Do you have a green thumb? This is a luxurious event for all garden lovers! Enjoy an authentic experience of creating a Japanese-style with professional gardeners who tends a temple garden every day.

庭いじりが好きな方必見のイベントです！植彌加藤造園様にご協力いただき、毎日お寺のお庭を手入れされている庭師の方ご指導のもと、鉢庭づくりを体験します。

The itinerary: We visit Heian Shrine and enjoy the quiet, tranquil atmosphere of one Japanese garden. The tour guide will give you basic ideas to better understand the gardener's professional stories. Then we move to Konkai-komyoji Temple on foot to meet our gardeners. We learn about the temple and see the exclusive areas, usually closed to all tourists, yet open to just us on this day. Then we are split into three groups to try our hands at making a miniature garden. The gardeners advise us while we work so that we can have the benefit of his expertise.

• All explanations given in Japanese will be translated into English by the guide.
• Due to fragility, size and cost; the miniature garden which you make cannot be kept or brought back home.
• Casual clothes you can get dirty and comfortable shoes are recommended.
• Entrance fee is included.
• Your guide is holding a flag and waiting for you at the meeting point. The landmark of the meeting point is the biggest gate nearby (Shinto gate called Torii). Please refer to Google Map shown below.

当日の予定：平安神宮を参拝し、神苑を見学後、金戒光明寺に徒歩で移動します。金戒光明寺では、通常非公開エリアを特別に拝観させていただきます。庭師の方よりお庭のご案内があります。その後、3班に分かれて実際に鉢庭づくりを体験します。

• お寺のご説明・庭師の方のご説明は日本語ですが、英語の逐次通訳があります。
• サイズや費用、壊れやすさを考慮し、今回のイベントでは鉢庭はお持ち帰りただけません。
• 汚れてもよい服装・歩きやすい靴でお越しください。
• 拝観料観料込み。
• 平安神宮大鳥居のふもとでガイドが旗を持ってお待ちしています。