Japanese gardens are constructed with certain basic principles. Water, greenery, bridges, statues, lanterns sand and stone. Each of these...

The use of Koi in a Japanese Garden There is something about these shiny, glittering fish, gliding through the water that is both...

Sakura is the Japanese word for Cherry Blossoms. They are the little, delicate pale pink flowers that bloom from cherry trees. The...

The best Bonsai gardens or specimens are those that been painstakingly pruned over a long period of time. Some of the oldest Bonsai trees...

I had the opportunity to visit two vastly different Japanese gardens. The large and stunningly beautiful Portland Japanese Garden in...