Japanese Garden

About this place

In the northwest corner of the Nordpark, which is also the quietest and most unhurried part of the park, there is a garden jewel of a special kind the Japanese Garden on the Rhine. On entering the 5000 sq mts garden, numerous traditional elements of Japanese horticulture come into view. The garden was designed by Iwaki Ishiguro and his son and laid out by him and six other gardeners. They used Japanese pond gardens, also known as pleasure gardens, as their inspiration. The trees mostly pines and Japanese maples are cut in a special way, and the individual branches of the black pines have a delicate, almost cloud like shape. Everything in this Japanese Garden on the Rhine, also known as the Garden of Reflection, has a deep symbolic meaning, from the trees, pond, stones and spring to the little hills, lanterns and seating arrangement by the pond.