Murin-an in Kyoto is such a place. On a chilly early spring morning in Kyoto, we discovered Murin-an (無鄰菴) around the corner from the Airbnb where we were staying hidden behind high walls in the Nanzen-ji Temple area. Murin-an was the garden villa of Yamagata Aritomo (山縣 有朋...
The confrontation with Western culture: A new garden style in Kyoto — murin-andoi:10.1080/14601176.2005.10435443Kyoto is known as an historic Japanese city with Inany old buildings and gardens. It was once the capital, where the imperial family resided for a thousand years. Many tourists ...