A Japanese garden with pond, stone setting, and sculpted shrubs

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Japanese garden craft for the world and the next generation.

A portfolio of Japanese garden works, artisans, and consultation paths for residences, hospitality spaces, architects, and cultural projects outside Japan.

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Tsuboniwa

Small gardens for dense interiors and courtyards.

Karesansui

Dry landscapes shaped through stone, gravel, negative space, and long-term care.

Moss and stone

Material quietness adapted to climate and maintenance.

Cultural projects

Portfolio references for architects and owners.

Works

Global-ready references

A karesansui garden with moss, white gravel, and pruned pine trees

Pruning

Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan / Early summer

Natural-form pruning for an overgrown evergreen garden

by Mori Garden Works

A maintained Japanese garden path with moss and a stone lantern

Garden renewal

Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan / Autumn

Garden renewal into a manageable open landscape

by Mori Garden Works

A Japanese garden detail with stone lantern, moss, and stepping stones

Tsuboniwa

Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan / Spring

A tsuboniwa courtyard that gathers light inside a machiya

by Ishikawa Niwa Atelier

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Reference plan for an overseas residence / Year-round

Karesansui and stone-setting reference for an overseas residence

by Ishikawa Niwa Atelier

Artisans

Japanese garden professionals

A small tsuboniwa seen from a machiya corridor

Kyoto / Kansai / Global consultation

Ishikawa Niwa Atelier

Tsuboniwa, roji, and dry gardens shaped as architectural pauses.

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Consultation flow

Translate the principles, not just the appearance.

NIWA helps international clients share site context, climate, maintenance capacity, and imagery before connecting with Japanese garden professionals.

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