The world is in love with Japanese gardens. The serenity, the beauty, encapsulating the essence of nature in miniature, while allowing Japan’s distinct four seasons to be enjoyed to their fullest. Aichi Prefecture has a number of traditional Japanese gardens for you to enjoy.
Stroll through beautiful Tokugawa-En, the Tokugawa Garden adjoining the Tokugawa Art Museum. Formerly the gardens to the stately retirement home of the lords of Nagoya Castle, the Tokugawa Garden is an enjoyable, relaxing year round beauty spot.
Shirotori Teien Garden is a 3.7 hectare, tranquil, traditional Japanese style garden and gives the visitor a taste of old Japan. Changes in scenery according to the tidal flows, sunlight on the waters and seasons mean that the gardens and their delightful architecture provide different views every visit.
Inuyama’s famed Urakuen Garden is named after the tea-master warrior, Oda Uraku, younger brother of the mighty warlord Oda Nobunaga, and home to Uraku’s National Treasure listed Jo-an teahouse. See the teahouse and other traditional structures amongst the year round captivating beauty of these gardens.
The Edo period samurai, literati and intellectual, Ishaikawa Jozan, was a vassal of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Born in modern-day Anjo City, Ishikawa Jozan was the founder of the Shise-do temple in Kyoto, whose gardens are considered masterworks. The gardens he designed were recreated on the site of his birth in Anjo City, and remain one of the greatest gardens in Japan.
