Garden research | Japanese Gardens in Europe

Established: 1970
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Arboretum Mlyňany SAV horticultural and dendrological staff
Commissioned by: Slovak Academy of Sciences / Arborétum Mlyňany SAV

Pavilion Screen Fences Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1970
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Medical institution
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Dr Henri Hamon; realised by the hospital’s gardeners and maintenance workers
Commissioned by: Dr Henri Hamon / Centre médical de la Bucaille

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Gate Lantern

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

Established: 1971
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Medical institution
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Nakane Kinsaku
Commissioned by: Government of Japan / World Health Organization

Bamboo Fences Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Lantern Pagoda

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

Established: 1972
Style: Tea garden
Context: Public park
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: Sen Sōshitsu XV / Urasenke; donated to the State of Bavaria

Stone bridge Tea House Gateways Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1972
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown; Shiro Nakane associated with the 2017 rock garden
Commissioned by: City of Kyiv / Kyiv municipal authorities; linked to Kyiv–Kyoto sister-city relations

Wooden bridge Pavilion House Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Gate Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1973
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Erik Borja
Commissioned by: Erik Borja

Pavilion House Bamboo Fences Open Fences Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Gate Lantern

Established: 1974
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Kinsaku Nakane
Commissioned by: Japanese contribution to the Vienna International Garden Show 1974; reconstruction supported by the City of Takasaki

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

Established: 1975
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Iwaki Sentarō, Iwaki Shōjirō
Commissioned by: Japanese community in Düsseldorf / Japanese Garden Association; donated to the people of Düsseldorf

Wooden Fences Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1977
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: City of Rueil-Malmaison

Wooden bridge Bamboo Fences Gateways River Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Gate Lantern

Established: 1979
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Yoshiyuki Kawamura
Commissioned by: Blühendes Barock Gartenschau Ludwigsburg GmbH / City of Ludwigsburg-associated garden administration

Walls Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gates Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1979
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown for the garden; Kisho Kurokawa designed the hotel
Commissioned by: Hotel New Otani / Hotel Vitosha New Otani; later Hotel Marinela Sofia

Stone bridge House Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1979
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Yoshikuni Araki
Commissioned by: University of Hamburg / Botanischer Garten Hamburg

Stone bridge Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1979
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Dr. Akira Sato
Commissioned by: Government of Japan / Japanese contribution to Bundesgartenschau 1979

Wooden bridge Rustic bridge Pavilion Bamboo Fences Gateways Lake Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Shrine Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1980
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Museum
Access: Public
Designer: Masayuki Nagare
Commissioned by: City of Cologne / Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone

Established: 1980
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Edward Majcher; Lucyna Majcher associated
Commissioned by: Edward and Lucyna Majcher

Stone bridge Bamboo Fences Open Fences Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda Buddha statue

Established: 1980
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: unknown

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Pavilion Gateways Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1980
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Temple / Buddhist centre
Access: Public
Designer: Buddha Maitreya / Koji Takeuchi
Commissioned by: Buddha Maitreya / Koji Takeuchi

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Pavilion Gateways Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda Buddha statue

Established: 1980
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: unknown; 2026 extension supervised by Masao Sone
Commissioned by: City of Dijon, in cooperation with Koshigaya, Japan

Wooden bridge Tea House Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Gate Lantern

Established: 1980
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Lt Colonel Miller
Commissioned by: Lt Colonel Miller / Torosay Castle estate

Wooden bridge Pavilion Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1981
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Services des Jardins et Espaces Verts de la Mairie de Toulouse
Commissioned by: City of Toulouse / Pierre Baudis, Mayor of Toulouse

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Tea House Walls Gates Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern Crane Buddha statue

Established: 1981
Designer: Nakane Shirō
Commissioned by: City of Ōtsu / Würzburg–Ōtsu sister-city partnership; City of Würzburg

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 1982
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Educational institution
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Büyükerşen / Anadolu University

Wooden bridge Pavilion Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Gate

Established: 1982
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: Robert Dudley-Cooke; Maria-Antoinette Dudley-Cooke associated
Commissioned by: Robert and Maria-Antoinette Dudley-Cooke

River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

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Mlyňany Arboretum

Vexin Central Hospital

Hotel Okura Japanese Garden

World Health Organization Headquarters

Amstelpark

Kanshoan

Park Kyoto

Erik Borja's Zen Garden

Kurpark Oberlaa

Dusseldorf Japanese Garden

l'Amitié Park

Blühendes Japanese Garden

Hotel Marinela

Loki-Schmidt Botanic Garden

Rheinaue Leisure Park

Garden of the Museum of East Asian Art

Japanese Garden, Jarków

Mała Japonia

Pure Land Japanese Garden

Suzon Park

Torosay Castle Gardens

Compans-Caffarelli Park

Japanese Garden, Kranenkai

Anadolu University

Lamorran House Gardens