Japanese Field

One of the best thing here in Manila is that Manila is very affordable which makes it an attractive place for budget travelers. A place in manila that is one of the most worth checking out despite of having no big amount of money is the Japanese Garden in Luneta.

All you have to spend is the transportation cost which is more or less Fifty pesos from Cubao, Quezon City

and an entrance fee to Japanese Garden for Ten pesos.

Then you can already enjoy the scenery and all the beautiful things it can give you.

The ability to capture the essence of nature makes the Japanese gardens distinctive and appealing to observers. Traditional Japanese gardens are very different in style from occidental gardens. The contrast between western flower gardens and Japanese gardens is profound.

Japanese have always had a spiritual connection with their land and the spirits that are one with nature, which explains why they prefer to incorporate natural materials in their gardens.The good thing here in Japanese garden is that it is not just about good scenery and beautiful flowers, trees and a beautiful place, but each and everything that is inside in the garden has its own meaning and messages that it represents.

One of these is the pond at the center of the garden. Japanese gardens always have water, either a pond or stream, or, in the dry rock garden, represented by white sand. In Buddhist symbolism, water and stone are the yin and yang, two opposites that complement and complete each other. It is said that a traditional garden should usually have an irregular-shaped pond or, in larger gardens, two or more ponds connected by a channel or stream, and a cascade, a miniature version of Japan's famous mountain waterfalls.

In Japanese gardens, the ponds and streams are carefully placed according to Buddhist geomancy, which is the art and science of putting things in the place most likely to attract good fortune.

According to Japanese culture, water flowing from east to west will carry away evil, and the owner of the garden will be healthy and will have a long life.

Also rock, sand and gravel are an essential feature of the Japanese garden. That’s why you might observe when you go and visit Japanese garden some large rock forms.

A vertical rock may represent Mount Horai, the legendary home of the Eight Immortals, or Mount Sumeru of Buddhist teaching, or a carp jumping from the water.

A flat rock might represent the earth. Sand or gravel can represent a beach, or a flowing river. Rocks and water also symbolize yin and yang, in Buddhist philosophy; the hard rock and soft water complement each other, and water, though soft, can wear away rock. Rock placement generally aims to portray nature in its essential characteristics.

Selection and subsequent placement of rocks was and still is a central concept in creating an aesthetically pleasing garden by

the Japanese. Stones, which constitute a fundamental part of Japanese gardens, are carefully selected for their weathering and are placed in such a way that they give viewers the sense that they ‘naturally’ belong where they are, and in combinations in which the viewers find them.

One of the our most favorite thing in the Japanese garden, Road Dawg squad, is the brindge you can find in the pond. Garden bridges symbolized the path to paradise and immortality.

It is made of stone and were painted red, following the Chinese culture. Sometimes according to Japanese culture, bridge can be made of wood covered with moss.

And it can be arched of flat. It is amazing that even the bridge that simply connects one place to another has a deeper meaning and such. And on top of that, the bridge is really beautiful and it perfectly fits the garden. Even the red archway inside also represents friendship.

Generally Japanese Garden is indeed beautiful and maid with a certain purpose. Every details of it is considered, it is not laid on straight axes, or with a single feature dominating the view.

Buildings and garden features are usually placed to be seen from a diagonal, and are carefully composed into scenes that contrast right angles, such as buildings with natural features, and vertical features, such as rocks, bamboo or trees, with horizontal features, such as water. Rocks can represent mountains, and ponds can represent seas. This place is an amazing place perfect to appreciate nature,

we, at Road Dawg appreciate the beauty of the garden and enjoyed our travel even without spending much. So we invite you too. Together with your squad, come and visit one of the wonderful places here in manila! As what David and Michigo Young the garden historians said, at the heart of the Japanese garden is the principle that a garden is a work of art. "Though inspired by nature, it is an interpretation rather than a copy; it should appear to be natural, but it is not wild."