The garden is located at the south of the Tentoku-in Kyakuden (reception hall). It is designed to create a gentle and peaceful atmosphere with a pond at the center. A crane island and a turtle island are situated as central islands in the pond with stone bridges connecting them. The opposite side of the pond has a natural slope, which is used as a Tsukiyama. The main scenery of the garden is a stone arrangement at the shore to the left, representing a dry waterfall.
cultural property : historic sites and places of scenic beauty as natural monuments
type : places of scenic beauty
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Tentoku-in is said to have been built by the lord of Kaga, Maeda Toshitsune, in 1615 (the early Edo Period), and it is believed that the garden was also created around the same time. Although all the buildings on the premise were burnt down in 1864, in the late Tokugawa Shogunate, the land allotment and the stone arrangements still remain.
The garden is located at the south of Tentoku-in Kyakuden (a reception hall) and designed to create a gentle and peaceful atmosphere. A crane island and a turtle island are situated as central islands in the pond with stone bridges connecting them. The opposite side of the pond is a natural slope, which is used as a Tsukiyama. This Tsukiyama and a stone arrangement at the shore to the left, making up a dry waterfall, are the components of the garden’s main scenery. Tall conifers such as Japanese cedars (Cryptomeria japonica), pines, Sawara cypresses (Chamaecyparis pisifera), and Japanese yews (Taxus cuspidata) form clusters in the back. Japanese pierises (Pieris japonica), rhododendrons, Japanese hollies (Ilex crenata), and azaleas are planted and trimmed low in the area from the foothill to the pond.
The stone arrangements and such retain some degree of devastation, and there are no signs of repair in later years, so visitors can witness a record of the past.