YASUGI, Shimane Prefecture--The accolades continue growing for the sprawling gardens at the Adachi Museum of Art here ... year by the U.S.-based Journal of Japanese Gardening in 2023.

Kokedama in Japanese means ‘ a ball of moss ... This is how you can easily make your own ‘hanging garden’. Preparing a kokedama is not that difficult; still, the final effect is spectacular.

Shimane Prefecture--Japan’s most splendid garden, at the Adachi Museum of Art here, held onto its ranking for the 19th straight year in 2021 in a survey by the U.S.-based Journal of Japanese ...