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Established: 1983
Designer: Ken Nakajima; Takeo Adachi associated with pavilions and structures
Commissioned by: Main Botanical Garden of the USSR Academy of Sciences, with support from the Embassy of Japan in Moscow, the Japan Foundation and the Expo ’70 Commemorative Association

Wooden bridge Tea House Wooden Fences Gates Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1983
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: City of Sapporo / Japanese garden specialists associated with Sapporo; wider Westpark designed by Peter Kluska
Commissioned by: City of Sapporo, as a contribution to the International Garden Exhibition 1983 / City of Munich

Wooden bridge Pavilion House Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1984
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Executive Committee of Japanese Garden Exhibition; supported by Akira Ohhira / Hakone Ueki Landscape Construction Co., Ltd.
Commissioned by: Urban Green Space Development Foundation, commissioned by the Japanese Government

Stone bridge Pavilion Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1984
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Mitsui Sen Izumi; Fekete Mihály associated with stonework

Lake River Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Lantern

Established: 1985
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Yoshikuni Araki
Commissioned by: City of Augsburg, with support from the partner cities Amagasaki and Nagahama

Wooden bridge Pavilion Gates Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1985
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Public
Designer: Harri Sokala and Tom Sjölund / Viherpaja founders and garden-centre team
Commissioned by: Viherpaja Oy / Harri Sokala and Tom Sjölund

Wooden bridge Tea House Walls Bamboo Fences Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1987
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Public

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

Established: 1987
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Takashi Sawano
Commissioned by: Aberdeen City Council / Duthie Park and Winter Gardens

Gateways Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 1987
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: Leeds City Council / municipal park authority

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Walls Bamboo Fences Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 1987
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Jacques Dulieu; Louis Soulard; Claudine Breton, Michel Cormier and Michel Dudon associated
Commissioned by: City of Nantes

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

Established: 1987
Designer: Sven-Ingvar Andersson; Akira Mochizuki
Commissioned by: Ronneby Municipality / Ronneby Brunnspark

Wooden bridge Pavilion Gateways Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone

Established: 1988
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Françoise Lacaze; Sonja Gauron associated with planting and layout advice
Commissioned by: Françoise Lacaze and her husband

Pavilion Tea House Bamboo Fences Gateways Lake River Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda

Established: 1988
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Public park
Access: Closed / no public access
Designer: John Taylor
Commissioned by: Slottsträdgårdens vänner / City of Malmö

Established: 1989
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Museum
Access: Public
Designer: Ulla Molin
Commissioned by: Landskrona konsthall / City of Landskrona

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1990
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Takeshi “Ken” Nakajima
Commissioned by: Orto Botanico di Roma / Sapienza University of Rome, with Japanese institutional support

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Pavilion Bamboo Fences Open Fences Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 1990
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Yoshinori Tokumoto
Commissioned by: City of Matsuyama, as a partnership gift to the people of Freiburg

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

Established: 1990
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: City of Lamalou-les-Bains, in the context of the Lamalou-les-Bains–Misasa friendship / sister-city relationship

Wooden bridge Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 1990
Designer: Schwarze und Partner Landschaftsarchitekten mbB; Japanese specialists associated, not individually confirmed
Commissioned by: Okuma Europe GmbH

Stone bridge Pavilion Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 1990
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Nakane Shirō
Commissioned by: City of Ōtsu, as a contribution to the Würzburg Landesgartenschau 1990 / City of Würzburg

Stone bridge Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 1990
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Commissioned by: Yoshikuni Araki

Pavilion Tea House Gateways Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda

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

Established: 1990
Style: Dry garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Charles Régimbeau
Commissioned by: Charles Régimbeau

Wooden bridge Wooden Fences Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Lantern Buddha statue

Established: 1991
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Ingalill Nahringbauer; Yoji Kasajima associated
Commissioned by: Bergius Botanic Garden / Bergius Foundation, for the bicentennial of the Bergius Foundation

Wooden bridge Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 1991
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Educational institution
Access: Public
Designer: unknown

Stone bridge Pavilion Tea House Gateways Gates Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1991
Style: Dry garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: unknown

Pavilion Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Buddha statue

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Japanese Garden, Ile de Versailles

Ronneby Brunnspark

La Grenouillere Garden

Malmö’s Castle Park

Landskrona Art Hall

Botanical Garden of Rome

Freiburg Seepark

Japanese Garden, Lamalou-les-Bains

Okuma Europe GmbH

Ōmi no Niwa

Planten un Blomen Park

Von Siebold Memorial Garden

Zen Garden, Montvendre

Bergius Botanical Garden

Capel Manor Gardens

Dartington Hall