A detailed photo record of building a Japanese teahouse in the UK

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A photographic record of building a Japanese teahouse in the UK
 
I had plans to build a Japanese teahouse (chashitsu)  as the centre point of my Japanese garden though, because of winter,  construction had been delayed until the spring of 2003. Well, the spring of 2003  is upon us so construction started in May 2003 and completed later that year. Over the next 12 months I also completed the garden, whose design can be found at: www.myjapanesegarden.com.

It is probably fair to  say that this design is in the mould of a Japanese teahouse but for  several reasons it needed to be practical for other uses in a western garden. This meant deviating from the norm of using only  'pure natural materials' and certain traditional architecture features.  Another key reason for these changes is that I had to build to a budget.

There have now been seven clones built around the world so I'm rather pleased about this!

One of the feedback emails I've received:

"Thank  you for the generous way in which you shared your creation with the rest of us. The fact that others were inspired by your creation; that with full awareness of the magnitude of the  task we undertook this effort, is testimony to the success and beauty of  your project."
         

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Copyright: Chris Gare 2007 - 2018
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