Only plants may park on this driveway, on a small street of souvenir shops and lunch spots on Kyoto’s famous Philosopher’s Walk, leading to Ginkakuji, the silver temple. The Philosopher’s Walk is full of cherry blossoms in the spring, they say; in winter, there are other plants to be seen.
Posts Tagged ‘japan’
Kyoto: No Parking (except for plants)
Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged city, funny, gardening, japan, kyoto, potted plant on 20 February 2013| 2 Comments »
Kyoto: Ice cream tree, Japanese variety
Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged fake, ice cream, japan, kyoto, plastic, zoo on 12 January 2013| 3 Comments »
Kyoto: All that I can see is another yuzu tree
Posted in Personal plants, Plants worldwide, tagged food, fruit, gardening, japan, yuzu on 7 January 2013| 5 Comments »
My host in Kyoto has a yuzu tree in her garden. I have tree envy.
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Kyoto: Trees wear New Year’s fortunes
Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged japan, kyoto, new year, paper, trees on 2 January 2013| Leave a Comment »
Happy New Year! These trees at Heian shrine are carrying the fortunes and hopes of hundreds of prayerful visitors.
Kyoto: Houseplants congregating on sidewalks and streets
Posted in From our readers, Plants worldwide, tagged japan, kyoto, potted plant, sidewalk, street on 18 October 2011| 2 Comments »
Fitting nicely with the topic “plants on the ground,” here are more plant photos from Japan recently posted on Flickr by regular UPR contributor Marko. We already posted one picture that he sent from the road, showing a driveway lined with window boxes of houseplants. The new pictures confirm that the ground, sidewalk and streets in front of houses is a common habitat for potted plants in Kyoto. Above, seedlings multiply in repurposed ramen cups, while street-art giraffes look on. Read on for more pictures…
Nara, Japan: Sweet driveway container garden
Posted in From our readers, Plants worldwide, tagged flower, gardening, japan, nara, potted plant on 1 October 2011| Leave a Comment »
UPR reader Marko sent in this lovely photograph of a plant-filled driveway in Japan. I love the neat row of window-boxes lined up along the ground, with one color of flower in each one. Cheers to determined gardeners unfazed by a total lack of soil in their environment! Apropos, I’ll be featuring more container gardens here soon. If you know of any good ones, please send pictures or tell us about them below.