The Gardens of Kyoto Japan - Murin-an | Our Japanese Garden Escape

Murin-an garden is an extraordinary place of natural and scenic beauty located in the middle of Kyoto city. The house and garden used to be a private residence belonging to the statesman Aritomo Yamagata. The garden was created by Jihei Ogawa 7th, a leading Japanese garden designer, and finished in 1898. During this time period new approaches to Japanese gardening were taken and traditional designs started to get influenced by Western style gardens. Murin-an was built with the intent to recreate a landscape scene of natural beauty and to have a private space to enjoy during all seasons of the year. This goal was mastered incredibly well. The garden has an area of only 3100 m2 or 33 000 square ft and is surrounded by roads. Yet, the visitor is under the illusion of walking through a stunning mountain landscape.
Murin-an was donated to Kyoto city in 1941 and designated as a national place of scenic beauty in 1951.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:39 Murin-an Garden
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Romantic Sentimental Documentary Background Piano by Volodymyr Piddubnyk
Simple Elegance by Jon Presstone
Gentle Documentary Piano by Danail Draganov
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Inspiring Cinematic Motivational Epic Trailer by Volodymyr Piddubnyk
Video created with: Adobe Premiere Pro v22

[@DeckerClips1]

Murin-An is my favorite garden in the world. I've only been once, in 1999, but I remember it vividly. Thank you for accompanying that memory.

[@jockez3581]

Japan has some of the best gardens.

[@OurJapaneseGardenEscape]

Yes, they are fascinating.

[@MuriloCRuy]

Hello Teresa and Adam. Congratulation for the video, those gardens are amazing.

[@OurJapaneseGardenEscape]

Hi Murilo, thank you so much! We love Murin-an garden, it has been a big inspiration for our own garden :)

[@noedle6669]

Thank you. This garden is beautiful. I enjoyed watching this video. You did an amazing job making this video, with this music. Very impressive. I hope you will continue making videos, especially of your own beautiful garden!