A Walk around the Kyu Furukawa Gardens (Part 3) / 旧古河庭園の散歩 （パート３）

My final walk around the Kyu Furukawa Gardens.

旧古河庭園最後の歩きまわり。

A nice view of Shinji-ike by the "Yukimi-type" garden lantern / 雪見型灯篭から心字池の良い眺め

"Karetaki" (Dry Waterfall) / 枯滝


This dry waterfall which incorporates stones to create an image of flowing water, is part of the traditional Japanese garden design tradition of using rocks to enable visual effects of hills and water.  To the rear of the indented edge of the pond there is a miniature river gorge that was constructed using Mikage-ishi, Ao-ishi and Gorota-ishi.

水を使わないで山水の景観を表現する「枯山水」の道具立てのひとつが枯滝。心字池の中州浜の奥の渓谷に、御影石や青石、五郎太石で造られてます。

"Jugo-soto" Fifteen storied stone pagoda / 十五層塔

"Nuresagi-type" garden lantern / 濡鷺型灯篭

"Kasuga-type" garden lantern / 春日型灯篭

Back gate / 裏門

Another view of Shinji Ike / 心字池

And another look at the Western style residence / そしてもう一度洋館を眺める



So concludes my walk around the Kyu Furukawa Gardens.

これで旧古河庭園の散歩が終了しました。