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Established: 2014
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Zoltán Dani / Japanese Garden Hungary
Commissioned by: University of Szeged Botanical Garden

Stone bridge Earth bridge Lake River Waterfall Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Gate Lantern

Established: 2015
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Memorial site
Access: Public
Designer: Martin Curran; original concept by Agnes Aylward; individual sections by Laura Cassin and Kazuki Kusumi
Commissioned by: Tramore Development Trust, with Waterford City and County Council and project partners

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

Established: 2016
Style: Landscape garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public

Stone bridge Pavilion Lake Vertical Stone Gate

Established: 2016
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Zoltán Dani, with professional support from Kōki-ryū Kyoto Niwatsune
Commissioned by: Municipality of Szentendre, in cooperation with Zoltán Dani and the Japanese Garden Hungary initiative

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

Established: 2016
Style: Dry garden
Context: Friendship / sister-city project
Access: Limited public access
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: City of Kanazawa

Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone

Established: 2016
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Closed / no public access
Designer: Jethro Machacek / Naturform Japangärten & Koiteichbau GmbH
Commissioned by: Created by Naturform as an exhibitor garden for Landesgartenschau Bayreuth 2016

Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gateways Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Stepping stone Lantern

Established: 2017
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Botanical garden
Access: Public
Designer: Multiple Ukrainian landscape architects and designers selected through the “Japanese Motifs in the Botanical Garden” competition
Commissioned by: M. M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden and Landscape and Architecture magazine, with support from the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine

Wooden bridge Pavilion Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Lantern

Established: 2018
Style: Dry garden
Context: Educational institution
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Kosugi Zohen Co., Ltd.
Commissioned by: Embassy of Japan in Ukraine, in cooperation with Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and its Ukrainian-Japanese Centre

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

Established: 2021
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: Municipality of Devecser; initiated by Mayor Gábor Ferenczi

Wooden bridge Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Gate Lantern

Established: 2021
Style: Dry garden
Context: Memorial site
Access: Public
Designer: Robert Ketchell, incorporating ideas developed by Coventry schoolchildren
Commissioned by: Coventry Cities of Peace Schools Projects, with Coventry City Council and the Japanese Garden Society

Walls Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

Established: 2021
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Antonis Skordilis / Ecoscapes
Commissioned by: Municipality of Athens, with support from JT International Hellas and under the auspices of the Embassy of Japan in Greece

Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Gate Lantern

Established: 2021
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Cultural centre
Access: Public
Designer: Zoltán Dani / Japanese Garden Hungary
Commissioned by: Japánkert Barátok Köre Egyesület, with TOP-CLLD funding and cooperation from the Mogyoróssy János City Library and the Municipality of Gyula

Stone bridge Gateways Lake Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Lantern

Established: 2021
Style: Hybrid / mixed garden
Context: Commercial site
Access: Limited public access
Designer: Maiko Ishida
Commissioned by: The Newt in Somerset

Wooden Fences Bamboo Fences Open Fences Gateways Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone

Established: 2023
Style: Modern Japanese garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: unknown
Commissioned by: DENSO Manufacturing Hungary Ltd.

Bamboo Fences Lake Island Vertical Stone Recumbent stone Water basin Stepping stone Gate Lantern

Established: 2023
Style: Strolling garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: hiro Nakane, based on an original concept developed with Yukihiro Nakane; detailed implementation included Laura Popkytė-Fukumoto
Commissioned by: Municipality of Vilnius; initiated by Kęstutis Ptakauskas and Tokvila, with European Regional Development Fund support

Stone bridge Wooden bridge Pavilion Walls Gates Lake River Waterfall Vertical Stone Recumbent stone

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

Established: 2025
Style: Landscape garden
Context: Public park
Access: Public
Designer: Kazuyuki Sato
Commissioned by: Kur und Bäder GmbH Bad Krozingen

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

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University of Szeged Botanical Garden

Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Garden

Alba Carolina Citadel

Japanese Garden, Szentendre

Ransho Garden

State Horticultural Show Bayreuth 2016

M. M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

Berta Park

Islands of Peace

Japanese Garden

Mogyoróssy János City Library

The Newt in Somerset

Japanese Garden - Csónakázó lake

Vilnius Japanese Garden

Jardin Japonais Minéral

Kurpark Bad Krozingen