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Okayama Koraku-en

This is one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan along with Kenroku-en in Kanazawa and Kairaku-en in Mito.
It was built by the 2nd lord of the Okayama Domain, Ikeda Tsunamasa, in 1686 to create a space filled with serenity. It was originally a garden where visitors enjoyed the scenery from the buildings inside the garden, but paths for strolling were added later during the renovations by subsequent lords. The appearances of the garden from the Edo Period are very well preserved.

cultural property : historic sites and places of scenic beauty as natural monuments　
type : places of special scenic beauty

1-5 Kōrakuen, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama-ken 703-8257
Tel：086-272-1148

Home page : okayama-korakuen.jp/

It was landscaped by the 2nd lord of the Okayama Domain, Ikeda Tsunamasa, in 1686 to create a space filled with serenity. It was originally created to enjoy the view from the buildings inside the garden.
The 3rd lord, Tsugumasa, conducted a major renovation on the buildings and the garden. He adopted a landscape of stroll garden so that visitors could enjoy the garden as they walk around. A Tsukiyama (artificial hill) was created in the center of the garden and waterways were added around the bottom of the artificial hill. The Sawanoike pond and the pond of Renchi-ken were connected to create a pond shaped like a gourd. From En’yo-tei, which was used as a lounge when the lord visited, visitors can get a sweeping view of the scenic spots of the garden including the vast lawn, a large pond and the Forest of Chishio, which is a maple forest in the eastern part of the garden.
The original borrowed scenery of the Okayama Castle has been lost since the castle was burnt down during the war in the Showa Period, but Mt. Misao is still a part of the borrowed scenery in the southeast direction of the garden. The artificial hill in the middle of the garden is about 6 meters high and from the top of the hill, visitors can command a full view of Sawanoike, Enyo-tei, lawn field and Seiden (an imitation of ancient rice fields) in the garden. The old layout of a Daimyo garden is very well preserved in this garden.

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Raikyu-ji Garden

This is the garden in the south of Raikyu-ji’s study. It uses Mt. Atago, which is far away in the frontal direction from the garden, as its borrowed scenery. There are stone arrangements on the crane and turtle islands and white sand covers the entire surface. Raikyu-ji burnt down in a great fire in the Tenpo Era and the garden has also been renovated repeatedly, but the methods from the beginning of the Edo Period can still be seen in the main portion and visitors can enjoy its exquisite design.

cultural property : historic sites and places of scenic beauty as natural monuments　
type : places of scenic beauty

18 Raikyūjichō, Takahashi-shi, Okayama-ken 716-0016
Tel：0866-22-3516

Home page :raikyuji.com/

This garden is created in the south of the study in Raikyu-ji, a Zen temple originally founded as Ankoku-ji by Ashikaga Takauji in 1339. It is a Horai-style dry landscape garden and it is believed to be an early landscaping work of Kobori Enshu, who was a famous landscaper.
There are stone arrangements on the crane and turtle islands and the white sand covers the entire surface. It uses Mt. Atago, which is far away in the frontal direction from the garden, as its borrowed scenery. A large dwarf azalea bush is planted at the bottom of the mountain on the left of the study and it adds a unique appearance to the garden. The pruning method used for this dwarf azalea is unique to the Enshu style and it represents big waves of the ocean in this garden. All Buddhist temples in Raikyu-ji were burnt down in the great fire of the Tenpo Era. The temple estate was confiscated during the anti-Buddhist movement in the Meiji Era and most parts of the precincts were lost. The garden has also been renovated repeatedly since then, but the methods from the beginning of the Edo Period can still be seen in the main portion and visitors can enjoy its exquisite design.

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