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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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  • 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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  • 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
    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
  • 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
  • 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.
    ouchi-juku-5.jpg
  • 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.
    homare-sake-garden-18.jpg
  • 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.
    hakurotei-3.jpg
  • 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.
    aizu-bukeyashiki-1.jpg
  • 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.
    tenjuan-09.jpg
  • 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.
    Rinkokaku-25.jpg
  • 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.
    Rinkokaku-24.jpg
  • 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.
    Rinkokaku-14.jpg
  • 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.
    northern-culture-niitsu-05.jpg
  • 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.
    honma-museum-garden-05.jpg
  • 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.
    Hakusan-Park-Garden -04.jpg
  • 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. 
    Shokokuji-Temple-Garden-1.jpg
  • 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.
    Shogunzuka-Seiryudan-Garden-07.jpg
  • 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.
    kyoto-prefecture-hall-garden-10.jpg
  • Daikakuji Gosho Garden - Daikaku-ji is often called Sagan Gosho because of its connection with the imperial family as an imperial cloister. It is one of the largest and most important temples in Kyoto. Its Stone Stage, surrounded by a vast dry zen garden, is all that remains of the original Godai-do. Today the Stone Stage is occasionally used for performances of gagaku court music and court dances. Surrounding the garden and court stage, are a series of wooden corridors that are famous for their nightingale squeaksIng sounds, once used as early warning systems for unexpected danger approaching. The Corridor of Village Rain or Murasame-no-Roka- besides is squeaks, has a low ceiling that swords or spears could be swung and cause danger to passing noblemen.
    daikaku-ji-stone-stage-5.jpg
  • Saikenji is a temple of the Soto sect that was built in the Muromachi period. Mr. Toshiaki Masuno worked on the approach to the mountain gate and the plum grove "Plum Grove" .  The temple espouses garden therapy or Horticultural therapy is one of the phytotherapy and has been practiced for a long time in the United States and Europe. For example, all horticultural movements such as sowing, watering, weeding, harvesting, and processing stimulate the five senses, thereby preventing dementia, reducing stress, and expanding the range of movement of the body, resulting in physical and mental health and quality of life (QOL). It has been reported that there is an improvement in. Based on such physiotherapy, various activities are carried out in horticultural therapy and Zen society.
    saikenji-07.jpg
  • Ioji Garden - "Iojiokyu" is an old temple that is said to have been opened by Gyoki Bosatsu under the command of Emperor Shomu during the Nara period. The dry garden is thought to have been created by Kobori Enshu in the early Edo period as he was active in this area at that time, and even left his travel diary at Ioji Temple. The appearance of Satsuki and Azalea planting cut into pieces is quite unique The moss in front of the approach, the guest hall, and the back of the main buildings are also very beautiful - the approach along with the garden is a cultural property of Iwata City.   Ioji îs meticulously maintained and even has sakura cherry blossoms in April a favorite local feature.
    ioji-5.jpg
  • The official name is "Manmatsuyama Ryotanji Zen Temple has a long history, and it is said that Gyoki opened its predecessor, Jizo-ji, in 733 of the Nara period . The name Ryotanji is named after Naomori Ii .  the dry garden in front of the main hall Mt. Potalaka Garden is a relatively new garden created in the Heisei era. The front garden, because of its white sand shape it is popularly known locally as the Lake Hamana Garden.  The main pond-viewing garden on the north side of the main hall is a nationally designated scenic garden created by Kobori Enshu. According to the temple, it was built around 1630. The long horizontal pond is a Shin-ji pond, and the waterfall stone group is represented by a stone group that uses many azaleas, azaleas, and local chert stones in the artificial hill. 
    ryotan-ji-13.jpg
  • Kinsaku Nakane Garden - The courtyard of the Elderly Welfare Center Kosai is a dry garden designed by world-famous landscape architect Kinsaku Nakane.  Nakane dedicated his life to landscape architecture after having been impressed by the beauty of the stone garden of Tenryu-ji in Kyoto.  After moving to Kyoto and his research in the preservation and restoration of antique gardens, he designed and created more than 300 landscape architectural projects.  These were conducted both in Japan and overseas. Mastering landscape gardening techniques on his own, he explored new designs based on the beauty of the classic Japanese gardens.  Nakane said that “Creating garden is like painting on three-dimensional space using materials such as stones and trees.”
    nakane-garden-2.jpg
  • Fukaji Temple was established in 701 A.D. around 1,300 years ago and is thus quiet ancient.  It was set up the legendary priest Gyouki who created a eleven faced Kannon statue here.  Its main garden was designed in the Edo Period. Fuka-ji temple has a secondary though small pond garden behind its main garden with a tiny island in the middle.  The combination of the slope mountain and the water lines projects an elegant natural landscape. The dry waterfall structure is highly evaluated and is designated as a piece of the Shinshiro-city cultural property.
    fuka-ji-03.jpg
  • Enju Toru Garden - Shinjuku City Enju Toryu Garden is a garden maintained by Shinjuku City with the donation of land and maintenance costs from the residents. In response to the donor's desire to create a Japanese-style garden that retains the remnants of Mejiro Cultural Village, it was developed as a garden with waterfalls and streams. In addition to transplanting the original pine trees and plums, we also plant azaleas, maples, and other plants that give the impression of the four seasons.
    Enju-Toru-Garden-1.jpg
  • 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.
    sakudari-kannon-8.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.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-15.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-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-11.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-02.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-22.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-19.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-17.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-12.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-05.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-2.jpg
  • 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.
    sakudari-kannon-5.jpg
  • 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.
    sakudari-kannon-2.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-11.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.
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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.
    oyakuen-09.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.
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  • 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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  • 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.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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.
    mogami-yoshiaki-museum-garden-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.
    mogami-yoshiaki-2.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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  • 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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  • 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.
    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-10.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-08.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
  • 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-06.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-05.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-02.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-01.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
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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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  • Bunshokan is a public cultural facility that uses the grounds of the former Yamagata Prefectural Government Building built in the Taisho era. It is a nationally designated important cultural property. There is a strolling Japanese garden in the front officially known as the Prefectural Government History Green Area.  After the Yamagata Prefectural Office moved to a new building preservation and restoration work of the old prefectural office was carried out. At that time the area around the building was developed as a green park, and the Japanese-style garden that can be seen now was created.  It is now officially known as Kenseishi Ryokuchi Park.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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.
    Toyanogata-01.jpg
  • 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.
    tenjuan-13.jpg
  • 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.
    tenjuan-11.jpg
  • 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.
    tenjuan-10.jpg
  • 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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  • 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.
    Rinkokaku-22.jpg
  • 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.
    Rinkokaku-16.jpg
  • 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.
    Rinkokaku-13.jpg
  • 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.
    Rinkokaku-12.jpg
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