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Kyoto

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...

8 Sagaogurayamatabbuchi-cho, Ukyo-ku,...
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Tochigi

Ashikaga Flower Park

Great Wisteria and Seasonal Flower Garden

Famous flower park featuring a 150-year-old Great Wisteria tree and spectacular seasonal illumina...

607 Hasamacho, Ashikaga, Tochigi 329-...
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Hokkaido

Farm Tomita

Furano's Famous Lavender Fields

Vast lavender fields creating a purple carpet against Hokkaido's rolling hills, with peak bloom i...

Kisen Kita 15-go, Nakafurano-cho, Sor...
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Nara

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...

60 Noborioji-cho, Nara-shi, Nara 630-...
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Ibaraki

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...

1-3-3 Tokiwacho, Mito, Ibaraki 310-0033
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Kyoto

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...

Katsuramisono, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615...
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Ishikawa

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 ...

1 Kenrokumachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 92...
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Hyogo

Koko-en Garden

Edo-Style Garden Next to Himeji Castle

A beautifully designed traditional Japanese garden featuring nine separate walled gardens, built ...

68 Honmachi, Himeji, Hyogo 670-0012
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Okayama

Korakuen Garden

One of Japan's top three landscape gardens, featuring elegant lawns, ponds, and tea houses since ...

1-5 Korakuen, Kita Ward, Okayama 703-...
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Saga

Mifuneyama Rakuen

teamLab-Enhanced Historic Garden

Historic 500,000-square-meter garden dating to 1845, famous for seasonal beauty and the immersive...

4100 Takeo-machi Takeo, Takeo, Saga 8...
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Mie

Nabana no Sato

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Hyogo

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 ...

1-4-3 Kitano-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyog...
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Tokyo

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...

6-16-3 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo ...
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Kagawa

Ritsurin Garden

Japan's Largest Cultural Property Garden

Japan's largest cultural property garden with six ponds, thirteen hills, and over a thousand scul...

1-20-16 Ritsurincho, Takamatsu, Kagaw...
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Kanagawa

Sankeien Garden

A Grand Japanese Garden with Historic Treasures

A spacious traditional Japanese garden built by silk merchant Hara Sankei, featuring 17 historic ...

58-1 Honmoku Sannotani, Naka-ku, Yoko...
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Kagoshima

Sengan-en Garden

Shimazu Clan's Grand Seaside Villa with Sakurajima Views

Magnificent Edo-period garden and villa of the Shimazu clan, using Sakurajima volcano and Kinko B...

9700-1 Yoshino-cho, Kagoshima 892-0871
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Kyoto

Shugakuin Imperial Villa

An Imperial Garden Masterpiece with Sweeping Mountain Views

Built in the 1650s by retired Emperor Go-Mizunoo, this imperial villa features three terraced gar...

Shugakuin Yabusoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 60...
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Kumamoto

Suizenji Garden

Miniature Tokaido Landscape Garden

Exquisite Edo-period strolling garden featuring a miniature reproduction of the 53 stations of th...

8-1 Suizenji Koen, Chuo Ward, Kumamot...
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Tokyo

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...

1-1 Chiyoda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8111
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Tottori

Tottori Hanakairo Flower Park