Okayama Koraku-en is one of the most beautiful strolling gardens from Japan and I loved it because of its wide spaces. The garden’s elements are spaced from each other, so on a green meadow you will relax your gaze on a group of rocks or shrubs, on a stone lantern or a little bridge, with wide alleys and… even a rice pad (on the right side of the photo).

Because of the wide-angle lens, in this panoramic view you can admire a lot more than the naked eye can perceive at a single glance… The lake in the middle of the picture is the Sawa-no-ike Pond, with its three islands, designed with the same simplicity as the rest of the garden.

Okayama Koraku-en, Okayama

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