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Oriental Garden

Appeltern Netherlands

Style
Hybrid / mixed garden
Context
Commercial site
Access
Public
Designer
unknown
Stone bridge Wooden bridge Pavilion Walls Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Clingendael Japanese Garden

Hague Netherlands

Established
1910
Style
Strolling garden
Context
Public park
Access
Limited public access
Designer
Marguérite Mary Baroness van Brienen / Lady Daisy
Commissioned by
Marguérite Mary Baroness van Brienen / Lady Daisy
Wooden bridge Pavilion Tea House Wooden Fences Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gates Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern Buddha statue

Hotel Okura Japanese Garden

Amsterdam Netherlands

Established
1971
Style
Strolling garden
Context
Commercial site
Access
Limited public access
Designer
unknown
Commissioned by
Hotel Okura Amsterdam / Hotel Okura Co., Ltd.
Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Amstelpark

Amsterdam Netherlands

Established
1972
Style
Strolling garden
Context
Public park
Access
Public
Designer
unknown
Commissioned by
City of Amsterdam / Floriade 1972 organisers

Von Siebold Memorial Garden

Leiden Netherlands

Established
1990
Style
Dry garden
Context
Botanical garden
Access
Public
Designer
Prof. M. Nakamura
Commissioned by
Clusiusstichting / Hortus botanicus Leiden, for the 400th anniversary of the Hortus
Pavilion Walls Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone

The Japanese Watergarden

Naaldwijk Netherlands

Established
1998
Style
Hybrid / mixed garden
Context
Commercial site
Access
Public
Designer
unknown
Commissioned by
Van der Drift family
Wooden bridge Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern Crane

Tottori Hanakairo Corner

Lisse Netherlands

Established
1999
Style
Hybrid / mixed garden
Context
Friendship / sister-city project
Access
Public
Designer
Japan Landscape Contractors Association / 日本造園建設業協会
Commissioned by
Tottori Prefecture

Hortus Overzee

Den Helder Netherlands

Established
2000
Style
Strolling garden
Context
Botanical garden
Access
Public
Designer
Prof. Wybe Kuitert, with Japanese garden experts / professors Nakamura and Amasaki from Kyoto
Commissioned by
Stichting Oranjerie De Groene Parel / Hortus Overzee, in cooperation with Japanese garden specialists
Stone bridge Bamboo Fences Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern