December 20, 2022

Choshukaku teahouse and Rinshunkaku palace in late autumn: Sankei-en (Yokohama)

Choshukaku teahouse and Rinshunkaku palace in late autumn: Sankei-en (Yokohama)

 

2 comments:

  1. Beautiful photo. Such a great garden and architecture museum of Japanese history. I found your image by chance when using a Google image search to identify the location of a photo my father-in-law took several decades ago. I miss Japan, especially when momiji paint everything as so amazing. Enjoy Kamakura and Yokohama beauty!

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  2. Thank you for your comment, which encourages me to continue this photo blog.

    Yokohama opened its port in 1859, with this opening, Yokohama rapidly developed into the most prominent international city.

    The Sankei-en garden was established by Hara Sankei, known as a silk trader and tea master, and was opened to the public in 1906.

    Spanning a vast area of approximately 175,000 square meters, it features historical buildings relocated from various locations, such as Kyoto and Kamakura. This garden can be described as a “microcosm of Japanese culture.”

    Jazz music began to spread in Japan in the 1920s. Yokohama, a trading port city, was one of the first places to embrace it, through the ships bringing jazz music from the West and Asia.

    It is widely recognized as “the city where jazz entered Japan and flourished” and “one of the birthplaces of Japanese jazz.

    Best regards,

    Kunihiko
    From the garden of Zen

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