Every landscape style will bring a different aesthetic and emotional appeal to viewers. Among them, Japanese garden style – top garden trends over the years and showing no signs of cooling off – cannot be overlooked. Currently, there are 5 popular types of Japanese gardens: Chaniwa (Tea Garden), Tsukiyama (Rock Garden), Tsuboniwa (Level Garden), Karesansui (Dry Landscape) and Kaiyu-Shikien.
1. Japanese Garden Chaniwa – Tea Garden Patio
– Chaniwa Japanese Garden is formed from the words ‘Tea’ and ‘Garden’, meaning ‘Tea Garden’. This is a type of garden suitable for those who love Japanese tea ceremony.
The Chaniwa tea garden has a narrow stone path leading to the tea room, known as a nobedan. Flowers, plants, stone lanterns, a handwashing basin and a small gate surround the tea room. This setting is designed for the tea ceremony. The quiet elegance of a Chaniwa tea garden offers a place to relax and reflect.
2. Japanese Garden Tsukiyama – Walking Garden
– A garden style that simulates a vast natural landscape of mountains, rivers, and hills through basic natural elements such as artificial mountains, small streams, green shrubs, colorful flowers, and small bridges crossing paths… is called Tsukiyama (meaning "mountain-like place"). Depending on the homeowner's preferences and personality, they will choose the type of Shuboku (main tree) to plant and consider it the centerpiece of the garden.
– Besides Shuboku, Hashibasami no Ishi (stones arranged under the bridge) are also considered protective and strengthening elements for the household. Those who are spiritually inclined will also choose Turtles and Cranes to place on stone arrangements. Because in Chinese and Japanese mythology, these are two animals symbolizing longevity and peace.
3. Japanese Garden: Tsubo Niwa (Small House Garden) – Garden in the house
– Tsubo-niwa, also known as an indoor garden, occupies a very small area but contains all elements of a Japanese garden: plants, stones, gravel, bamboo fences, stone lanterns, and flowing water features.
– Consequently, the meaning of Tsubo-niwa becomes even more special. Water washes away life’s worries, lanterns illuminate the path of the mind, gravel in pots symbolize stillness (water), and dark stones symbolize flowing water (motion). The implication is: stillness contains movement, chaos contains peace.
4. Japanese Garden: Karesansui (Dry Landscape) – Sand and stone garden
– Karesansui is a dry-style Japanese garden influenced strongly by the Zen Buddhist school.
– This type of garden is very common at Japanese shrines. There are elements of mountains and water expressed in Karesansui Japanese Landscape (Karesansui), however, ‘water’ is expressed through the delicate arrangement of stones, sand, and pebbles in wave-like patterns, and ‘mountains’ are expressed through stacked rock formations. Some Japanese garden artisans also add ornamental plants, moss, and turf to create the most natural feel for Karesansui Japanese Gardens.
5. Japanese Garden Kaiyu-Shikien (Sea Garden) – Walking Garden
– Kaiyu-Shikien Garden is kA walking garden area. Today, most of these garden areas are parks, large public facilities for people to walk and enjoy nature.
– Kaiyushiki Garden Walkway is beautiful garden architecture with an expansive green space that forces viewers to stroll through the entire garden to fully appreciate its beauty. Each section is arranged with unique charm and special highlights.
In general, Although each style of Japanese garden carries a unique distinct quality, they all demonstrate sophistication in design and offer the most serene, meditative atmosphere for observers. If any family is considering creating a Japanese garden at home, please contact BGD Landscape – Prestige of Green Spaces for thorough consultation.
