Hori Garden in Shimane ... the shogunate during the Edo period. Japanese maples and ginkgo biloba trees over 300 years old face the guest hall. This year, autumn colors peaked 10 days later ...

Japanese maple and chrysanthemums are great for autumn, astilbe (false goat's beard) for summer, and an evergreen with red berries like holly for winter. A Japanese garden is a retreat from the world ...

But people do go for the gardens, the cherry blossom or the autumn colour – and ... Ivo Dawnay All subscribe to the Japanese ...

YASUGI, Shimane Prefecture--The sprawling gardens at the ... the vivid presence of nature and aesthetic elegance, is a great opportunity to make known the wonders of Japanese culture,” he ...