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Kairaku-en (偕楽園, Kairakuen Park) is a Japanese garden located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Along with Kenroku-en and Koraku-en, it is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan.
Ranked among Japan's three finest landscape gardens, Kairakuen (偕楽園) is most famous for its over three thousand plum trees. The garden is located in Mito, the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture. Kairakuen was built relatively recently in 1841 by the local lord Tokugawa Nariaki.
Kairakuen is located in Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture and is about 1 hour and 10 minutes from Tokyo. The journey from Tokyo Station to Mito Station takes about 70 minutes by limited express (Hitachi or Tokiwa) on the Joban Line, or about 2 hours by local train.
- 1 Chome, Tokiwa-cho, Mito-shi, Ibaraki-ken
- A Plum Trees Forest Blooming Between February and March
- A Large Garden with Many Contrasts
- The Visit of A Beautiful Japanese Residence
Nariaki was quite fond of ume plum tree (or Japan’s apricot tree) for the beauty of its flowers, but also for its fruits, that can be served as pickles. He naturally chose it as the main ornamental tree in his garden. The first plum trees were planted in 1842. Nowadays, Kairaku-en shelters about 3,000 trees, of a hundred of different species, with ...
The garden was designed based on the opposition of yin and yang, derived from Chinese philosophy. This spiritual approach can be better enjoyed on the following course: 1. Begin the visit by the northern main entrance, named Omotemon or Kuromon, the Black gate, in reference to its color. It features the first example of the garden’s duality, with a...
On the same platform, stands Kobuntei, a traditional house dating back to Edo period(1603-1868) open to the visit. Its name is said to derive from an ancient word to designate plum. It was first a secondary residence for Nariaki, who came to relax and enjoy the beauty of seasons. It was sometimes used to entertain guests or grant a hearing to his v...
One of Japan's three most famous gardens, along with Kenroku-en in Kanazawa and Koraku-en in Okayama, Kairaku-en displays its abundance of flowers in Mito, Ibaraki prefecture, just 1.5 hours from Tokyo. Kairaku-en Japanese Garden, a kaiyu- style garden, is spread over 13 hectares in Kairakuen Park, which extends over more than 300 hectares.
How to get there. The garden belongs to Mito-city. From Ueno station in Tokyo, you can take the JR Hitachi line ‘Fresh Hitachi’ towards Katsuta or ‘Super Hitachi’ towards Iwaki (platform 16/17). After one hour and about 10 minutes, get off at Mito (水戸).
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This amazing landscape garden can be found in Mito, the capital of Ibaraki Prefecture. Kairakuen is most known for the three thousand plum trees of 100 varieties planted all over the grounds. The season for the plum trees usually last from late February to March.
