THE JAPANESE GARDEN Intensive Seminar Plus in Kyoto
Contact
Research Center for Japanese Garden Art & Historical Heritage
2-116 Uryu-yama, Kita-shirakawa,
Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8271 JAPAN
E-mail:
jgar-sem@kua.kyoto-art.ac.jp
It takes about 1 week for the replay.
This e-mail address is for the questions about the intensive seminar only.
Any questions regarding your stay in Kyoto, please ask your selected hotel directly.
For any other questions, please use the following address:
jgar-info@kua.kyoto-art.ac.jp
Web Address:
http://www.jghh.jp/center/
Application Form:
http://www.jghh.jp/center/semapply.php
Tentative Schedule
This schedule is a program that can take the following contents
- History of Japanese Garden and Architecture
- Shrine Gardens and Japanese Nature
- Zen, Tea Culture, and Gardens
- Dry Landscape and the Pond Garden
- Garden Maintenance
- Ancient Garden Heritage
- Modern Gardens and Contemporary Landscape
* The schedule may be subject to change.
Sunday, September 27
Students Arrive
Monday, September 28
| Morning: | Registration & Orientation |
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| Afternoon: | Visit Kyoto Kamigamo Shrine, Nishimura Shinto Priests' Houses |
Tuesday, September 29
| Morning: | Introductory Lectures on the Japanese Garden |
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| Afternoon: | Visit the gardens of Daitoku-ji, Zen monastery |
Wednesday, September 30
| Morning: | Visit Daigo-ji garden |
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| Afternoon: |
Visit Byodo-in garden Visit the Garden of Suzaku, Contemporary garden |
Thursday, October 1
All day excursion to Nara; Archetypical gardens, Joruri Temple, Keihanna Park. Visit restoration sites of ancient gardens, and learn the theory and methods of the restoration. We also visit some examples of the contemporary gardens, and discuss their future possibilities.
Friday, October 2
Morning and Afternoon:
On-site lectures on Zen temples gardens and hands-on practice in pruning for balanced maintenance in a historical garden in the Nanzen-ji monastery compound
Saturday, October 3
| Morning: | Japanese tea ceremony |
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| Afternoon: |
Visit the gardens of Kounji-ji, Zazen experience. Visit the gardens of Watyu-an, Modern garden |
Sunday, October 4
Free time all day
Monday, October 5
| Morning: | Visit Tairyu-sanso garden by Ogawa Jihei |
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| Afternoon: | Visit Murin-an garden by Ogawa Jihei，lectures on the Materials and Construction |
Tuesday, October 6
| Morning: |
Visit a stone cutter's workshop
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| Afternoon: |
Lectures on Japanese Gardens Outside of Japan International colloquium
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Wednesday, October 7
| Morning: | Visit the Tenryu-ji |
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| Afternoon: |
Visit the Kinkaku-ji and Ryoan-ji
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Thursday, October 8
| Morning: | On-site lectures on Cultural property garden and hands-on practice |
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| Afternoon: | free time |
Friday, October 9
| Morning: | Visit Kyoto Imperial Palace and another Imperial garden |
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| Afternoon: | Visit Machiya house |
Saturday, October 10
All day garden making workshop, deep in the Japanese moutains at Ashu
Sunday, October 11
Visit the house of Douglas Woodruff and return to Kyoto and a Closing Ceremony
