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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Okudono Jinya offers a glimpse into life in rural Japan during the Tokugawa Shogunate period. The main attractions are its beautiful moss garden called Horai-no-niwa next to its koi pond. Okudono Jinya is located at the foot of Mt. Murakudo, which was once called Mt. Hanazono. Empress Dowager Jito gave Okudono Jinya this name, and it has been known as this since before the Nara Period
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  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
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  • Kezoji was opened in the early Edo period by Yoshisada Kira. Behind the main hall, there is a garden created by Kira Uenosuke Yoshio in the middle of the Edo period around 1690 - a landscape garden favored by Kobori Enshu, with pruned azaleas and numerous rock arrangements on the slope of the back mountain Kataokayama. Turtle Island is expressed by stones and trimmings in the moss. There is also a tiny teahouse called Houunken.  One does not expect to see such a beautiful moss garden near the sea, and apparently was once white sand instead of moss in its early days.
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  • Jozan-en Iris Pond Garden - Benhind the dry karesansui garden at Jozan-en lies a pond garden with a large iris bed in bloom during spring season. Jozan-en is a building modeled and a reproduction of Shisendo in Kyoto - the home of Jozan Ishikawa, a military commander and literary man in the early Edo period.  Jozan Ishikawa retired from samurai service at the age of 33 and after that, he studied Confucianism, tea ceremony and gained a reputation as a literary man and was involved in the creation of Shosei-en and Shuon-an Ikkyuji gardens in Kyoto. Although some garden aficionados claim that Shisendo can and should not be copied nor imitated, Jozan-en makes a good effort nonetheless.
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  • Jozan-en is a building modeled and a reproduction of Shisendo in Kyoto - the home of Jozan Ishikawa, a military commander and literary man in the early Edo period.  Jozan Ishikawa retired from samurai service at the age of 33 and after that, he studied Confucianism, tea ceremony and gained a reputation as a literary man and was involved in the creation of Shosei-en and Shuon-an Ikkyuji gardens in Kyoto. Although some garden aficionados claim that Shisendo can and should not be copied nor imitated, Jozan-en makes a good effort nonetheless.
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  • Gukeiji is a Zen temple of the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect, located in Mitakejuku, the 49th post town of the Nakasendo Road and said to have been built by the high priest Genjo Giten , who opened Ryoan-ji in Kyoto during the Muromachi period. The garden that can be seen today is not the original appearance that became the model for Ryoan-ji but when the rock garden named "Goryu" was faithfully reproduced to be as similar to the original possible. White sand is spread in front of the main hall, and three stones and pine trees are placed in the ripples. The garden expression uses multiple garden stones. At the end of the white sand, there is a small artificial hill made of many garden stones that contrasts with the gentle white sand. It looks like a small artificial hill, but it is a representation of steep mountains. Also within the grounds of the precincts, there is a greenery pruning patterned in the Chinese character for “life” which is very unusual.
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  • Gukeiji is a Zen temple of the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect, located in Mitakejuku, the 49th post town of the Nakasendo Road and said to have been built by the high priest Genjo Giten , who opened Ryoan-ji in Kyoto during the Muromachi period. The garden that can be seen today is not the original appearance that became the model for Ryoan-ji but when the rock garden named "Goryu" was faithfully reproduced to be as similar to the original possible. White sand is spread in front of the main hall, and three stones and pine trees are placed in the ripples. The garden expression uses multiple garden stones. At the end of the white sand, there is a small artificial hill made of many garden stones that contrasts with the gentle white sand. It looks like a small artificial hill, but it is a representation of steep mountains. Also within the grounds of the precincts, there is a greenery pruning patterned in the Chinese character for “life” which is very unusual.
    Gukeiji-10.jpg
  • Gukeiji is a Zen temple of the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect, located in Mitakejuku, the 49th post town of the Nakasendo Road and said to have been built by the high priest Genjo Giten , who opened Ryoan-ji in Kyoto during the Muromachi period. The garden that can be seen today is not the original appearance that became the model for Ryoan-ji but when the rock garden named "Goryu" was faithfully reproduced to be as similar to the original possible. White sand is spread in front of the main hall, and three stones and pine trees are placed in the ripples. The garden expression uses multiple garden stones. At the end of the white sand, there is a small artificial hill made of many garden stones that contrasts with the gentle white sand. It looks like a small artificial hill, but it is a representation of steep mountains. Also within the grounds of the precincts, there is a greenery pruning patterned in the Chinese character for “life” which is very unusual.
    Gukeiji-11.jpg
  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
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  • Furusato Kaikan is a cultural center that opened in Miyoshi City in 1993, and its official name is "Miyoshi City Labor Culture Center”. Also known as Sun Art.  The Furusato Kaikan has a Japanese garden called Kakugaen with a pond garden and various tea rooms. The wide lawn, a long pond with a sandy beach behind it, azalea trimmed, and pine trees planted in the innermost artificial hill make this a pure Japanese garden that incorporates the characteristics of Japanese gardens of various eras although it is relatively new.
    Furusato-Kaikan-12.jpg
  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313. The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure. Founded by Muso Soseki, both the Kaisando and Kannondo are national treasures . The pond garden, created by Muso Soseki, has a superb view of the bridge in the center of the pond. The rainbow-shaped pavilion bridge, called Mukaibashi, is placed on the central axis, dividing the pond in two. The combination of bedrock and the waterfall, is a classic Muso Soseki touch.
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  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313. The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure. Founded by Muso Soseki, both the Kaisando and Kannondo are national treasures . The pond garden, created by Muso Soseki, has a superb view of the bridge in the center of the pond. The rainbow-shaped pavilion bridge, called Mukaibashi, is placed on the central axis, dividing the pond in two. The combination of bedrock and the waterfall, is a classic Muso Soseki touch.
    eiho-ji-15.jpg
  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313. The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure. Founded by Muso Soseki, both the Kaisando and Kannondo are national treasures . The pond garden, created by Muso Soseki, has a superb view of the bridge in the center of the pond. The rainbow-shaped pavilion bridge, called Mukaibashi, is placed on the central axis, dividing the pond in two. The combination of bedrock and the waterfall, is a classic Muso Soseki touch.
    eiho-ji-12.jpg
  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313. The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure. Founded by Muso Soseki, both the Kaisando and Kannondo are national treasures . The pond garden, created by Muso Soseki, has a superb view of the bridge in the center of the pond. The rainbow-shaped pavilion bridge, called Mukaibashi, is placed on the central axis, dividing the pond in two. The combination of bedrock and the waterfall, is a classic Muso Soseki touch.
    eiho-ji-07.jpg
  • Eiho-ji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Tajimi, Gifu and was established in 1313. The temple is a monastery known for its pond garden with a fabulous bridge over the pond listed as National Treasure. Founded by Muso Soseki, both the Kaisando and Kannondo are national treasures . The pond garden, created by Muso Soseki, has a superb view of the bridge in the center of the pond. The rainbow-shaped pavilion bridge, called Mukaibashi, is placed on the central axis, dividing the pond in two. The combination of bedrock and the waterfall, is a classic Muso Soseki touch.
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  • Doji-en at Toyota Municipal Museum of Art - an art museum that opened in 1995 in Toyota City. The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi one of the leading architects of modern Japan. The tea room of the Dojien on the museum grounds was also designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, a modern Sukiya architecture that is rare among his works. An open-air garden with beautiful moss spreads out. The landscape complements Taniguchi-style modernist architecture. The stone pavement of natural stones in front of the museum, the water basin garden that reflects the sky at the top of the slope. The tea garden Doujien is named after Mt. Doji in a purely Japanese-style building despite the ultra modern museum architecture of its domain.
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  • Sakudari Kannon is the 21st of Aizu's 33 Kannon pilgrimage sites is Sakudari Kannon of Rinzaishu Sakudariyama Kannon-ji Temple.  This is a unique three-story structure that was built by cutting into the stone on a mountainside. It is a scenic spot from which Mount Bandai can be viewed from the edge of the veranda and the Okawa River can be viewed below. This hall is thought to have been built by the monk Tokuitsu in 830.Stories about the hidden stone Buddhist statues continue to be told to this day.
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  • Sakudari Kannon is the 21st of Aizu's 33 Kannon pilgrimage sites is Sakudari Kannon of Rinzaishu Sakudariyama Kannon-ji Temple.  This is a unique three-story structure that was built by cutting into the stone on a mountainside. It is a scenic spot from which Mount Bandai can be viewed from the edge of the veranda and the Okawa River can be viewed below. This hall is thought to have been built by the monk Tokuitsu in 830.Stories about the hidden stone Buddhist statues continue to be told to this day.
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  • Rinkaku is the teahouse within the main enclosure of Aizuwakamatsu Castle - also known as Tsuruga Castle. It is a Japanese tea room that is said to have been built by Sen-no-Rikyu's child, Sen Shoan.  The tea room that Sen Shoan built here during his stay in Aizu is Rinkaku" After that, Shoan returned to Kyoto to revive the tea ceremony, and his son and grandson handed it down to the present day as the Omotesenke, Urasenke and MushakojisenkeIt schols of tea ceremony. is designated as an important cultural property by Fukushima Prefecture.
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  • Oyakuen Garden was built by the feudal lords of Aizu -  these were medicinal gardens for Aizu domain. Its name is derived from the circuit style garden that incorporates the pond shaped like the Chinese character for heart or kokoro in its design, and the adjacent medicinal garden grows a variety of medicinal herbs.. Oyakuen is a daimyo garden built for  the lord of the Aizu domain during the Edo period.  The garden was designed by Meguro Josei, a disciple of Kobori Enshu.  It is now officially called Aizu Matsudaira Garden though locals and maps still call it Oyakuen.  The current daimyo garden was created in 1696 and its scale was expanded from the original Shin-ji pond by Meguro Jyosei, and became this tsukiyama-izumi style garden, which was the standard for daimyo gardens in the Edo period. Oyakuen has been listed as a nationally designated scenic spot.
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  • Kagetsutei Garden Museum - the Japanese garden that opened in 2018 after renovation of the sake brewery Nabe Sanhonten formerly owned by the Hoshino family.  The sake brewery and garden have been here since the Edo period. The guest room and storehouse built in the early Showa period are nationally registered cultural properties, and the garden is said to have been created by Meguro Jyosei, who also designed nearby Oyakuen.  It is a pond spring strolling garden composed mainly of two artificial hills, with an atmosphere that is certainly similar to that of Oyakuen. Meguro was a disciple of renowned garden designed Kobori Enshu.
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  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-12.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-13.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
    homare-sake-garden-07.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
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  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-21.jpg
  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
    hayama-no-mori-16.jpg
  • Rinkaku is the teahouse within the main enclosure of Aizuwakamatsu Castle - also known as Tsuruga Castle. It is a Japanese tea room that is said to have been built by Sen-no-Rikyu's child, Sen Shoan.  The tea room that Sen Shoan built here during his stay in Aizu is Rinkaku" After that, Shoan returned to Kyoto to revive the tea ceremony, and his son and grandson handed it down to the present day as the Omotesenke, Urasenke and MushakojisenkeIt schols of tea ceremony. is designated as an important cultural property by Fukushima Prefecture.
    rinkaku-04.jpg
  • Miyaizumi Sake Brewery has been turned into the Aizu Sake Museum., behind its facility is a small Japanese pond garden that is not on the sake tour but visitors often visit it before or after sake tasting or on hte sake tour.
    miyaizumi-sake-garden-4.jpg
  • Miyaizumi Sake Brewery has been turned into the Aizu Sake Museum., behind its facility is a small Japanese pond garden that is not on the sake tour but visitors often visit it before or after sake tasting or on hte sake tour.
    miyaizumi-sake-garden-3.jpg
  • Oyakuen Garden was built by the feudal lords of Aizu -  these were medicinal gardens for Aizu domain. Its name is derived from the circuit style garden that incorporates the pond shaped like the Chinese character for heart or kokoro in its design, and the adjacent medicinal garden grows a variety of medicinal herbs.. Oyakuen is a daimyo garden built for  the lord of the Aizu domain during the Edo period.  The garden was designed by Meguro Josei, a disciple of Kobori Enshu.  It is now officially called Aizu Matsudaira Garden though locals and maps still call it Oyakuen.  The current daimyo garden was created in 1696 and its scale was expanded from the original Shin-ji pond by Meguro Jyosei, and became this tsukiyama-izumi style garden, which was the standard for daimyo gardens in the Edo period. Oyakuen has been listed as a nationally designated scenic spot.
    oyakuen-15.jpg
  • Oyakuen Garden was built by the feudal lords of Aizu -  these were medicinal gardens for Aizu domain. Its name is derived from the circuit style garden that incorporates the pond shaped like the Chinese character for heart or kokoro in its design, and the adjacent medicinal garden grows a variety of medicinal herbs.. Oyakuen is a daimyo garden built for  the lord of the Aizu domain during the Edo period.  The garden was designed by Meguro Josei, a disciple of Kobori Enshu.  It is now officially called Aizu Matsudaira Garden though locals and maps still call it Oyakuen.  The current daimyo garden was created in 1696 and its scale was expanded from the original Shin-ji pond by Meguro Jyosei, and became this tsukiyama-izumi style garden, which was the standard for daimyo gardens in the Edo period. Oyakuen has been listed as a nationally designated scenic spot.
    oyakuen-10.jpg
  • Oyakuen Garden was built by the feudal lords of Aizu -  these were medicinal gardens for Aizu domain. Its name is derived from the circuit style garden that incorporates the pond shaped like the Chinese character for heart or kokoro in its design, and the adjacent medicinal garden grows a variety of medicinal herbs.. Oyakuen is a daimyo garden built for  the lord of the Aizu domain during the Edo period.  The garden was designed by Meguro Josei, a disciple of Kobori Enshu.  It is now officially called Aizu Matsudaira Garden though locals and maps still call it Oyakuen.  The current daimyo garden was created in 1696 and its scale was expanded from the original Shin-ji pond by Meguro Jyosei, and became this tsukiyama-izumi style garden, which was the standard for daimyo gardens in the Edo period. Oyakuen has been listed as a nationally designated scenic spot.
    oyakuen-07.jpg
  • Oyakuen Garden was built by the feudal lords of Aizu -  these were medicinal gardens for Aizu domain. Its name is derived from the circuit style garden that incorporates the pond shaped like the Chinese character for heart or kokoro in its design, and the adjacent medicinal garden grows a variety of medicinal herbs.. Oyakuen is a daimyo garden built for  the lord of the Aizu domain during the Edo period.  The garden was designed by Meguro Josei, a disciple of Kobori Enshu.  It is now officially called Aizu Matsudaira Garden though locals and maps still call it Oyakuen.  The current daimyo garden was created in 1696 and its scale was expanded from the original Shin-ji pond by Meguro Jyosei, and became this tsukiyama-izumi style garden, which was the standard for daimyo gardens in the Edo period. Oyakuen has been listed as a nationally designated scenic spot.
    oyakuen-05.jpg
  • Ouchi-juku prospered as a post town on an important road connecting Aizu Wakamatsu City and Nikko during the Edo period. Even today, private homes with thatched roofs proliferate,; shopkeepers typically live in their stores. In 1981, Ouchi Juku was designated as a nationally important traditional buildings preservation district. In order to pass on the landscape to future children, a resident charter was created on the three principles of "do not sell, do not lend, do not destroy" so as to preserve the landscape with traditional thatch roofing. Traditional thatched roofs are maintained by the villagers by means of their own conservation activities - the villagers work together centered on craftsmen called Kayate who has specialized skills. Thatched roof is made up of Japanese pampas grass - cool in the summer and warm in the winter, but it is very vulnerable to fire and spreads quickly once it burns. Therefore, in the village of Ouchi-juku, water is discharged by giant sprays every year on September 1.
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  • Kumakami-en at Nyohoji Temple - The garden is a fairly modern composition made up of sculpted shrubbery around a small pond.   There is also a dry zen garden further within the compound though the pond shrub garden is its main feature  ocated in front of the Niomon and Sanmon gates.  This is a pond-style garden with a view of the temple. Nyoho-ji is a historical temple that is said to have been built in 807, when the Heian period has just begun.  Nyohoji is part of the Shingon Buddhist sect, and performs ceremonies and memorial services for the community, as well as education.
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  • Kumakami-en at Nyohoji Temple - The garden is a fairly modern composition made up of sculpted shrubbery around a small pond.   There is also a dry zen garden further within the compound though the pond shrub garden is its main feature  ocated in front of the Niomon and Sanmon gates.  This is a pond-style garden with a view of the temple. Nyoho-ji is a historical temple that is said to have been built in 807, when the Heian period has just begun.  Nyohoji is part of the Shingon Buddhist sect, and performs ceremonies and memorial services for the community, as well as education.
    nyohoji-3.jpg
  • Kumakami-en at Nyohoji Temple - The garden is a fairly modern composition made up of sculpted shrubbery around a small pond.   There is also a dry zen garden further within the compound though the pond shrub garden is its main feature  ocated in front of the Niomon and Sanmon gates.  This is a pond-style garden with a view of the temple. Nyoho-ji is a historical temple that is said to have been built in 807, when the Heian period has just begun.  Nyohoji is part of the Shingon Buddhist sect, and performs ceremonies and memorial services for the community, as well as education.
    nyohoji-1.jpg
  • Mogami Yoshiaki Historical Museum Garden is a museum dedicated to the Sengoku daimyo Mogami Yoshiaki and the Mogami family, located at the entrance to the Higashi-Otemon Gate of Kajo Park - the site of Yamagata Castle. As a frontal centerpiece there is a Japanese garden with a pond spring arranged in a strolling style, which is characterized by stonework.  The museum was opened in 1989.
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  • Kozenji is a temple built by Mogami Yoshiaki. In the precincts, there is a graveyard of Mogami Yoshiaki and a pond garden - a scenic spot designated by Yamagata City. <br />
Behind the main hall is the Enshu style Shin-ji Pond garden, built in the early Edo period said to be one of the oldest gardens in Yamagata prefecture. In the pond, there are several islands centered on stonework, moss and decorated with azaleas. 
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  • Kozenji is a temple built by Mogami Yoshiaki. In the precincts, there is a graveyard of Mogami Yoshiaki and a pond garden - a scenic spot designated by Yamagata City. <br />
Behind the main hall is the Enshu style Shin-ji Pond garden, built in the early Edo period said to be one of the oldest gardens in Yamagata prefecture. In the pond, there are several islands centered on stonework, moss and decorated with azaleas. 
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  • Kagetsutei Garden Museum - the Japanese garden that opened in 2018 after renovation of the sake brewery Nabe Sanhonten formerly owned by the Hoshino family.  The sake brewery and garden have been here since the Edo period. The guest room and storehouse built in the early Showa period are nationally registered cultural properties, and the garden is said to have been created by Meguro Jyosei, who also designed nearby Oyakuen.  It is a pond spring strolling garden composed mainly of two artificial hills, with an atmosphere that is certainly similar to that of Oyakuen. Meguro was a disciple of renowned garden designed Kobori Enshu.
    kagetsutei-1.jpg
  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
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  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
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  • Unrei-an is a Japanese garden found within the compound of Aizu Homare Shuzo Sake distillery.  The garden was created during the Showa period.  This garden was started by the founder Kosaku Karahashi, and the name Unrei-an comes from the view of the summit of Mt. Bandai from the clouds as a borrowed landscape.  Visitors may freely stroll around the garden, and also sample more than 10 types of sake at the adjacent sake brewing facility. It was named Unrei-an by Dr. Tetsuo Watanuki because you can see the summit of Mt. Bandai in the background of the garden . It is built using the vast virgin forest so there are plentiful zelkova, pine, maple, cherry trees in each season. The sake here has won many awards and is given as gifts to VIPs visiting Japan.
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  • 21st Century Memorial Park Hayama no Mori is adjacent to Hayama Park selected as one of the 100 Best Historical Parks in Japan.  There is a Japanese garden area, a tea room Mugen-an, and a Sukiya-style architecture Foot Sanso.  In the beautiful Japanese garden where the seasons change, there is a tea ceremony room, a tea ceremony room, and hermitage that can be used for tea ceremony and flower arrangement. It is a sukiya-zukuri building that was set up for the purpose of improving technology while inheriting the traditions and culture of Japan
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  • Hakurotei White Dew Garden is a garden that can easily be visited as it now serves as the front of the Fukushima District Court, just off Aizuwakamatsu Castle, also known as Tsuruga Castle. An Enshu-style pond-viewing garden that was built in the mansion of the Aizu clan chief.  This garden retains the remnants of the past, such as cutting stones and azaleas on the slope, and is lined with tall trees such as cedar and azalea, and is designated as a green space designated as a natural landscape in Aizuwakamatsu City as the entrance to Tsuruga Castle.
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  • Hakurotei White Dew Garden is a garden that can easily be visited as it now serves as the front of the Fukushima District Court, just off Aizuwakamatsu Castle, also known as Tsuruga Castle. An Enshu-style pond-viewing garden that was built in the mansion of the Aizu clan chief.  This garden retains the remnants of the past, such as cutting stones and azaleas on the slope, and is lined with tall trees such as cedar and azalea, and is designated as a green space designated as a natural landscape in Aizuwakamatsu City as the entrance to Tsuruga Castle.
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  • Aizu Samurai Residence and Garden is a historical building that has preserved the domain of Nakahata Jinya as an important cultural property designated by Fukushima Prefecture, including the restoration of the residence of Saigo Tanomo the chief retainer of the Aizu clan. This is more of an historical theme park, than a garden, but it does contain a history museum, a hands-on workshop and a restaurant.  The old mansion and the tea room Rinnan-an Rinkaku - a tea room created by Sen no Rikyu's son, Shoan are restored buildings, as well as the thatched-roofed former Nakahata Jinya that was relocated to this area in 1837.
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  • Aizu Samurai Residence and Garden is a historical building that has preserved the domain of Nakahata Jinya as an important cultural property designated by Fukushima Prefecture, including the restoration of the residence of Saigo Tanomo the chief retainer of the Aizu clan. This is more of an historical theme park, than a garden, but it does contain a history museum, a hands-on workshop and a restaurant.  The old mansion and the tea room Rinnan-an Rinkaku - a tea room created by Sen no Rikyu's son, Shoan are restored buildings, as well as the thatched-roofed former Nakahata Jinya that was relocated to this area in 1837.
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  • Toyanogata Park Garden is a Niigata city park located on the shores of Lake Toyanogata.  It is called Healing Garden by locals as it is a popular spot for jogging, yoga and tai chi events in the community.  Water has been integrated into the landscape taking advantage of its location on the shore of the lake, from Shukei Pond to the stream. The garden has three different types of bridges over the pond and streams. The garden is composed around a pond dominated by a large stone bridge studded with elements such as stone lanterns, yukitsuri, continuity of waterfalls from the stream.  In this way, The garden expresses the watery city of Niigata.  The garden was designed by the Comprehensive Design Institute.
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  • Tenjuen Japanese Pond Garden, adjacent to the Chinese garden, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.  Tenjuen Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style.
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  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
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  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
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  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
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  • Tenjuen Chinese Garden is the result of a collaboration between Kinsaku Nakane and Togo Murano a representative architect of Showa Japan. It is a garden where both masters collaborated.  The garden was created to show gratitude to the Chinese over the grace of Japanese orphans left behind on the continent after World War II.  designed and constructed by the Beijing Municipal Forestry Bureau, where garden stones and building materials are also brought from China composed of eight scenic areas reminiscent of the gate of a mansion, following the former court gardens of China  After the Japanese garden Suiishien was created in Beijing in 1984, this garden was completed as a sister Chinese garden on the Japanese side. Therefore, about half of the entire garden follows a Chinese style. The Japanese pond garden, adjacent, is composed of an artificial hill plus a pond strolling garden. Traditional Japanese garden elements include a powerful three-tiered waterfall in the southeastern part of the garden, a tortoise island floating in a pond, and numerous pine trees.
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  • Saito Family Bettei Garden is a villa built in the Taisho era by Kijuro Saito, a businessman who was said to be one of the three major conglomerates in Niigata. The garden is a nationally designated scenic spot that was created by gardeners Ikujiro Matsumoto and Kamekichi Matsumoto.  The Saito family made a name for themselves as a wealthy merchants in Niigata since the Edo period, and in modern times made a fortune in the shipping industry and bank management. Kijuro Saito, the 4th generation, acquired this site, which was the site of the Hottaro and Shimaseikan restaurants with beautiful gardens built in the Meiji era, from 1916.  A mansion and a garden were built and used as a villa, with a guest house, and garden.  The garden, which occupies about 4,500 square meters, is composed of an artificial hill made by skillfully utilizing the slope of the sand dunes from the nearby Sea of Japan. 
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  • Saito Family Bettei Garden is a villa built in the Taisho era by Kijuro Saito, a businessman who was said to be one of the three major conglomerates in Niigata. The garden is a nationally designated scenic spot that was created by gardeners Ikujiro Matsumoto and Kamekichi Matsumoto.  The Saito family made a name for themselves as a wealthy merchants in Niigata since the Edo period, and in modern times made a fortune in the shipping industry and bank management. Kijuro Saito, the 4th generation, acquired this site, which was the site of the Hottaro and Shimaseikan restaurants with beautiful gardens built in the Meiji era, from 1916.  A mansion and a garden were built and used as a villa, with a guest house, and garden.  The garden, which occupies about 4,500 square meters, is composed of an artificial hill made by skillfully utilizing the slope of the sand dunes from the nearby Sea of Japan. 
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  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
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  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
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  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
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  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
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  • Rinkokaku Garden is composed of has a vast, flowing garden in front of the main building at Rinkokaku -  this Ikezumi strolling Japanese garden integrated with Rinkokaku and was rebuilt in 2008 and annexed to Maebashi Park. Sachinoike Pond, the centerpiece of this garden is shaped in the form of Gunma prefecture. Rinkokaku itself is a vast Japanese-style wooden building, and an important cultural property designated by the country, consisting of a main building, annex and a tea room.  The main building was built as a guest house in 1897 with the cooperation of the Gunma Prefectural Ordinance, Motohiko Katori and volunteers in the city. The traditional teahouse was also completed in 1897 by Genbei Imai, a palace carpenter in Kyoto.  The annex is a Shoin-style building built as a guesthouse.
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  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
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  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
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  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
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  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
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  • Northern Culture Museum Niitsu Branch is a museum of wealthy farmers representing Niigata. There are more than 20 registered tangible cultural property buildings left by the Ito family, a wealthy farmer in the area, on a large site.  The main building has a wonderful pond-viewing garden which is the showcase of the facility.  The garden was created by Tatami Tanaka - the gardener who restored Ginkakuji in Kyoto and also restored the nationally designated scenic spot Saito Family Bettei Garden in Niigata City.  The garden was created in the early Showa period.  The Northern Culture Museum also has the Niigata Annex, which is a registered tangible cultural property in Niigata City although it must be said that the Niitsu branch of the museum garden is far superior in scope and quality.
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  • Honma Museum Garden and adjacent Seienkaku Villa and accompanying Kakubuen Gardens are an excellent spot. Kakubuen Gardens that lead you to the villa named Seienkaku. Take a stroll around the garden, and be sure to notice the circular rock, which when viewed through shows the Tohoku Region’s very own Mt. Fuji, Mt. Chokai. The garden and villa were originally constructed in 1813 as a holiday home for the head of the Honma family, a prominent merchant family in the area whose residence can be visited in a different part of the town. The traditional strolling garden is composed of a central pond and a winding network of trails that provide constantly changing, scenic views.
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  • Honma Museum Garden and adjacent Seienkaku Villa and accompanying Kakubuen Gardens are an excellent spot. Kakubuen Gardens that lead you to the villa named Seienkaku. Take a stroll around the garden, and be sure to notice the circular rock, which when viewed through shows the Tohoku Region’s very own Mt. Fuji, Mt. Chokai. The garden and villa were originally constructed in 1813 as a holiday home for the head of the Honma family, a prominent merchant family in the area whose residence can be visited in a different part of the town. The traditional strolling garden is composed of a central pond and a winding network of trails that provide constantly changing, scenic views.
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  • Honma Museum Garden and adjacent Seienkaku Villa and accompanying Kakubuen Gardens are an excellent spot. Kakubuen Gardens that lead you to the villa named Seienkaku. Take a stroll around the garden, and be sure to notice the circular rock, which when viewed through shows the Tohoku Region’s very own Mt. Fuji, Mt. Chokai. The garden and villa were originally constructed in 1813 as a holiday home for the head of the Honma family, a prominent merchant family in the area whose residence can be visited in a different part of the town. The traditional strolling garden is composed of a central pond and a winding network of trails that provide constantly changing, scenic views.
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  • Hisuien Jade Garden  - A 70 ton boulder of cobalt jade greets you as you enter the gate to this beautifully-landscaped Japanese garden. The site area is 17,000 square meters - the garden is composed of three waterfalls, a wandering pond with curving waterways with a pine forest in the background. It is an elegant strolling garden using megaliths and many large stones. Spring begins with red plums and white plums, followed by fresh greenery and satsuki, followed by moss in the rainy season, autumn leaves of Enkianthus perulatus and maple leaves, and a snowy landscape in winter.  The garden was created by Nakane Kinsaku, and its sister garden nearby Gyokusuien was also created by Nakane.  Hisuien Jade Garden opened in 1978
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  • Hisuien Jade Garden  - A 70 ton boulder of cobalt jade greets you as you enter the gate to this beautifully-landscaped Japanese garden. The site area is 17,000 square meters - the garden is composed of three waterfalls, a wandering pond with curving waterways with a pine forest in the background. It is an elegant strolling garden using megaliths and many large stones. Spring begins with red plums and white plums, followed by fresh greenery and satsuki, followed by moss in the rainy season, autumn leaves of Enkianthus perulatus and maple leaves, and a snowy landscape in winter.  The garden was created by Nakane Kinsaku, and its sister garden nearby Gyokusuien was also created by Nakane.  Hisuien Jade Garden opened in 1978
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  • Hakusan Park Garden is a city park in Niigata City built by the Niigata Prefectural Ordinance at the beginning of the Meiji era, and was converted into a park by Daijo-kan Futatsu.  It was selected as a nationally designated scenic spot in 2018 and it is renowned for being one of the 100 Best Urban Parks in Japan.  The site of the current Hakusan Park is the precincts of Hakusan Shrine next door, which was originally built in the Heian period.  Yankikan Yushintei teahouse was relocated to Hakusan Park in the Heisei era, and is a nationally registered tangible cultural property as the Tsubamekan a former Saito family residence.
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  • Hakusan Park Garden is a city park in Niigata City built by the Niigata Prefectural Ordinance at the beginning of the Meiji era, and was converted into a park by Daijo-kan Futatsu.  It was selected as a nationally designated scenic spot in 2018 and it is renowned for being one of the 100 Best Urban Parks in Japan.  The site of the current Hakusan Park is the precincts of Hakusan Shrine next door, which was originally built in the Heian period.  Yankikan Yushintei teahouse was relocated to Hakusan Park in the Heisei era, and is a nationally registered tangible cultural property as the Tsubamekan a former Saito family residence.
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  • Hakusan Park Garden is a city park in Niigata City built by the Niigata Prefectural Ordinance at the beginning of the Meiji era, and was converted into a park by Daijo-kan Futatsu.  It was selected as a nationally designated scenic spot in 2018 and it is renowned for being one of the 100 Best Urban Parks in Japan.  The site of the current Hakusan Park is the precincts of Hakusan Shrine next door, which was originally built in the Heian period.  Yankikan Yushintei teahouse was relocated to Hakusan Park in the Heisei era, and is a nationally registered tangible cultural property as the Tsubamekan a former Saito family residence.
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  • Hakusan Park Garden is a city park in Niigata City built by the Niigata Prefectural Ordinance at the beginning of the Meiji era, and was converted into a park by Daijo-kan Futatsu.  It was selected as a nationally designated scenic spot in 2018 and it is renowned for being one of the 100 Best Urban Parks in Japan.  The site of the current Hakusan Park is the precincts of Hakusan Shrine next door, which was originally built in the Heian period.  Yankikan Yushintei teahouse was relocated to Hakusan Park in the Heisei era, and is a nationally registered tangible cultural property as the Tsubamekan a former Saito family residence.
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  • Hakusan Park Garden is a city park in Niigata City built by the Niigata Prefectural Ordinance at the beginning of the Meiji era, and was converted into a park by Daijo-kan Futatsu.  It was selected as a nationally designated scenic spot in 2018 and it is renowned for being one of the 100 Best Urban Parks in Japan.  The site of the current Hakusan Park is the precincts of Hakusan Shrine next door, which was originally built in the Heian period.  Yankikan Yushintei teahouse was relocated to Hakusan Park in the Heisei era, and is a nationally registered tangible cultural property as the Tsubamekan a former Saito family residence.
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  • Gyokusuien Garden - Gyokusuien is a pond-viewing garden with a view of the mountains behind it - the scale is like a strolling garden, created by Kinsaku Nakane. The garden located adjacent to the Tanimura Art Museum. Gyokusuien is a pond-viewing garden with a view of the mountains behind it - using Itoigawa’s natural landscape to create living art which grows and changes with each passing season.  Adjacent to the garden is the renowned Tanimura Art Museum, designed by modernist architect Togo Murano in collaboration with Nakane Kinsaku.  The two also collaborated on other projects: nearby Hisuien Jade Garden and Tenjuen in Niigata City.
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  • Gyokusuien Garden - Gyokusuien is a pond-viewing garden with a view of the mountains behind it - the scale is like a strolling garden, created by Kinsaku Nakane. The garden located adjacent to the Tanimura Art Museum. Gyokusuien is a pond-viewing garden with a view of the mountains behind it - using Itoigawa’s natural landscape to create living art which grows and changes with each passing season.  Adjacent to the garden is the renowned Tanimura Art Museum, designed by modernist architect Togo Murano in collaboration with Nakane Kinsaku.  The two also collaborated on other projects: nearby Hisuien Jade Garden and Tenjuen in Niigata City.
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  • Shokokuji Temple Kaisando Garden - Shokoku-ji occupies a vast area of northern Kyoto with many sub-temples under its dominion. In addition to the main hall Hojo gardens, the Kaisando next door is really the showcase of Shokokuji gardens. The Kaisando front garden is dedicated to Muso Soseki a prominent figure in Japanese Buddhism and forerunner of Japanese garden design. The two tiered Ryubuchimizu-no- Niwa garden has white sand in the foreground and moss at the base of maple trees in back.  The Kaisando garden has been listed as a National Important Property by the Japanese government. 
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  • Shokokuji Temple Kaisando Garden - Shokoku-ji occupies a vast area of northern Kyoto with many sub-temples under its dominion. In addition to the main hall Hojo gardens, the Kaisando next door is really the showcase of Shokokuji gardens. The Kaisando front garden is dedicated to Muso Soseki a prominent figure in Japanese Buddhism and forerunner of Japanese garden design. The two tiered Ryubuchimizu-no- Niwa garden has white sand in the foreground and moss at the base of maple trees in back.  The Kaisando garden has been listed as a National Important Property by the Japanese government. 
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  • Shokokuji Temple Kaisando Garden - Shokoku-ji occupies a vast area of northern Kyoto with many sub-temples under its dominion. In addition to the main hall Hojo gardens, the Kaisando next door is really the showcase of Shokokuji gardens. The Kaisando front garden is dedicated to Muso Soseki a prominent figure in Japanese Buddhism and forerunner of Japanese garden design. The two tiered Ryubuchimizu-no- Niwa garden has white sand in the foreground and moss at the base of maple trees in back.  The Kaisando garden has been listed as a National Important Property by the Japanese government. 
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  • Koshoji Temple Garden - Koshoji was the first Zen Buddhist temple of the Soto sect in Japan, which was opened by Dogen Zen Master during the Kamakura period. The official name is "Buddha Tokuyama Kannon Doriin Koshohorinzenji". The garden and the approach Kotozaka are designated scenic spots by Kyoto Prefecture.  In the front garden, the 13-storied pagoda, which was once placed in the nearby Uji River, was moved to the temple. This was built in the Kamakura period and is said to be the largest and oldest existing stone pagoda in Japan. The Shoin Garden is located back of the temple and is a pond-viewing garden that makes use of the background slope, some of the stonework and also the moss composition may be of a more modern composition. 
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  • Westin Kyoto Garden  - The Aoiden Garden and Kasuien Garden were created by the 7th generation of Ogawa Jihei Ueji and his son - 8th generation  - Ogawa Shirayo a landscape architect representing modern Kyoto.  Kasuien was renovated in 2020 by Hiroshi Nakamura.  Originally, Kasuien is where the villa Kiyoura of the Prime Minister Kiyoura Keigo in the Taisho era was built -  the garden was also created at the time of its construction. This is a pond garden that creates a stream by flowing water while making the best use of the natural bedrock and the unevenness of the rock wall.  Miyako Hotel is also close to Yamagata's villa. After the death of Kiyoura, it was donated to the Miyako Hotel, and the current Sukiya-style annex Kasuien was built by Togo Murano. The dry garden part of the white sand was added by Togo Murano.
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  • Shokokuji Temple Garden - Shokoku-ji occupies a vast area of northern Kyoto with many sub-temples under its dominion.  The main hall’s gardens  on the southern side, a large austere Omotesando Garden is composed only of white sand karesansui in the karesansui style, that does not prepare the visitor for the fabulous Urakata moss garden on the north side, that makes use of moss and a withered stream that brings depth to the whole and contrasts between dry stones and wet moss. 
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  • Shogunzuka Seiryudan Dainichi-do Garden - one of the very finest in Kyoto, sits on top of Mt Higashiyama and is well known for its viewing deck of the city below. The Seiryuden garden is a strolling garden but with many twists and turns, leading the visitor down mossy pathways, past a Zen dry garden, the distant view of Mt Nishiyama, and a stunning view of Kyoto underneath it all. This vast undertaking, back in the Muromachi period, it is clear that this was a monumental undertaking given the resources of the times. The dry karesansui garden, a masterpiece of its kind, was created by Nakane Kinsaku.
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  • Shogunzuka Seiryudan Dainichi-do Garden - one of the very finest in Kyoto, sits on top of Mt Higashiyama and is well known for its viewing deck of the city below. The Seiryuden garden is a strolling garden but with many twists and turns, leading the visitor down mossy pathways, past a Zen dry garden, the distant view of Mt Nishiyama, and a stunning view of Kyoto underneath it all. This vast undertaking, back in the Muromachi period, it is clear that this was a monumental undertaking given the resources of the times. The dry karesansui garden, a masterpiece of its kind, was created by Nakane Kinsaku.
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  • Ryosukuin Garden - Ryosukuin is a part of the vast Kenninji Temple Complex.  Here, a few gardens have been created since the Momoyama period% The front Hojo garden is composed of moss, which the temple calls its Momoyama Garden. However, the main garden is the Shoin Front Garden which is an ikezumi strolling garden, which has been designated as a Kyoto Prefecture Scenic Spot. Ryosokuin was founded in the Muromachi period by Zen master Tatsuyama Tokumi.
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  • Kyoto Prefectural Guest House Garden - This small garden centers around a carp pond with an overlooking teahouse up on a hill in the background. There is a small waterfall that cascades into the pond from an artificial hill in the northeast corner. Natural stepping stones surround the pond, leading up to the teahouse. Both the garden and teahouse were designed and created by landscape architect Masuno Shunmyo.
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  • Kyoto Prefectural Guest House Garden - This small garden centers around a carp pond with an overlooking teahouse up on a hill in the background. There is a small waterfall that cascades into the pond from an artificial hill in the northeast corner. Natural stepping stones surround the pond, leading up to the teahouse. Both the garden and teahouse were designed and created by landscape architect Masuno Shunmyo.
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  • Kyoto Prefectural Guest House Garden - This small garden centers around a carp pond with an overlooking teahouse up on a hill in the background. There is a small waterfall that cascades into the pond from an artificial hill in the northeast corner. Natural stepping stones surround the pond, leading up to the teahouse. Both the garden and teahouse were designed and created by landscape architect Masuno Shunmyo.
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  • Kyoto Prefectural Guest House Garden - This small garden centers around a carp pond with an overlooking teahouse up on a hill in the background. There is a small waterfall that cascades into the pond from an artificial hill in the northeast corner. Natural stepping stones surround the pond, leading up to the teahouse. Both the garden and teahouse were designed and created by landscape architect Masuno Shunmyo.
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  • Kyocera Museum Garden - the museum and garden were founded in 1933, occupying the large space of a product display facility that the city acquired. The pond garden behind the museum was designed and created by Ogawa Jihei,the 7th generation of this celebrated family of Japanese garden masters. In this Meiji period garden, the pond makes use of Lake Biwa Canal water and uses Higashiyama hills as a backdrop. 
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  • Kogenji Temple Garden - known as Kosho-no-Niwa makes use of Arashiyama as borrowed scenery. The dry karesansui garden in front of the main hall was created by Sone Zouen , has the nickname of Tiger Garden because of a poem written about it: “the cloud occurs, and the tiger is struck by the wind”, The composition of the dry garden in harmony with maple trees and cherry trees makes this one of the best in Arashiyama. 
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  • Gokonomiya Shrine Garden - Kobori Enshu, a renowned tea master and garden designer, arrived at Fushimi Magistrates office, next to this shrine,. The shogun, impressed with his work, took on Enshu. After WWII, the stones were moved to Gokonomiua Shrine and KinsakunNakane recreated the garden faithful to Kobori Enshu style,  in the background, plants dominate and an artificial hill and dead waterfall are found on opposite sides of the surface, represented by Shirakawa sand. Otherwise, the shrine is known for its healing properties and serves as a focus point for the entire neighborhood.
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