A single manicured tree
By Tokyo’s standards, this residential yard is large. I love simplicity of the garden, viewed from the street: a long hedge, a bamboo fen....
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An In-Flight Bento from Ajira Airways
Unlike last week, I didn’t come up with an idea for a LOST bento until yesterday. Maybe the long weekend and all just stalled my brain. I ....
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Yebisu Garden Place at Night
Yebisu, or Ebisu, was our goal this night when our friend Lisa was still in bed having an awful cold that everyone in the guest house would ....
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Today’s Japan Photo: Koraku-en 後楽園
After visiting Kenroku-en 兼六園 and Kairaku-en 偕楽園, we end the tour of Three Great Gardens of Japan for our Today’s Japan Photo ....
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Himo and hakusai
Hakusai second attemptI moaned recently about the hakusai being under-par. Although it isn’t a cure-all, I was told to wrap himo (string....
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Today’s Japan Photo: Kairaku-en 偕楽園
After visiting the most beautiful Kenroku-en 兼六園, I thought it would be good to continue my Today’s Japan Photo series with the othe....
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Kuma Kengo’s new design features cool roof gardens
Famed architect Kuma Kengo’s new building, Tamagawa Takashimaya S+C Marronier Court, features cool roof gardens that jut out over the sid....
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Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa Gardens
The red wood and roof ornaments stood out brilliantly against the trees in the background. The low f/stop on the lens did a great job here. ....
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Shiba koen under Tokyo Tower
Recently I had the great fortune to meet Handa Mariko, President of the Parks and Recreation Foundation, at her office near Tokyo Tower. Sh....
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Today’s Japan Photo: Kenroku-en 兼六園
Apart from building magnificent castles, Japanese are also very good at landscaping and creating beautiful gardens. For Today’s Japan Phot....
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More Zoushigaya micro-gardens (part 4)
Vending machines are everywhere in Tokyo: providing convenience, wasting energy, and masquerading as animate robots. I wonder if it was the....
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Zoushigaya micro-gardens (part 3)
Old Tokyo neighborhoods like Zoushigaya are full of plant lovers who manage to create gardens where there is almost no space. This type of ....
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Ceramic studio’s new website
My in-laws have been teaching ceramics in Tokyo for over 30 years. I recently helped them relaunch the website for their Shiho ceramic scho....
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Sand garden of Ginkaku-ji, Kyoto (Japan)
In 1485, Yoshimasa became a Zen Buddhist monk. After his death on January 27, 1490, the villa and gardens became a Buddhist temple comple....
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Winter flowers brighten Tokyo
Tokyo’s mild winter is amazing. All these photos of winter flowers are from yesterday, January 20, 2010. Ranging from natural to forced, ....
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Japanese Rock Garden, Kyoto (Japan)
Japanese gardens are a living work of art in which the plants and trees are ever changing with the seasons. As they grow and mature, they....
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Damage to small public garden in San Francisco
Although I am now living in Tokyo, across the Pacific in San Francisco I have a public garden that extends onto the sidewalk. Last week I h....
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New Year Poetry Reading at Imperial Palace
On Thursday, the Imperial Palace hosted a formal New Year Poetry Reading, with this year’s theme being “light” (hikari). On this very....
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Flowery hakusai
Hakusai first attemptEach subsequent attempt at growing hakusai (chinese cabbage) has ended up for the worse. The cabbages are splayed, in....
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A Walk in Chiyoda-ku
It was raining pretty bad on my second day in Tokyo but I managed to walk around Chiyoda-ku for about 4.5 hours before it got too cold.Thi....
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Gardening for Strangers in Tokyo: New Huffington Post article
The Huffington Post published the English version of my recent Newsweek Japan article. Entitled “Gardening for Strangers in Tokyo,” it ....
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The garden that should not be
Garden back in September A new sense of direction and purpose is what the garden needs (in addition to heaps more compost). The weather was ....
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New Year’s Day Fuji View
New Year’s Day in Tokyo, and there’s a bright blue sky and view of Mount Fuji from the balcony. The southern exposure and high floor ma....
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Ho Chi Minh City loses 50% of green space in 11 years
Ho Chi Minh City’s Park and Greenery Office reports a 50% loss of green space in the past 11 years. Blame is attributed to developers ig....
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Parsnips
Parsnips for Christmas Among the priority purchases whilst in England, were a couple of packs of parsnip seeds. Although it was way past the....
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Graffiti art
I have written on this research blog about vertical space being an underused resource in cities. Many walls could serve as gardens, habitat....
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magical mushrooms
Bright orange mushrooms contrast with a patch of green moss. ....
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Winter flowers in balcony garden
Reading about this weekend’s winter snowstorm in the US mid-Atlantic, I realize how mild and wonderful Tokyo winters are. December is the....
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Secret Garden
I have to say I’m quite a fan of these secret gardens you hear about, located on Tokyo rooftops. The one pictured above is not in Tokyo, ....
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Tokyo University Sanshiro-ike garden in fall
On a beautiful warm November day, I discovered Tokyo University’s Sanshiro-ike garden. I had a few moments before a meeting, and saw on t....
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