Sankei-en

Sankei- en Garden is the best reason to visit Yokohama. While not old itself, this lovely park contains more than a dozen historical buildings that were brought here from other parts of Japan, including Kyoto and Nara, all situated around streams and ponds and surrounded by Japanese- style landscape gardens.

The park is divided into an Inner Garden and Outer Garden was laid out in 1906 by Tomitaro Hara, a local millionaire who made his fortune exporting silk. The gardens are well known for their blossoms of plums, cherries, wisteria, azaleas, irises and water lilies in all seasons. The views of the park are beautiful.

Tomitaro Hara bought several buildings including teahouses, a farmer's house, a pagoda and various villas and placed them on his property amidst ponds, wooded slopes and landscaped gardens. The places officially opened to the public in 1906. Though there are16 separate buildings, the Rinshukaku villa with paintings by Kano- school masters is particularly remarkable.

Rinshukaku, Tenzui- ji Juto, Gekka- den, Tenju- in, Choshu- kaku, Shunso- ro, the Pagoda, Tokei- ji, the Yanohara House and the main hall of Tomyo- ji have been designated important cultural properties.

Hours: Daily from 9am to 5pm.

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Contact Information

Sankei-en
58-1 Honmoku Sannotani, Naka-ku
231-0824 Tokyo

Tel. +81456210634

http://www.sankeien.or.jp/guide/index.htm