Hidden Gardens of Japan 日本の秘庭

Hidden Gardens of Japan 日本の秘庭 The book explores relatively unseen gardens throughout Japan, those that have been overlooked by mass tourism and retain their original calm. Occasionally these gardens are not as famous as their cousins for different reasons: the temple priest is not interested in their sanctuary becoming a tourist attraction, or their location does not permit large tour buses. Certain gardens are maintained by each city, first and foremost for their taxpaying citizens, and therefore list them as "parks" rather than "Japanese gardens" which keeps them off tourist itineraries. Each garden has expanded captions written in both English and Japanese as well as google maps short links with exact locations.