East Palace Garden

Saki-cho Nara City Nara Pref.

I visited East Palace Garden located at the east end of Nara Palace Site on Apr. 24, 2008


Garden map


A maple tree on the Suhama of stones, south of the Central Hall seen from the Entrance


South side Garden seen from the Entrance
You see Nakajima (
Island) on the pond & Two storied Corner House


Curved stream Yarimizu from north to south


An Arched Bridge & a Flat Bridge seen from the north side


South side Garden seen from the east
You will see Suhama, expanding Cape, Nakajima (island)
and the Entrance on the other side.


A View seen from the south side
You see Central hall, South garden, Flat bridge & Arched bridge, and a Hall at the northeastern corner.

Lastly, let's see Stones construction for Tsuki-yama (the main garden hill) from two different directions.


Stones construction for Tsuki-yama seen from the southwestern side


Stones construction for Tsukiyama seen from the southeastern side

We saw those componets of garden such as Tsuki-yama, Suhama (shore), Dejima (cape), Bridges & Yarimizu (curved stream) and so on in this gardens of Nara Period already, and I felt as if I had seen in it the primitive or original form of the Japanese traditional gardens.

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