Title View from Renchiken Rest House

  • Okayama
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Nature/Ecology Cuisine/Food Culture
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Web Page
Text Length:
251-500
FY Prepared:
2020
Associated Tourism Board:
Okayama Korakuen

廉池軒からの眺望


廉池軒は、色とりどりの鯉で一杯の小さな池のほとりにあり、日本語のひらがなの「く」の字のように弧を描く御影石の橋が特徴です。広々とした水辺が広がるなだらかな風景や、勾配のある芝生、庭園内最大の水辺である沢の池を見下ろす松林などの眺望を見ることができます。建物の中からは、仏教の宇宙観を比喩的に表した大きな円形の窓枠によって切り取られた風景を楽しめます。また、併設のカフェで建物の中からも同じ景色を楽しむことができます。


View from Renchiken Rest House


The Renchiken Rest House sits on the shore of a small pond filled with colorful koi carp and features a granite bridge that arcs like the Japanese hiragana character for “ku.” The view includes the rolling landscape with expanses of water and varying levels of lawn as well as the pine grove that overlooks Sawanoike Pond, the largest body of water in the garden. From inside the house, this view is framed by a large, circular window metaphorically representing Buddhist cosmology. The same view can be enjoyed from inside the building at the attached cafe.


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