The Japanese Garden is a municipal park on the
Avenue Princesse Grace, in the
Larvotto ward of
Monaco
Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a Sovereign state, sovereign city-state and European microstates, microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Regions of Italy, Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, ...
. It is next to the
Grimaldi Forum convention centre.
The garden is 0.7 hectares in size, and features a stylised mountain, hill, waterfall, beach, brook, and a
Zen garden for meditation.
It is open daily from 9:00 to sunset.
The garden was commissioned by
Prince Rainier III
Rainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi; 31 May 1923 – 6 April 2005) was Prince of Monaco from 1949 to Funeral of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, his death in 2005. Rainier ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost 56 year ...
in 1994. It was designed by Yasuo Beppu, the winner of the Flower Exhibition of Osaka 1990, as a miniature representation of
Shinto
, also called Shintoism, is a religion originating in Japan. Classified as an East Asian religions, East Asian religion by Religious studies, scholars of religion, it is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as ...
ist philosophy.
Exhibitions
In November 2024, the garden hosted an exhibition of Japanese
Bizen ceramics. The exhibition included works by contemporary artists, including
Jun Isesaki.
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
Parks in Monaco
Japanese gardens
Japan–Monaco relations
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