Beautiful places in Japan: Adachi Museum of Art - Japan's finest garden in Simane

Didn't know much about the association though, Journal Of Japanese Gardening (JOJG) has picked up one garden in Simane prefecture as the best Japanese garden for eight years in a row. That is called Adachi Museum of Art (足立美術館).

Before I start writing this article, I looked up what JOJG was like. They should be some official group or some organization about studying gardens enthusiastically, otherwise the ranking of gardens by them means nothing. And the result of what it's like is, according to their website, they seem to be kind of a group of specialists for Japanese gardens, consisting of four Americans and one Japanese. Thinking about it, I remembered that, in Kyoto, I've met a female gardener from an European country. She said she loved her job.

Needless to say, Japanese gardens attract people not only the Japanese but also people from many other countries.

I guess this place is not so famous even among Japanese people, but it's quite worth going indeed.

The great spot is always difficult to access without a car. This garden is as well. Perhaps, I think I spent little time to look around for the Japanese paintings it shows, and just most of time to walk along the garden, taking many photos.