Japan 2019

Zen garden

Tokushima Castle was destroyed in 1875 during the Meiji Restoration, but its gardens remain. The Omote Goten Garden was built in Momoyama style ~ 1600 by Uedo Soko. It is a karesansui (dry rock garden, Zen garden). Its most distinctive feature is the bridge made of a single unhewn rock over 10 M long, the longest such rock in Japan. Tokushima, Shikoku Island, Japan.

Zen gardendry rock gardenkarensansuirock bridgeOmote Goten Garden1600Momoyama style gardenUedo Sokoraked gravelTokoshima CastleTokushimaShikoku IslandJapan