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Established: 1996
Style: Tea garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown; Ueda Sōko tea-school tradition associated with the tea house and tea practice
Commissioned by: City of Hiroshima / German-Japanese Society of Hannover / City of Hannover, in the context of the Hannover–Hiroshima city partnership

Tea House Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gateways Gates Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1996
Style: Dry garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Shunmyo Masuno, Japan Landscape Consultants
Commissioned by: Jowa Japan Center GmbH / Japan Center development company

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

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: 1997
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Private estate
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: unknown

Walls Wooden Fences Lake River Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern Crane

Established: 1997
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: Prague Botanical Garden / City of Prague

Pavilion Bamboo Fences Open Fences Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 1997
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Public
Designer: Robert Hore and Stella Hore
Commissioned by: Robert Hore and Stella Hore / The Bonsai Nursery

Wooden bridge Pavilion Bamboo Fences Gateways Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Lantern Pagoda Buddha statue

Established: 1997
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Cultural centre
Access: Public
Designer: Jacek M. Rybczyński
Commissioned by: Jacek M. Rybczyński and Barbara Rybczyńska

Wooden bridge Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Gate Lantern

Established: 1997
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Kyoshi Yasui and Toyo Tanaka; also reported as Kenji Tatara and Shuchi Okamoto in recent local press
Commissioned by: Pamplona City Council / City of Yamaguchi, in the context of the Pamplona–Yamaguchi sister-city relationship

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

Established: 1998
Style: Landscape garden
Context: Cultural centre
Access: Public
Designer: Takumi Mizokami, with Petr Typlt; wider concept developed with Osamu Okamura
Commissioned by: Petr Typlt / Cesty k duchovnu civic association

Stone bridge Walls Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gates Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 1998
Style: Dry garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Kanji Nomura
Commissioned by: Masumi Schmidt-Muraki

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 1998
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown; 2017 restoration led by Takuhiro Yamada with Japanese specialists and Romanian volunteers
Commissioned by: Bucharest municipal park administration, with support from the Embassy of Japan in Romania and Japanese cultural partners

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Pavilion Bamboo Fences Open Fences Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone 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: 1998
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Public
Designer: Yasuo Kitayama
Commissioned by: City of Kyoto and Kōdai-ji Zen Temple, as a gift to the City of Florence

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

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

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: 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

Established: 2000
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Robert Ketchell and Andrew Ninnis
Commissioned by: Hashimoto family

Wooden bridge Walls Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gateways Lake Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

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

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: Strolling garden
Context: Museum
Access: Closed / no public access
Designer: Yasuo Sumiyoshi and Akira Kobayashi
Commissioned by: István Doma-Mikó / Japanese Museum, Füzesgyarmat

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

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: 2000
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Educational institution
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: City of Vienna, Wiener Stadtgärten (MA 42)

Bamboo Fences Open Fences Lake Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Gate Lantern

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

Lake Vertical Stone

Established: 2001
Style: Dry garden
Context: Educational institution
Access: Public
Designer: Peter Swift, Planit EDC Ltd.
Commissioned by: Haruhisa Handa (Toshu Fukami)

Recumbent stone

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

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Stadtpark Hannover

Taunustor Japan Center

Vita Classica Therme’s Sauna Paradise

Anzola d'Ossola

Prague Botanical Garden

The Bonsai Nursery

Wapiennik Łaskawy Kamień

Yamaguchi Park

Aizen Japanese Garden

Bälz Japanese Garden

Herăstrău Park

Kobayashi-En

Shōrai

The Japanese Watergarden

Au Paradiz’en

Tottori Hanakairo Corner

Dojima Sake Brewery

Hortus Overzee

Japanese Garden, Kaiserslautern

Japanese Museum Garden

Park der Gärten

The Franz-Karl-Effenberg Garden of Asia

Bambous Park

Japanese Roof Garden, Brunei Gallery

Maison de la Photographie