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Established: 1994
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Michel Gesret; owners associated with the wider garden creation
Commissioned by: Les Jardins du Botrain

Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1995
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Educational institution
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown; Benjamin Mesnager associated with later restructuring
Commissioned by: Municipality of Magny-le-Hongre / public school context

Stone bridge Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1998
Style: Dry garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Seiji Imanaka and Sadao Yasumoro
Commissioned by: City of Aix-les-Bains, with Madame Kobayashi associated with the invitation of the Japanese gardeners

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

Established: 1999
Designer: Bernard Charbonnel
Commissioned by: Bernard Charbonnel

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Pavilion Tea House Bamboo Fences Open Fences Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 2001
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: unknown

Lake Vertical Stone

Established: 2001
Style: Dry garden
Context: Museum
Access: Public
Designer: Keiichi Tahara
Commissioned by: Maison Européenne de la Photographie

Established: 2003
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Martine Vandenbussche
Commissioned by: Martine Vandenbussche

Wooden bridge Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern Buddha statue

Established: 2005
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Municipal landscape gardeners of Kōfu, including chief gardener Mr Naïtō; adapted and implemented by the City of Pau green-space department
Commissioned by: City of Pau, in cooperation with the City of Kōfu

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Bamboo Fences Open Fences Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 2013
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Cultural centre
Access: Public
Designer: Shodo Suzuki and Fumiaki Takano; completed by Hiroshi Naruse
Commissioned by: Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire / Centre-Val de Loire Region

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 2014
Style: Landscape garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Closed / no public access
Designer: Frédérique Dumas
Commissioned by: Frédérique Dumas

Bamboo Fences Open Fences Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Lantern

Established: 2025
Style: Dry garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Public
Designer: Joseph Grimaldi / Grimaldi Jardins Paysages, with stone placement by Masao Sone
Commissioned by: Pharmacie de Mercurol / Caroline Le Bras

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Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire

Shizen no Sei

Jardin Japonais Minéral