Name: Kitamura Museum    Alternate Name:   Address: 448 Kajii-cho Kawaramachi Imadegawa Hitosujime sagaru, Kamigyo-ku  Mailing Address:   City: Kyoto-shi  State: Kyoto-hu  Postal Code:   Country: JAPAN  Latitude/Longitude: lat=35.0333; long=135.75 Find Gardens Nearby Phone: +81.(0)75.256.0632  Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s): Kobayashi & Associates  Construction Period: -   Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: 10am - 4pm; Closed Mondays and the day after public holidays  Admission: Adults 600 yen; Students 400 yen; Groups of 20+ are 500 and 300 yen, respectively  Added to JGarden: 11/11/2001  Last Updated: 11/11/2001  JGarden Description: Presents exhibitions of chanoyu (tea ceremony) utensil combinations centering on the pieces collected by the modern tea aesthete, Kitamura Kinjiro. The garden is a recent addition designed by Kobayashi & Associates in Seattle. To get there, take the Kyoto-shi Bus: No. 205 to the [Kawaramachi Imadegawa] stop.

Recall the vistas of various famous places, select what attracts you and add your own interpretation. It is best to use this as a theme to design the whole of the garden while adding just the right amount of changes.   Sakuteiki   trans. by Marc Peter Keane