11 UNIQUE GARDEN AREAS These Authentic Japanese Gardens are set in the beautiful seaside town of Tramore, County Waterford, Ireland and reflect the life and extensive wanderings of Irish/Greek Writer Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo), who grew up in Ireland, and whose life journey embraced ...
We did a self-guided tour of the Lafcadio Hearn Japanese Gardens on a Saturday in May. And were hugely impressed. We walked in through the Victorian Garden to the Transition Garden where the Ticket Booth is. The charge is €6 each for adults and it was well ...
Here, in the second of two volumes, Hearn's love letters to the land of the rising sun enchant with their sweetly lyrical descriptions of Japanese gardens, household shrines, "strange festivals," the allure of the Japanese coasts, the mysterious enchantment of dancing girls, and much more. Be...