Discover Japan's Hidden Gems
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Okochi Sanso Garden
A Hilltop Garden with Panoramic Views of Kyoto and Arashiyama
The former villa garden of silent film actor Okochi Denjiro, perched on a hillside above the bamb...
Kenroku-en
One of Japan's Three Great Gardens
Considered one of Japan's three most beautiful landscape gardens, known for six attributes of an ...
Korakuen Garden
One of Japan's top three landscape gardens, featuring elegant lawns, ponds, and tea houses since ...
Yuushien Garden
A Peony Paradise on a Lake Island
A beautiful Japanese garden on Daikonshima island in Lake Nakaumi, famous for its spectacular peo...
Sankeien Garden
A Grand Japanese Garden with Historic Treasures
A spacious traditional Japanese garden built by silk merchant Hara Sankei, featuring 17 historic ...
Tokyo Imperial Palace East Gardens
Historic Gardens on the Grounds of the Imperial Palace
The beautifully maintained former inner citadel of Edo Castle, now open to the public with Japane...
Koko-en Garden
Edo-Style Garden Next to Himeji Castle
A beautifully designed traditional Japanese garden featuring nine separate walled gardens, built ...
Nunobiki Herb Gardens
Hilltop Herb Garden with Panoramic Ropeway Views
Hilltop herb and flower garden reached by a scenic ropeway ride from Shin-Kobe Station, offering ...
Suizenji Garden
Miniature Tokaido Landscape Garden
Exquisite Edo-period strolling garden featuring a miniature reproduction of the 53 stations of th...
Ashikaga Flower Park
Great Wisteria and Seasonal Flower Garden
Famous flower park featuring a 150-year-old Great Wisteria tree and spectacular seasonal illumina...
Kairakuen Garden
One of Japan's Three Great Gardens
One of Japan's Three Great Gardens, Kairakuen is celebrated for its stunning collection of over 3...
Katsura Imperial Villa
Japan's Finest Traditional Garden and Architectural Masterpiece
Widely regarded as Japan's supreme example of traditional garden design and architecture, built i...
Mifuneyama Rakuen
teamLab-Enhanced Historic Garden
Historic 500,000-square-meter garden dating to 1845, famous for seasonal beauty and the immersive...
Nada Kuroiwa Suisenkyo
Cliffside Slope of Five Million Wild Narcissus by the Sea
A steep seaside slope on southern Awaji Island carpeted with around five million wild narcissus t...
Sengan-en Garden
Shimazu Clan's Grand Seaside Villa with Sakurajima Views
Edo-period garden and villa of the Shimazu clan, using Sakurajima volcano and Kinko Bay as borrow...
Shugakuin Imperial Villa
An Imperial Garden Masterpiece with Sweeping Mountain Views
Built in the 1650s by retired Emperor Go-Mizunoo. Three terraced gardens using the Higashiyama mo...
Farm Tomita
Furano's Famous Lavender Fields
Vast lavender fields creating a purple carpet against Hokkaido's rolling hills, with peak bloom i...
Isuien Garden
Exquisite Borrowed Scenery Garden beside Todai-ji
An exquisite Meiji-era strolling garden next to Todai-ji, celebrated for its masterful borrowed s...
Nabana no Sato
Transforming into a wonderland of light each winter, Nabana no Sato hosts Japan's largest illumin...
Rikugien Garden
A Masterpiece of Edo-Period Strolling Garden Design
One of Tokyo's finest Edo-period landscape gardens, built in 1702, featuring a large central pond...