Hasskerl-Schilling
Commissioned by: City of Bad Langensalza

Stone bridge Wooden bridge House Walls Gates Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Gate Lantern Buddha statue

Established: 2003
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: IGA Rostock GmbH, as part of Japan’s national contribution to IGA 2003

Pavilion Wooden Fences Bamboo Fences Lake Recumbent stone Water basin Lantern Pagoda

Established: 2003
Style: Dry garden
Context: Educational institution
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Hartmut R. Raible
Commissioned by: Deutsch-Japanische Gesellschaft Bielefeld e.V., in cooperation with the von Bodelschwinghsche Stiftungen Bethel

Stone bridge Walls Gates Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 2003
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Shunmyō Masuno / Japan Landscape Consultants Ltd.
Commissioned by: State of Berlin / Grün Berlin, within the Berlin–Tokyo city partnership

Stone bridge Pavilion Tea House Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 2003
Style: Dry garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Takaaki Yoshikawa
Commissioned by: City of Iruma, as a gift to the City of Wolfratshausen

Stone bridge River Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 2004
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Shigeichi Suzuki, with a Japanese-German-Belgian construction team
Commissioned by: City of Nagaoka, German–Japanese Society of Trier, Landesgartenschau Trier GmbH and City of Trier, with support from sponsors

Bamboo Fences Open Fences Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 2005
Style: Dry garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Kristian Rademacher-Dubbick
Commissioned by: KROHNE Messtechnik GmbH / Kristian Rademacher-Dubbick

Recumbent stone

Established: 2007
Style: Landscape garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Public
Designer: Nakane Garden Research & Landscape Consultant Co.
Commissioned by: Johs. von Ehren Garten GmbH & Co. KG

Lake Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern Buddha statue

Established: 2013
Style: Landscape garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: Rosengarten Hadamar e.V.

Bamboo Fences Open Fences Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 2016
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Closed / no public access
Designer: Jethro Machacek / Naturform Japangärten & Koiteichbau GmbH
Commissioned by: Created by Naturform as an exhibitor garden for Landesgartenschau Bayreuth 2016

Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gateways Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 2025
Style: Landscape garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Kazuyuki Sato
Commissioned by: Kur und Bäder GmbH Bad Krozingen

Stone bridge Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda

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