Some cool clouds too.

Those Stone Lanterns are common to see in gardens. They were originally for use in Buddhist Temples, but now also appear in Shinto Shrines and home gardens.

You can make out the edge of a clothes rank on the left edge of the photo. Almost no one, rich or poor, owns a dryer in Japan. I see them in the electronic stores sometimes so maybe this is going to change, but most people see them as a waste of power and a fire hazard and so everyone hangs their clothes (and futons) outside.

Go look at other Japanese houses and yards.

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Looks like a nice garden back there. If only we were allowed to see it.

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Nice wall and gate anyways, and the garden looks pretty sweet from what we can see. This photo was taken in the downtown area where space is at a premium (well, even more than usual for Japan), but yet they still find enough room to grow plenty of green stuff.

I’ve taken a number of these by now. Go look at some other ones, both enclosed by walls and open.

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Pretty busy front yard/garden on this house.

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No gate or walls blocking the view of this front garden, and you can see it is stuffed full with plants, shrubs, and flowers. Can you even see the path leading to the door? Look closely.

Other houses and gardens.

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Today’s photo looks between two houses at a small creek running through.

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A look at the yards of the houses on either side of the creek, too. The one on the left is a concrete fortress. No yard. The one on the right is a very traditional house. You can see bits of their garden and their orange tree leaning over the creek. Quite the contrast.

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Today’s photo is another entry for my Japanese Houses series. This one shows a somewhat traditional house hidden behind a hedge wall.

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The garden looks just as thick and full as we might expect. A bit more land than is common in newer houses. In fact, usually when these older houses are knocked down the plot is divided 3 or 4 ways and that many smaller new houses go up.

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Here are some previous entries in this Japanese Houses series:

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