Gardening in Japan

thumb|260px|Bonsai, named "Kenshin Tōge" (). Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) presented by [[Uesugi Kenshin to Nagao Masakage. The tree is estimated to be about 800 years old.]] thumb|Bonsai at the Omiya Bonsai Art Museum thumb|Bonsai at the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum at the United States National Arboretum

is the oldest published Japanese text on garden-making. It was most likely the work of Tachibana Toshitsuna.

thumb|Participants in an uchimizu ceremony in New York City refers to the sprinkling of water in Japanese gardens and streets. It is more than a mere matter of hygiene and has, in temples and gardens, a ritual or contemplative purpose. In streets in summer, it serves to cool the immediate area, keep down dust, and also please neighbors. Japanese people see uchimizu as exemplifying national values as it combines utilitarian, aesthetic, courteous, and dutiful ends .

Japanese landscape architect (1896–1975)