It is a stroll garden with a pond utilizing seawater and was made by Nitta Chojiro, a successful leather business owner, between the early Taisho Era and the beginning of the Showa Era. It has almost 6 ha of space, and the seawater pond features a unique design, composition, and decorative techniques using many imitation stones and woods.
cultural property : historic sites and places of scenic beauty as natural monuments
type : places of scenic beauty
370 Funoo, Kainan-shi, Wakayama-ken 642-0001
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It is a stroll garden with a seawater pond. It was made by Nitta Chojiro, a successful leather business owner, between the early Taisho Era and the beginning of the Showa Era.
When constructing the garden, an area between Ya-no-shima (an island) and the land was filled, and two ponds that draw seawater were built by burying a water main pipe to take in seawater. Therefore, as the pond surface goes up and down with the tide, shadows of stones and trees at the shore reflected upon the water surface, change in subtle ways.
A tunnel from the garden to the beach was dug into the bedrock of Ya-no-shima to connect the landscape of an artificial pond in the east foothill and the natural beach scenery of the west foothill.
The garden was made with a variety of ideas and by making the most of the location, including a unique technique that often uses concrete-made materials such as imitation rocks and woods, which were rare at the time. The design and technique for garden paths mixing stepping stones with Yori-ishi-jiki (stone pavement) of cement and mortar, are also found in many parts of the garden.