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Japanese Garden Reference  

The Reference Section of Botanysaurus.com Japanese Gardens Resource features articles on garden design and construction, pine and maple training, bamboo fence construction, Japanese gardening tools and alternative plants for Japanese style gardens in dryer climates.

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Gardens in Japan   

This section provides an overview of several in the Kyoto Gardens as well as the Japanese garden at Suizenji Park, Kumamoto. Links lead to growing collections of photographs of each garden.

Excellent information and photographs of other Japanese gardens can be found at Professor Clifton Olds' Japanese Gardens and Robert Cheetham's JGarden: the Japanese Garden Database.

Kumamoto En   

The Kumamoto En was created as part of the Sister City Agreement between the City of Kumamoto, Japan and San Antonio, Texas. Take a walking tour of the features of this authentic Japanese garden.