Japanese garden

Can you imagine the a real life version of the garden in Disney’s Mulan? The Morakami Museum and Japanese Garden offers a chance to experience the authenticity and beauty that comes with Japan's culture. It is the perfect place to be on a nice seventy-degree South Florida day. A stroll through the gardens can lead to a lunch of fresh, delicious sushi. "I went with my friends to Morakami over summer. We liked the gardens and the openness of it. One of my friends likes photography, and he loved taking pictures of all the cool flowers," Marcos Munoz, senior, said. Established in 1977, Morakami has aimed to inspire, educate and entertain its guests. The Yamato-Kan is the original museum building, which was modeled after Japanese villas.…

Ryoan-ji Garden Japanese gardens have many influences from Chinese civilization and used elements of plants, rocks and water to represent the natural world and natural forms. The Japanese gardens styles also were influenced by the religions of Shintoism and Buddhism. The Ryoan-ji garden is one of the most famous Zen Buddhism gardens in Kyoto, Japan and was built in the second half of the fifteenth century. It is a significant garden because of organization and symbolism. The organization of…

It is a world in a hundred million objects. Commissioned by Ai Weiwei, “Sunflower Seeds”, is a 1,000 square meter room laid out with 100 million porcelain seeds, with approximately a depth of 10 centimeters, at the east end of the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern in London. Each seeds appears to be the same, but each seed is actually unique. After a 30 step procedure, each seed was moulded, fired at 1,300 degrees, hand painted, and fired again in the Chinese city of Jingdezhen, (a town whose…

Huntington Gardens Response The Chinese and Japanese Gardens at Huntington are two of the most unique sites that I have ever visited. As soon as I walked into both, I felt completely immersed in their respective cultures. In our studies of Japanese Culture, we discussed the attachment that the Japanese felt to nature prior to their period of modernization. This reverence for nature is clear in their attention to detail throughout the Japanese Garden. For example, the Japanese House blends…

It's been said that the Japanese garden is never done, it's always a work in progress. The basic framework to get started consists of textures, colors, and foliage indigenous to Japan. These gardens work well on any scale, from using the entire yard to building a small Zen corner for a quiet retreat. Try bamboo hedging to accent a large tree or isolate your Japanese section. Bamboo may also be used to compliment an existing waterfall by replacing a traditional spigot with one made of a hollow…

A Place of the Heart Gardens are known for bringing beauty and color into people’s life and on many occasions they hold secrets to the creator's life. People plant their gardens to express themselves in a different way other than just words.The garden’s design or plants use can relate to certain aspects in a character's life. In the novel Samurai’s Garden, by Gail Tsukiyama, the author metaphorically compares the two very different gardens of Matsu and Sachi to show how they overcome their life…

In The Samurai’s Garden, Gail Tsukiyamauses drastic scenic garden comparisons to display key differences along with similarities between Matsu and Sachi’s gardens along with their individual personalities. From the very beginning of the novel Stephen is exposed to Matsu’s beautiful garden which is depicted as “The sweet perfumes were immediately intoxicating. A silk tree still heavy with summer blossoms, and two large black pine trees shaded the house. An oval-shaped pond, with hints of movement…

When it’s no longer cold in Cincinnati, landscaping and gardening can make all the difference in your outdoor living space. According to the local garden store, Lakeview Garden Center & Landscaping, solid hardscapes are the cornerstone of a home’s exterior. Whether you’re looking to transform your backyard patio or create a tranquil garden scene, the lawn care experts at Lakeview Garden Center & Landscaping say these essentials will help make any hardscape a success: Strategic Draining: When a…

Shinto Shrine, the Witness of Japanese Religion, Culture and Art Japan is very famous for both its traditional culture and its modern culture. Talking about traditional Japanese culture, shrine is one of the things that people would think of the most; and talking about modern Japanese culture, people would usually think about anime, games, etc. but even in these modern culture, there is still a high rate that shrine would exist. When people walk in Japan, they could find a lot of shrines. The…

repay your mother” (line 39). The perspective of a young female child is given in “A Song in the Front Yard” by Gwendolyn Brooks. The reader is able to visualize a sheltered child that is restrained to the calm, gentle front yard through the use of imagery and metaphors. The speaker pulls the reader in and gives the exaggeration that she’s been trapped in the front yard her entire young life: “I’ve stayed in the front yard all my life” (line 1). It is understood by the reader that child has…