Formal gardens in Tokyo
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- Garden along a city path
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- Garden along a city path
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- Garden walkway through the city
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- Formal garden at a shrine
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- Formal garden at residence
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- Small garden at a shrine
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- Section of the formal garden at the hotel
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- Section of the formal garden at the hotel
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- Section of the formal garden at the hotel
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- Section of the formal garden at the hotel
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- Section of the formal garden at the hotel
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- Section of the formal garden at the hotel
We made our first visit to Tokyo in the winter, our next visit will be in warmer weather and I’ll be visiting botanical gardens then. But for now here are a few photos from formal gardens about the city.
We were surprised to see so little bamboo. It is usually in patches about 20′x20′ and along the highway but rarely a part of the garden.
Every plant in the garden is bonsai’d. Here we tell people not to mushroom their shrubs or amputate their crapes, yet every plant in every Tokyo garden we saw was heavily pruned.
Along pathways tree branches are forced to grow across and down and supported with ropes and boards.
No plant is left untouched.
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