Free Kyoto Garden Tour of 3 World Famous Gardens – Daisen-in, Ryogen-in and Zuiho-in Organized by Garden Writer and Photographer Jenny Feuerpeil of Real Japanese Gardens

Kyoto, Japan, May 15, 2013 --(PR.com)-- Jenny Feuerpeil, garden designer, writer of Japanese garden e-books and photographer will introduce three dry landscaping gardens of the Muromachi period and Azuchi-Momoyama period to Kyoto travelers. The Kyoto garden walk starts at 12:00pm and will take about 90 minutes. The tour is conducted in English. The maximum number of participants is 10. The garden walk is free of charge, however, the entry fees to the temples have to be paid by the participants (1150 yen in total). Two of the gardens allow photography.

Garden writer Jenny Feuerpeil says: “We love Japanese gardens and are excited to share it with Kyoto visitors and residents interested in the traditional Japan. Kyoto is without a doubt the best place to experience Japanese garden culture. From Zen temple gardens, which are often abstract rock gardens, to the larger pond gardens of shogun and emperor – all of Kyoto’s gardens are deeply rooted in Japanese history and an interesting story is hidden behind the beauty of each and every Japanese garden.”

The three garden visited are Zuiho-in, Ryogen-in and Daisen-in. Zuiho-in is an old temple of the Azuchi-Momoyama period. Most of the buildings are still the original structures from the 16th century – a rarity in Kyoto. The gardens have been built in 1961 by Japanese garden historian Mirei Shigemori. Ryogen-in is a garden of several superlatives – Tōkekiko is probably Japan’s smallest garden, Ryūgin-tei one Japan’s oldest garden. The meditation hall is said to be the oldest Hojo in Japan. The last stop of the garden walk will be the sub-temple Daisen-in, which has the most impressive rock garden. If desired, a bowl of powdered green tea can be had in the temple.

Interested Kyoto visitors are asked to register in advance on the Real Japanese Garden facebook page (www.facebook.com/realjapanesegardens). The group will meet at 11:45 in front of the outer gate of the Daitoku-ji temple complex (east entrance), next to the car park.

Note to editors:
Jenny Feuerpeil is a German garden designer who came to Japan hoping to soak up the essence of Japanese design. After leaving her job at a global IT company, she studied garden design in Chelsea, London and founded the garden design label Dendron Exterior Design (www.dendronexteriordesign.com).

In 2010, she decided to go to Japan to learn the Japanese garden tradition first hand as an apprentice in a garden maintenance company near Tokyo. Since 2012 she writes e-book about Japanese garden culture for the online garden platform “Real Japanese Gardens”. She loves the rough texture of natural materials, the boldness of stone arrangements and dry landscape gardens.