Letters from the country: The Japanese garden

Tommy reviews ‘The Gardens of Japan’ by Teiji Roh, where the finest gardens are 700-years-old.

Letters from the country: The Japanese garden

Tommy reviews ‘The Gardens of Japan’ by Teiji Roh, where the finest gardens are 700-years-old.

Most people may have come across the old chestnut about the Japanese ambassador who, invited to inspect a newly created Japanese garden in a Western country, congratulated his host and added, ‘There is nothing like it ...

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