Suizen Ji Garden Park in Kumamoto, Japan

Photographed in Kumamoto Oct, 09 2006. Using my Canon PowerShot A710 IS Digital camera. Suizen-ji Jōju-en is a tsukiyama Japanese garden located within (Suizen-ji Park Suizen-ji Kōen?) in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The main tsukiyama is a representation of Mount Fuji. Lord Hosokawa Tadatoshi began construction of the garden in 1636 as a tea retreat. The park was named after a no-longer-extant Buddhist temple called Suizen-ji, and now hosts the Izumi Shrine, where members of the Hosokawa family are enshrined, and a Nōgaku-dō, a Noh theatre. Lord Hosokawa selected this site because of its spring-fed pond, which clean water was excellent for tea. The thatched Kokin-Denju-no-Ma teahouse was originally in Kyoto's Imperial Palace, but was moved here in 1912. The garden has been declared by the national government a historic site of scenic beauty. Information courtesy Wikipedia © Respected. John.