Kyoto Garden

This guide to Kyoto Garden in Holland Park traces how the garden arrived in London in 1991, a gift from the city of Kyoto to mark the Japan Festival, and the designers and craftsmen who shaped its stroll-garden layout of water, stone and maple. It also follows the unexpected residents who claimed the space for themselves: Holland Park's peacocks, drawn to the stone lanterns. Listen for the waterfall as you walk the path slowly, the way the garden was designed to be experienced.