One of the Japanese garden aesthetic principles, the “borrowed scenery” (shakkei in Japanese) is using the landscape behind the garden to create a special atmosphere.
A beautiful example is this photo from the Tenryū-ji temple in Kyoto, with the green Arashiyama mountains in the background. The feeling is that the garden stretches out far away, up to the mountain…
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