The world is in love with Japanese gardens. The serenity, the beauty, and the essence of nature in miniature throughout Japan’s distinct four seasons... Aichi Prefecture has a number of traditional Japanese gardens just waiting for you to visit.
Stroll through beautiful Tokugawaen, a Japanese garden adjoining the Tokugawa Art Museum. Formerly a garden to the lords of Nagoya Castle, Tokugawaen Garden is an enjoyable, relaxing spot year-round.
Shirotori Garden is a 3.7-hectare tranquil and traditional Japanese-style garden designed around a pond and gives visitors a taste of old Japan. Changes in scenery thanks to the pond, the light as it strikes the water throughout the day, and the different expressions illustrated by the four seasons as well as intriguing architecture provide a different sight every time.
Inuyama’s famed Urakuen Garden is named after the warrior tea master, Oda Uraku, younger brother of the mighty warlord Oda Nobunaga, and home to Joan Teahouse—a national treasure. Admire the teahouse and other traditional structures, accented by the year-round captivating beauty of the garden.
The Edo period samurai literati and intellectual, Ishaikawa Jozan, was a vassal of national hero Tokugawa Ieyasu. Born in modern-day Anjo City, Ishikawa Jozan was the founder of the Shisedo temple in Kyoto, whose gardens are considered masterworks. The gardens he designed were recreated on the site of his birth in Anjo City and remain one of the greatest gardens in Japan.
