Japan Gardens Coloring Book

About this book

Color your way through Japan's gardens — all sixty of them real.

This book gathers sixty Japanese gardens and nothing else: the great daimyo stroll gardens of Tokyo and Kanazawa's neighbors, Sesshu's painterly stones in Yamaguchi, a tidal seaside garden in Wakayama, the giant wisteria of Ashikaga, a Chinese garden in Naha built by craftsmen from Fuzhou, and moss, rock, pond, and tea gardens from snowy Hokkaido to subtropical Okinawa.

Every garden appears as a two-page spread: on one side, a full-color photo guide with a short, fascinating story — including what to look for while you color — and on the other, a detailed coloring page of the very same view. A guide at the front shows you how to print only the coloring pages at home and save your color ink.

Inside you will find: • Daimyo gardens — Koishikawa Korakuen, Hamarikyu, Tokugawa Garden, Shurakuen, and more • Zen and tea gardens — Taizo-in's two gardens five centuries apart, Garyu Sanso's moss, Yusentei's waterfall • Flower gardens — Ashikaga's 150-year-old wisteria, Yuushien's peonies, Atami Baien's winter plum blossom • 60 full-color photo guides with the story of each garden (about 80–95 words each) • None of these sixty gardens appeared in our previous Japan coloring books

A relaxing walk through sixty gardens — no plane ticket required.