Showing posts with label Bukit Tinggi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bukit Tinggi. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Bukit Tinggi Japanese Gardens
Japanese gardens are always so soothing and this one is surprisingly located close to the top of a jungle-clad hill in Malaysia on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur.
At 3,500 feet above sea level on Bukit Tinggi is the Zen-inspired Japanese Village, where you can stroll along the landscaped Japanese Garden. And if you feel like it, you can rejuvenate at the Tatami Spa or participate in a tea drinking ceremony at the authentic wooden Japanese Tea House.
This Japanese Village in the middle of a tropical forest is the work of a Japanese architect, Kaio Ariizumi. Together with other experts he designed the landscape according to the ambiance of a typical Japanese village, with stoned lightings, pebbled streams and pools with koi fishes and varieties of Japanese flora.
The Japanese garden here is artistically crafted, with bonsai trees and bamboo plants, small bridge crossing with cobbled stones, pool and waterfalls – elements of nature typical of a Japanese traditional village. Crossing the small bridge there is an authentic Japanese tea house, which is covered with Japanese tatami mat and door of paper with wooden frames. Here, guests can browse the exhibit on Japanese handicrafts and participate in a Japanese-style tea drinking ceremony.
Monday, April 05, 2010
Colmar Tropicale
Colmar Tropicale, located in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang, Malaysia is a replica of a collection of buildings from a north-eastern village in France dating back to the 16th Century. It's just like a picture postcard. The French themed resort was opened in July 2000 and is surrounded by lush tropical forest land. It's certainly rather strange to be in the heart of a Malaysian tropical jungle hillside and look up to see very traditional old European style architecture.
Labels:
architecture,
Bukit Tinggi,
Colmar Tropicale,
France,
jungle,
Malaysia,
Pahang,
village
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