Top > Gardens Overview > Secret Gardens > Other Regions > Ryugon Ryugon （龍言） Ryugon is one of the most famous guesthouses in Japan. It opened its doors as a guesthouse in 1969 after the construction began in 1964. Utsugi Toshio, the founder of this traditional ryokan, saw a lot...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Other Regions > Kōraku-en Kōraku-en（後楽園） The Kōraku-en gardens are a large strolling garden with a meandering stream and belong to the Three Great Gardens in Japan. They have been built in 1700 (Edo period) by the lord of the Okayama area, Ikeda...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Other Regions > Kenroku-en Kenroku-en（兼六園） Kenroku-en is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan. It was built in the Edo period (1603-1868) for the Maeda daimyo clan. It used to be the outer garden of the Kanazawa castle. The garden has...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Other Regions > Kairaku-en Kairaku-en（偕楽園） Kairaku-en is a large strolling garden in Mito-Shi, Ibaraki-Ken. It was built by Tokugawa Nariaki in the year 1841 for the enjoyment of normal people of the area. The garden belongs to the Three Great Gardens of...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Other Regions > Sengan-en Sengan-en（仙巌園） Sengan-en was built as a second residence by Shimadzu Mitsuhisa, 19th head of the Shimadzu family, in 1658. The garden covers an area of approximately 50,000㎡ and is designated as meishō (名勝) – a national place of...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Other Regions > Sankei-en Sankei-en（三溪園） This beautiful landscape garden in Yokohama is one of Japan’s youngest gardens. Construction works began in 1902 and it was opened to the public in 1906. The founder of the garden, Sankei Hara, a silk trader from...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Other Regions > Ritsurin Kōen Ritsurin Kōen（高松栗林公園） This pond strolling period garden was built over the time of more than 100 years – in 1625, daimyo Ikoma Takatoshi began the construction works in the city of Takamatsu. In 1745, the garden was...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Other Regions > Nōnin-ji Nōnin-ji（能仁寺） Nōnin-ji is a temple of the Sōtō school of Zen Buddhism built in the Azuchi-Momoyama period. The gardens are especially beautiful in early summer, when the hydrangeas are flowering, and in fall, when the leaves of the...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Other Regions > Hakone Museum of Art – Moss Garden Hakone Museum of Art – Moss Garden（箱根美術館） The moss garden of the Hakone Museum is a small mysterious landscape. Under 200 maple trees, small stone paths are winding through fields of moss....Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Other Regions > Erin-ji Erin-ji（恵林寺） Erin-ji is a quiet Zen temple surrounded by the Yamanashi mountains. It was built in 1330, when Nikaidō Sadafuji the military governor of the Kai-no-kuni administration asked the Zen priest and garden designer Musō Soseki (夢窓 疎石),...Continue Reading
