- Aug 1, 2020
- 3 min
Japanese garden as a work of art: Adachi Museum of Art
#japantravel #japanesegarden #gardendesign #japaneseart #shimane Established in 1970 by the locally born industrialist and entrepreneur Zenkō Adachi (1899–1990), the Adachi Museum of Art in Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, is famous for its extensive collection of ‘Nihonga’ (a style of Japanese painting) by the celebrated Japanese painter, Taikan Yokoyama (1868–1958) and its expansive Japanese garden that has attracted international acclaim. Adachi had humble beginnings in a poor
- Aug 1, 2020
- 8 min
Of beauty and blood: Camellia, the other floral icon of Japan
#camellia #camelliajaponica #plants #japaneseculture #japantravel #yamaguchi #kyushu #kurume #tohoku #iwate #akirakurosawa #japanesemovie Camellias are such a common garden plant throughout much of temperate and subtropical Australia that many of us would not even bother to stop and take a good look at one. In Japan, however, it is a tree that is as much celebrated as the renowned cherry blossoms as a harbinger of spring. Camellia species are evergreen trees and shrubs found
