By YOKO HIBINO/ Staff Writer
September 30, 2023 at 07:00 JST
Gardener Shigeyoshi Takemura carefully removes grass by hand in the garden of Nanzen-in, a sub-temple of Nanzenji in Kyoto’s Higashiyama Ward, on Aug. 2. The day’s highest temperature was 38.3 degrees. (Yoko Hibino)
KYOTO--Reflecting the Japanese traditional aesthetics of “wabi-sabi” (transience and imperfection), moss-covered gardens have long mesmerized visitors from home and abroad. [Read More]
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