Japanese Garden
Contemplative Japanese-style garden with a water mill, lotus pond, stone lanterns and blossoming cherry trees.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Japanese Garden in Santiago sets a pond and water wheel against the towers of the city's financial district. It follows the architects Tadashi Asahi and Carmen Leissen, the Japanese garden tradition they drew on, and the first stone laid on San Cristóbal Hill in 1979. It also reaches the 1997 centenary of Chile and Japan's relations and a royal visit. Best heard at the lookout above the pond.
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