This is a garden inside the main residence (built in 1916) of the Mouri Family, a former lord of the Choshu Domain. It is located at the foot of Mt. Tatara, which is in the east of the city center of Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. They made the best use of its natural landscape around the pond and it is a typical stroll garden with stone arrangements, plants, lawn, gazebos and lanterns, which are arranged perfectly.
cultural property : historic sites and places of scenic beauty as natural monuments
type : places of scenic beauty
1-15-１ Tatara, Hōfu-shi, Yamaguchi-ken 747-0023
Tel：0835-22-0001
This is a garden inside the main residence (built in 1916) of the Mouri Family, a former lord of the Choshu Domain. It is located at the foot of Mt. Tatara, which is in the east of the city center of Hofu City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Originally there was a reservoir for the rice paddies and a small settlement, but it was selected as a location for the new main house for the Mouri Family around 1892. The garden was completed along with the main house in 1916. The garden’s entrance consists of a path from the front gate to the front entrance of the house along the Nagi River. The front garden has a lantern by the wide carriage porch in front of the mansion of the Mouri Family, a Chinese bayberry (Morella rubra) tree and azalea bushes. It is a stroll garden with a pond which spreads south of the main house’s 2-story study. The gourd-shaped inner pond is about 5,500 m2 and there is a stone bridge where the pond is narrow. They made the best use of its natural landscape and it is considered to be a typical stroll garden with stone arrangements, plants, lawn, gazebos and lanterns, which are arranged perfectly. There is a large lawn for garden parties in the northwest of the garden, which was a typical garden feature created around that era.