{"product_id":"kyoto-gardens","title":"Kyoto Gardens","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy design, Kyoto's gardens possess a unique ability to provoke deep contemplation and joy in equal measure. This book is a labor of love from master photographer Ben Simmons and longtime Kyoto-based writer Judith Clancy. It contains lyrical images and poetic essays describing Kyoto's most famous gardens - most of them now UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKyoto's Old Imperial Palace Garden - A massive walled complex filled with flowering plants, trees and buildings which served as the official residence of the Japanese emperor for over 500 years before 1868 and is now a public park.\u003cbr\u003e\nHeian Jingu Shrine Garden - Constructed on the site of the ancient capital and filled with lush greenery, ponds, rocks, bridges and pavilions which float above the water, providing a sense of tranquility and natural beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\nGinkaku-ji Pure Land Garden - An earthly paradise featuring a massive truncated mound of packed sand that is resculpted by hand daily, this site was originally designed as a private villa by one of Kyoto's rulers then turned into a Zen Buddhist temple upon his death.\u003cbr\u003e\nKinkaku-ji Estate Garden - Perhaps Kyoto's most recognizable sight, a Golden Pavilion perched on the edge of a tranquil pond on whose smooth surface are reflected beautiful rocks and cypress trees placed all around it.\u003cbr\u003e\nRyoan-jin Zen Rock Garden -The purest expression of a world in miniature, expressed as a sea of raked gravel with islands of natural stone and moss set in its midst, walled off from the outside world to provide a place for meditation and contemplation.\u003cbr\u003e\nSaiho-ji Moss Garden - Famed for its moist and soft, shimmering green covering of moss, this unique estate was designed in the 14th century and radically altered the art of the Japanese garden.\u003cbr\u003e\nTofuku-ji Zen Garden - An ancient temple site which contains some of the best examples of a new \"contemporary\" gardening style pioneered by Mirei Shigemnori in the early 20th century, featuring enormous rocks set in a sea of raked gravel and irregular checkboard squares set in a soft bed of moss ringed by azalea bushes.\u003cbr\u003e\nPlus two dozen other masterful gardens!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimmons' sensitive photos present a fresh, contemporary look at these timeless gardens while Clancy's graceful descriptions provides historic, aesthetic and cultural context. This new edition has been updated and revised, with many new photographs added.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Bring the art and beauty of Japan to your garden with inspiration from Kyoto Gardens.' -HGTV Gardens\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Bateman Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924915634327,"sku":"9784805315965","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/2828\/4311\/files\/9784805315965.jpg?v=1781653221","url":"https:\/\/junglestory.co.nz\/products\/kyoto-gardens","provider":"Jungle Story ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}