This is the East (?) entrance. This is where we were supposed to enter the Japanese garden. Unfortunately, the road was too close to the door. This means that it's too loud and such... therefore it wouldn't be very Zen.
Here's a path to the garden. It's delightfully ugly. Do you know why? There shouldn't be those borders along the path... There should be nothing in-between yourself and nature. This is a modified Japanese garden though.
Here is another path in the garden. There is no border in this one; it's very good. In fact, it's so good that our guide is holding his hand up and absorbing power from the space. I'm just kidding. Or am I?
This is a very good view of the garden. Though it's not ALL of the garden. It's the water part. There's a lot of meanings in the placement of objects and such. Buddhism says that objects aren't supposed to be iconic, so I will not list any meanings. It's all about how you experience the space.
This is a teahouse near the entrance of the garden. The floor around the teahouse is comprised mostly of moss. Why? I forgot. But surely you can look it up if your life depended on it (which it does, of course).
These fish live a long time... They are called Koi. I think... The shoe in the photo is actually NOT my shoe. This is very strange.