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 19 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.

自宅の庭をデザインし日本庭園を造る方法を、イラストと詳しい技術とともに紹介する。庭門や縁台の設置などの小規模なものから、橋や土塁を造成するなどの大規模なものまで、様々な庭園を実例とともに解説します。石の配置方法である石組や敷石、94種類の樹木の植え方など、庭の規模に合わせたデザインや造成技術を丁寧に紹介します。