Japanese Style & Gardening Books by Tuttle – Expert Guides to Tradition, Design, and Nature
Immerse yourself in the art of Japanese living with our collection of books published by Tuttle, focusing on Japanese style, culture, and gardening. Tuttle Publishing is renowned for producing authoritative, beautifully illustrated guides that bring the elegance and philosophy of Japan into your home and garden.
This collection features books on Japanese garden design, bonsai, ikebana, traditional landscaping, and interior aesthetics, providing practical techniques, step-by-step guidance, and cultural insights. Perfect for gardeners, designers, and enthusiasts of Japanese art and lifestyle, these books combine expert knowledge with visual inspiration, helping you create spaces that are harmonious, serene, and distinctly Japanese.
Whether you’re learning to design a Zen garden, cultivate bonsai, or integrate Japanese principles into your home, Tuttle’s publications offer clear instructions, historical context, and professional tips to elevate your practice. Each book reflects Japanese aesthetics, attention to detail, and respect for nature, making them essential resources for anyone inspired by Japan.
Enhance your knowledge and creativity with Japanese style and gardening books by Tuttle—where tradition, design, and cultural insight meet in every page.
Inside Your Japanese Garden
Inside Your Japanese Garden
With instructive drawings and step-by-step techniques, Inside Your Japanese Garden walks you through designing and creating your very own Japanese garden. From small projects like benches and gates, to larger undertakings like bridges and mud walls, this book provides a wide variety of ways to enhance the space around your home, no matter the size. Instructions on how to work with stone, mud and bamboo as well as a catalogue of the 94 plant varieties used in the gardens shown in the book round out this complete guide.
This book also features 20 gardens that author Sadao Yasumoro has designed and built in Japan, and some like those at Visvim shop in Tokyo and at Yushima Tenjin in Tokyo are open to the public. From small tsuboniwa courtyard gardens to a large backyard stroll garden with water features, stairs and walls, these real-life inspirations will help spark your own garden plan.
These inspirational garden projects include:
- Tea Garden for an Urban Farmhouse featuring a clay wall with a split-bamboo frame and a stone base
- The Landslide That Became a Garden with a terraced slope, trees, bushes, long grasses and moss
- A Buddha's Mountain Retreat of Moss and Stone with vertical-split bamboo and brushwood fencing
- Paradise in an Urban Jungle with a pond, Japanese-style bridge, and stone lanterns
Each garden is beautifully photographed by Hironori Tomino and many have diagrams and drawings to show the essential elements used in the planning and construction.
Format: Hardcover, Jacketed
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing