URL:   http://www.baykomm.bayer.com/en/welcome/architecture_and_surroundings/  Name: Leverkusen Japanese Garden  Leverkusen Photo: Holger Ries   Alternate Name: BayKomm Japanese Garden  Address: nähe Kaiser- Willhelm- Allee  Mailing Address:   City: Leverkusen  State: Wiesdorf  Postal Code: 51373  Country: GERMANY  Latitude/Longitude: lat=51.03824; long=6.98076 Find Gardens Nearby Phone:   Fax:   E-Mail:   Contact:   Designer(s):   Contruction Date: 1913; expanded in 1927  Public/Private: PUBLIC  Hours: Open summer, 9am - 8pm; winter, 9am to dusk.  Admission:   Added to JGarden: 4/7/2003  Last Updated: 11/4/2006  Sources:   JGarden Description: Located at the base of the main Bayer headquarters building near the BayKomm Communication Center. The current garden was an outgrowth of the 1926 visit to Japan by Carl Duisberg, Chairman of the Bayer Group. He had built a small Japanese garden near his villa in 1913, but he was very interested in the horticulture he saw on his tour and had the original garden expanded. There were plans to expand this garden in 2001 and it is unclear what the progress has been.

A bit of water here, There, between the trees - The sea! Umi sukoshi Niwa ni izumi no Ko no ma ka na.   Sogi   trans. by M.V. Otake