'Framed' Japanese Gardens - Machiya House Features

Are you a fan of Japanese gardens? The garden at our traditional Japanese machiya house here can be viewed as a “framed garden”! This type of garden uses the wooden structure of an architecture as a “picture frame” to perfectly capture a view – a technique is known as “Gakubuchi teien” in Japanese. There are many famous temples in Kyoto city that use this architectural technique! (Such as Hosen-in Temple).

You can also slide open the shoji doors to change the view & atmosphere, too. Stretch out your legs on the tatami floor, and slide open the shoji doors of this Japanese-style room to take in the relaxing view of the tsuboniwa garden.  You can rent out this entire Japanese house and stay with up to 8 guests here at ‘Shimabara Kaiden’ Machiya House.