Jardin Japonais Pierre-Baudis is a small but satisfying pocket of calm in the Compans-Caffarelli district. It has the expected elements -- pond, arched red bridge, lanterns, clipped planting, and a pavilion -- arranged with enough care to feel like more than a decorative corner of a public park.
It is best as a pause between the old centre and the Canal du Midi, or as a quiet place to sit when Toulouse feels hot and busy. Photographers like it, but the real pleasure is the contrast: a deliberately ordered Japanese landscape in the middle of a pink-brick Occitan city.