THE
JAPANESE
GARDEN
Intensive
Seminar
in Kyoto

October 3
to
October 17
2026

End of application

Tentative
Schedule

This schedule is a program that can take the following contents

  • History of Japanese Garden and Architecture
  • Shrine Gardens and Japanese Nature
  • Zen, Tea Culture, and Gardens
  • Dry Landscape and the Pond Garden
  • Garden Maintenance
  • Ancient Garden Heritage
  • Modern Gardens and Contemporary Landscape

* The schedule may be subject to change.

Friday, October 2 (2026)

Students Arrive

Urban Hotel Kyoto-Shijo Premium

Saturday, October 3 (2026)

Morning: Registration & Orientation
Afternoon: Visit Kyoto   Kamigamo Shrine

Sunday, October 4 (2026)

Morning: Introductory Lectures on the Japanese Garden
Afternoon: Visit the gardens of Daitoku-ji, Zen monastery

Monday, October 5 (2026)

Morning: Visit Kinkaku-ji garden
Afternoon: Visit Ryoan-ji garden and Ninna-ji garden

Tuesday, October 6 (2026)

Free time all day

Wednesday, October 7 (2026)

Morning: On-site lectures

Afternoon: Visit Machiya house, Visit the Garden of Suzaku, Contemporary garden, Welcome Party

Thursday, October 8 (2026)

Morning: Visit a stone cutter’s workshop

Afternoon: lectures on the Materials and Construction, International colloquium

Friday, October 9 (2026)

Morning: Visit Tairyu-sanso garden by Ogawa Jihei
Afternoon: Visit Murin-an garden by Ogawa Jihei, Namikawa’s garden by Ogawa Jihei

Saturday, October 10 (2026)

Morning: Visit Kyoto Imperial Palace and another Imperial garden

Afternoon: On-site lectures

Sunday, October 11 (2026)

All day excursion to Nara; Archetypical gardens, Joruri Temple, Jikoin Temple. Visit restoration sites of ancient
gardens, and learn the theory and methods of the restoration.

Monday, October 12 (2026)

Morning: Visit the Tenryu-ji
Afternoon: Visit the Daikaku-ji

Tuesday, October 13 (2026)

Free time all day

Wednesday, October 14 (2026)

Morning: Visit Daigo-ji garden
Afternoon: Visit Byodo-in garden,On-site lectures on Heian period gardens and hands-on practice in arranging shore stones at the Byodo-in Temple garden.

Thursday, October 15 (2026)

Morning: Lectures on Japanese Gardens Outside of Japan

Afternoon: Travel to Ashu, deep in the mountains of Japan, and preview a garden creation workshop.

Friday, October 16 (2026)

All day garden making workshop at Ashu

Saturday, October 17 (2026)

Visit Miyama’s Traditional Thatched-Roof Houses and return to Kyoto and a Closing Ceremony
The seminar ends around 2:00 PM (14:00)

End of application