THE
JAPANESE
GARDEN
Intensive
Seminar
in Kyoto

Students Arrive

Morning: Registration & Orientation
Afternoon: Visit Kyoto Kamigamo Shrine, Shimogamo Shrine, Old Mitsui Family Shimogamo Villa

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

Morning: Visit Kyoto Imperial Palace and another Imperial garden
Afternoon: Visit Machiya house
Visit the Garden of Suzaku, Contemporary garden

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.

Morning: Visit Tairyu-sanso garden by Ogawa Jihei
Afternoon: Visit Murin-an garden by Ogawa Jihei，lectures on the Materials and Construction

Free time all day

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

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.

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

Morning and Afternoon:
On-site lectures on Daimyo gardens and hands-on practice maintenance in a historical garden in the Genkyu-rakurakuen garden in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture

Morning and Afternoon:
On-site lectures on Daimyo gardens and hands-on practice maintenance in a historical garden in the Genkyu-rakurakuen garden in Hikone City, Shiga Prefecture

Morning: Visit a stone cutter’s workshop
Afternoon: Lectures on Japanese Gardens Outside of Japan

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

All day garden making worksho at Ashu

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