Shimane garden tops U.S. magazine ranking

Shimane garden tops U.S. magazine ranking

YONAGO, Japan - Photo taken in November 2012 shows the Adachi Museum of Art garden in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. The U.S. magazine Journal of Japanese Gardening chose the garden as the best Japanese garden in 2013 for the 11th year running.

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