Jardin japonais

Garden of contemplation, meditation and rest. Many symbols characterize this garden: the waterfall symbolizing the passage of time, the two islands in the shape of a "turtle" and a "crane" symbolizing earthly and heavenly values, the conifers supposedly inhabited by the gods when they descend to Earth, the changing colors of the plants during the seasons, which make the gardens a meeting point of the eternal and the ephemeral, the teahouse, a place of ceremony, etc...