The Japanese Garden is a municipal park on the
Avenue Princesse Grace
The Avenue Princesse Grace is an avenue in the Larvotto ward of Monaco. It is named after Grace Kelly, Princess consort of Monaco. It is the most expensive street in the world according to Engel & Völkers. , in the
Larvotto
Larvotto (french: Le Larvotto; also known as Larvotto/Bas Moulins; lij, Larvotu ) is the easternmost ward in the Principality of Monaco. It is part of the quarter of Monte Carlo. It has an estimated surface area of and access to the Mediterra ...
ward of
Monaco
Monaco (; ), officially the Principality of Monaco (french: Principauté de Monaco; Ligurian: ; oc, Principat de Mónegue), is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Lig ...
. It is next to the
Grimaldi Forum
The Grimaldi Forum in Monaco is a conference and congress centre located on the seafront of Monaco's eastern beach quartier, Larvotto. Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra regularly perform there. This is also the ...
convention centre.
The garden is 0.7 hectares in size, and features a stylised mountain, hill, waterfall, beach, brook, and a
Zen garden
The or Japanese rock garden, often called a zen garden, is a distinctive style of Japanese garden. It creates a miniature stylized landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and u ...
for meditation.
It is open daily from 9:00 to sunset.
The garden was designed by Yasuo Beppu, the winner of the Flower Exhibition of Osaka 1990, as a miniature representation of
Shinto
Shinto () is a religion from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan's indigenous religion and as a nature religion. Scholars sometimes call its practitioners ''Shintois ...
ist philosophy.
Gallery
File:Jardin_Japonais_1.jpg, Skyscrapers overlooking the Japanese Garden
File:Jardin_Japonais_2.jpg, Lake inside the garden 1
File:Jardin_Japonais_3.jpg, Lake inside the garden 2
File:Jardin_Japonais_4.jpg, The Tea House 1
File:Japanese Gardens of Monaco.jpg, The Tea House 2
References
External links
A detailed description of the Japanese Garden from JGarden
Gardens in Monaco
Japanese gardens
Japan–Monaco relations
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