グアダラハラ日本庭園 Japanese Garden in Parque Bosque los Colomos
1971年にメキシコ政府及びハリスコ州政府から、在京都メキシコ合衆国名誉領事（故森田一郎京都外国語大学初代総長）を介して、京都の関係者に日本庭園を寄贈して欲しい旨の要望があった。1980年に京都市とハリスコ州の州都グアダラハラ市が姉妹都市盟約を提携。1990年姉妹都市提携10周年記念式典にグアダラハラ市長一行が京都を訪れ、グアダラハラ市長から京都市長に対し日本庭園建設に協力して欲しい旨の正式要請があった。1991年在日メキシコ大使が京都を訪問し、この日本庭園は両市の姉妹都市10周年記念、グアダラハラ市建市450年記念であると同時に、日本・メキシコ両国の友好親善のシンボル施設として、メキシコ合衆国政府が全面的に支援する事とした旨を京都市長に報告した。あわせて京都市への協力要請がなされた。同時期に、同メキシコ大使は日本国文化庁長官川村恒明氏に対し、同主旨の要望申し入れを行っている。
以上のような経緯を経て、醍醐寺三法院をモデルに現地の植生に合わせて庭園が計画された。
資料出典および備考
1) http://www.kyoto-zouen.or.jp/jigyou/guadara.html
In 1971, the Mexican government and the state of Jalisco in Mexico requested that a Japanese garden be donated by the Kyoto city government. Their request was supported by the late Morita Ichiro, founding president of the Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, as well as by the honorary consul of Mexico in the city of Kyoto.
In 1980, Guadalajara, the capital city of the state of Jalisco, and the city of Kyoto pledged to become sister cities. In 1990, a group which included the mayor of Guadalajara traveled to Kyoto to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the sister-city relationship. They officially requested the cooperation of Kyoto’s mayor in constructing a Japanese garden in Guadalajara. In 1991, Mexico’s ambassador to Japan traveled to Kyoto and announced that a Japanese garden would be constructed in Guadalajara to commemorate the 10th anniversary of sister-city relations with Kyoto, as well as the 450th anniversary of Guadalajara. The garden was to be a symbol of friendship between Japan and Mexico. He also reported to the mayor of Kyoto that the Mexican government would give its full cooperation in the construction of the garden, and asked Kawamura Tsuneaki, the secretary of Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs, for additional assistance.
Following this sequence of events, the garden was built on the model of Kyoto’s Daigoji Sanboin temple garden, with alterations made to accommodate the local vegetation.