The Adelaide Himeji Gardens in the south parklands

Adelaide Park Lands

The Adelaide Park Lands are the parks that surround the centre of the South Australian capital city of Adelaide. They measure approximately 7.6 square kilometres in a green belt encircling the city centre....

 was a gift from Adelaide's sister city, Himeji, in 1982. The entrance is from South Terrace

South Terrace, Adelaide

South Terrace is a street on the south side of the city centre of Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. It runs from Anzac Highway and connects to Glen Osmond Road. King William Street ends at South Terrace. It is the southern edge of the city centre, and is bounded by parklands to the south,...

, between Pulteney

Pulteney Street, Adelaide

Pulteney Street is a main road which runs north-south through the middle of the eastern half of the Adelaide city centre, in Adelaide, South Australia...

 and Hutt Street

Hutt Street, Adelaide

Hutt Street is a main road on the eastern boundary of the central business district of Adelaide, South Australia. It runs north-south, from Pirie Street, and can be considered a branch of East Terrace...

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The enclosure is one of only a few classical Japanese garden

Japanese garden

, that is, gardens in traditional Japanese style, can be found at private homes, in neighborhood or city parks, and at historical landmarks such as Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and old castles....

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Adelaide

Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

. It was originally designed by council staff; however, following two visits by Japanese landscape designer, Yoshitaka Kumada in the late 1980s, its layout was improved to adhere to traditional principles.

The garden in split into a sansui (山水), a "mountain and lake garden", and a karesansui (枯山水), a "dry rock garden" intended to evoke mountains surrounded by water.