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Title: Add A Japanese Touch To Your Interior Design
Author: Mr.Andrew Caxton
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All gardens, properly cared for, can be spiritual places, where
you go to relax, meditate and recharge your batteries. Most
people think of gardens as existing in their front or back lawns
only, but the miniature Japanese garden provides a place of
tranquility within the home.

Japan is a country that consists of hundreds of islands,
although only four of them are large enough to be inhabited:
Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. These four islands have
mountains running straight down the middle, so the majority of
inhabitants live on the coasts. As a result, space is at a
premium. This is evident in the designs of their cities,
streets, cars, homes, and gardens.

They're all designed to use space efficiently. Japanese gardens
are no exception.

Japanese gardens are small, quiet and elegant. They are
designed to provide a quiet place for one to appreciate nature
and to contemplate the world.

If you have a beautiful lawn both front and back, you may think
that a Japanese garden would not fit into your design, but this
is not necessarily true. It is quite easy to have a Japanese
garden in your house.

A miniature Zen garden consists of a wooden tray filled with
white purified sand, a tiny rake, and an assortment of rocks.
You can design this garden anyway you like...and rake it daily
as a meditation exercise. It is also possible to get a miniature
Zen garden with a fountain attached - although this design is
usually a decorative piece and does not allow one to rake the
sand or change the arrangement of the stones.

Note that a miniature Zen garden should consist of sand in a
wooden tray - or a stone tray. You can get miniature Zen gardens
in cardboard trays that come from Office Playground, a website
that offers miniature gardens of all kinds.

These tiny Zen gardens are designed to allow you to create your
own raked designs (it's the raking of the sand that provides you
with the opportunity to mediate).

Raking the Sand
It is believed by scholars that the earliest shrines of
Shinto, Japan's native religion, may have been forest clearings
in which the ground was purified for the spirits, by putting
down a layer of washed sand or gravel. The sand can also be
intended to evoke the thought of waves or currents.

The placing of the rocks on the sand also has a spiritual
meaning as well as an aesthetic one.

Examples of Zen Gardens
If you'd like to see what other people do with their miniature
Zen gardens you can visit such websites as www.zengarden.co.za,
http://www.garden-gift.com (which offers a Zen garden inspired
by a world-famous one in Kyoto, and comes with a torii zen chime
with mallet).

A torii gate is a traditional Japanese gate made of wood, with
two upright supports and two crossbars on the top, swept upward
at the ends as if reaching for the sky. The gate is
traditionally painted red. They mark the entrances to Shinto
shrines.

About The Author: Andrew Caxton is a syndicated editor of
http://www.wrought-iron-guide.com . For additional information
on outdoor decorations have a look at his web
http://www.wrought-iron-guide.com/patio_furniture.html

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