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Japanese Tea Garden

This 6-page article is titled "What is a Tea Garden?  The article explains the purpose and physical structure of a Japanese tea garden that would be used for the tea ceremony.  Also known as roji, these gardens are usually constructed in the vicinity of a teahouse or tea room.  Key elements include stepping stones, gates, water basins, and Japanese garden outbuildings known as machiai.  The article includes descriptions of all of these, together with blueprints of a few actual tea garden layouts.

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