Hogyoku-tei in the Shozan Garden is a guest house built in the 1950s by the founder of the Nishijin textile industry "Shozan," and is a magnificent and gorgeous building that displays the designs of Shoin-zukuri and Sukiya-zukuri. #峰玉亭 #しょうざん庭園

Tokyonobo Here are pictures from Germany, 2 years ago, in November I was in Hamburg in a beautyful Japanese garden.

Title: Crane and Pine Tree with Rising Sun Artist: Suzuki Kiitsu (Japanese, 1796–1858) Period: Edo period (1615–1868) Date: early 19th century

2025 marks the 400th anniversary of the Yamaki Pine, also known as the “Peace Tree.” National Bonsai & Penjing Museum (United States)

Tokyonobo My visit to #Japan last year was all about sighting the curated pines all over. In little home gardens, the imperial palace grounds, at pagoda premises and then serendipitously at a bonsai workshop at Chome Marunouchi

Tokyonobo Loved my brief encounter at the Bonsai workshop Chome Marunouchi #Japan Each one was a masterpiece

Pine trees around the Imperial Palace (former Edo Castle) (first three). In the third, pay attention to the bonsai-like pine tree on top of the stone wall of the former Edo Castle's main tower. The last shows a pine tree with a typical curvaceous beauty, taken in Hama-rikyu.

Edo Castle itself is a huge bonsai itself. 宏大和精緻兼備。

I've put together four of my favorite photographs taken around the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. #皇居　#皇居正門石橋 #皇居東御苑 #皇居外苑 #和田倉噴水公園

Tokyonobo Here some pictures from my trip to Kanazawa, Kenrokuen.

Modern-day ninjas are climbing the stone walls of the Imperial Palace moat. What do you think they're doing?