Japanese Yards

Nearly all Japanese houses have postage stamp yards surrounded by a wall. Think fuedal, think defending your turf.

Since there is little land it is very precious. If the Japanese are so lucky to have a house, they will garden and tend every inch of it. If they have no open ground, they often have planters in the front of the house. Trees and shrubs are trimmed to an inch of their lives!

Here are a few of the local yards I like. I'm sorry some of the pictures are not as clear. I should have taken my husband up on his offer to buy me a new megapixel camera before I left. Gomennasai!




Close up-
Not a leaf out of place!

An apartment building-