The Japanese landscaped gardens, often attached to temples and old houses, embody the Japanese view of nature. They recreate the grandeur of nature in a limited space by taking large stones as mountains and ponds as oceans or rivers. The most extreme form is the kare-sansui dry landscaped garden composed entirely of large stones and sand to depict scenes of outstanding natural beauty. Patterns on the sand represent ripples on the water, and large rocks mountains or islands, all according to the imagination of the viewer.