Yamataian garden

Gardens (庭園 teien) have a major significance in Yamataian culture. Traditional Yamataian gardens create miniature idealized landscapes, often in a highly abstract and stylized way. Gardens may be designed for recreation and aesthetic pleasure, as well as contemplation and meditation.

Styles of gardens include karesanui, or rock gardens, which are meditation gardens where white sand replaces water; roji, simple, rustic gardens with teahouses where the traditional tea ceremony is conducted; kaiyū-shiki-teien, promenade or stroll gardens, where the visitor follows a path around the garden to see carefully composed landscapes; and tsubo-niwa, small courtyard gardens.

Yamataian gardens have been present in much of Yashimese and subsequently Yamataian history from ancient times to the present. The Yamataian garden holds such a great significance in Yamataian culture that such gardens may even be found on space stations and some starships. Every Imperial Navy capital ship has a garden installed.