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[Kyoto] Private Garden Tour with Mini Garden Making Experience
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25,527 JPY

Overview
  • Visit Japanese gardens and make your own mini Japanese garden, together with Ayumi Ikushima, the guide and garden designer (and author of "Important People and Japanese Gardens”). Explore temple gardens created in the Muromachi and Edo periods. Learn about Japanese gardens philosophy, understand the art of garden designs and what they represent. Before joining the mini garden making experience, explore the Nanzen-ji Temple Gate and find out how Buddhism developed and influenced Japanese culture. After learning about Japanese gardens, create your own miniature garden decoration. Draw sand patterns and think about stone placement. Put your new knowledge of Japanese gardens to use by creating your own!
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