Japanese Garden Directory (For prefectures beginning with A through Ku)

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Prefecture Garden Name Sub-Garden of City Comments
Aichi Myogon-ji     An Edo Period garden containing three mounds which represent the Amida Buddha and his attendants.
  Uraku-en Joan      
  Manko-ji      
  Ninomura Koen   Nagoya Located just east of Nagoya Castle, it is one of the few remaining castle gardens in Japan.
         
Akita Yosan-ji      
         
Aomori Seibi-en     This Meiji Period garden is a blend of old and new. The garden is a traditional dry garden, but the architecture of the main structure in the garden is western.
  Zuirakuen   Hirosaki  
  Yokien   Hirosaki  
         
Chiba        
         
Ehime Hokoku-ji      
         
Fukui Mantoku-ji     An Edo Period garden with an area of gravel raked in parallel lines to create a feeling of vastness.
  Ichijodani-Asakura Garden     A Muromachi Period, two tiered garden which was the former residence of the Asakura Shogun. A waterfall in the upper garden cascades into the lower area.
         
Fukuoka Ohori Park Japanese Gardens   Fukuoka Ohori Park was constructed during the years from 1927 to 1929 for the East Asian Expo. The Japanese garden was built in 1977 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Ohori Park. The garden covers 1.2 hectares and has two major parts. At the center of the southern garden is a large pond bordered by a large rock and tree covered mound with a stream and a waterfall. A smaller garden on the north is a dry garden known as a karesansui.
  Sennyo-ji      
         
Fukushima Oyakuen   Aizu-Wakamatsu An Edo Period garden famous for its twin waterfalls and for its collection of herbs used in Chinese medicine.
         
Gifu Eihou-ji      
         
Gumma        
         
Hiroshima Shukkei-en   Hiroshima Construction began on the garden in 1620. It includes a pond which is a small replica of a famous lake in China - Si Hu.
         
Hyogo Sorakuen   Kobe  
         
Ibaraki Honkyo-ji      
  Kairakuen   Mito An Edo Period garden said to be one of the three most celebrated gardens in Japan. It's perhaps best known for its beautiful flowering plums in early spring.
         
Ishikawa Gyokusen-en   Kanazawa  
  Kenrokuen   Kanazawa Described as one of the three most celebrated gardens in Japan. Construction began in 1676. The garden was enlarged in 1774 and finally completed in 1822.
  Shofu-en   Kanazawa  
         
Iwate Motsu-ji   Hiraizumi Heian Period garden of the jodo style. The main feature is several very large stones with one vertical stone strategically placed in the center.
         
Kagawa Ritsurin Koen   Takamatsu This garden which was started in the late 1500s is one of Japan's finest and largest gardens, covering some 150 acres. It was expanded in 1642 and again to its present size some 100 years later.
         
Kagoshima Iso Koen   Kagoshima This garden was built in the mid 1600s and incorporates Kinko and Sakurajima Bays, nest to which it's constructed into its design. From the garden one has a spectacular view of Mt. Sakurajima, an active volcano. Many of the plants in the garden are protected from volcanic ash from the volcano.
         
Kanagawa Zuisen-ji   Kamakura A Kamakura Period garden best known for caves carved into cliffs within the garden.
  Kencho-ji      
  Sankei-en Koen   Yokohama  
         
Kochi        
         
Kumamoto Suizen-ji   Kumamoto An Edo Period on which construction began in 1637. Near the entrance to the garden is a large pond with a mound molded in the shape of Mt. Fuji beyond the pond. The reflection of the miniature Mt. Fuji in the pond is memorable.
         
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