This pond is located in hibiya park
Hibiya-park is designed with western style.
But this pond and garden around the pond have traditional Japanese style.
That place was a moat of former edo-castle ever.
You can see stone wall over the pond in these photos.
By the way "shinji (心字) literally means a character (symbol) that indicate "heart".
The shape of the pond looks like figure of a kanji symbol, "心 (kokoro, shin)".
(If you look at the pond from above the pond.)
This idea came from Zen (禅).
(Note)
These photos were taken on April 29 , 2009.
10 comments:
Lovely. Looks like a popular place to visit.
wow
Many thanks for all information!
Maybe there is some bonsai around in this park?
Great post!
Léia
So westernized in yesterday post and so japanese in this one, with shapes dictated by characters and symbols.
Very good post and images.
I have to admit that I like Japanese gardens much better. This is beautiful, especially the photo with the stone wall.
I like the first picture very much. And I'm impressed to see how Japanese people can think about every detail: the name, the place, the symbol,the shape of the pond..Nothing is here by accident!
Domo arigato
:-)
Great! I like this Japanese style, really fascinating and superb planed place! Regards!
I love that tree on the waterfront. It's beautiful.
Just gorgeous and so relaxing
Very nice pond.
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