Showing posts with label nara isuien. Show all posts
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May 26, 2009

Fuji 藤








This is not Fuji.

Fuji (in Japanese) or wisteria, is very hardy and fast-growing. It is considered and invasive species in certain areas !!

Aug 27, 2008

Isuien (Nara)

Isuien Garden, established during the Edo Period and enlarged a century ago by a Nara merchant, is a strolling garden that uses the principles of borrowed landscape, incorporating the hills of Kasuga and Wakayama in its design. While nothing spectacular, it does have a wonderful thatched-roof restaurant overlooking part of the garden and a pond -- a great, traditional place for a meal.