Kanagawa Yokohama Sankeien Garden Admission E-ticket

Overview

Sankeien Garden, located in Yokohama City, is a Japanese garden designated by the national government as a place of scenic beauty, created by the industrialist and tea master Hara Sankei. It has 17 buildings, including 10 national important cultural properties and 3 tangible cultural properties designated by the City of Yokohama, as well as three-story pagodas, tea houses, and other historical buildings collected from Kyoto, Kamakura, and other areas and skillfully arranged. The garden is in perfect harmony with the undulating terrain of the expansive grounds. The seasonal blooms of plum blossoms, cherry blossoms, wisteria, lotus, and autumn leaves, as well as the bright green foliage, accentuate the historical buildings, and allow visitors to enjoy the harmony of the old buildings and nature. Sankeien Garden is also famous for its cherry blossoms in the spring and autumn leaves in the fall. visitors can view seasonal flowers throughout the year.

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■Gaien (Outer Garden) This area was opened to the public in 1906. The three-storied pagoda, a Muromachi period building moved from Tōmyō-ji Temple in Kyoto, stands as a landmark, and visitors can enjoy seasonal flowers such as Japanese apricots, cherry blossoms, Japanese honeysuckles, and lotus. The view of the three-story pagoda over the pond that opens up as soon as you step into the garden from the main gate is truly breathtaking. ■Naien (Inner garden) The Hara family used this area as their private residence. The garden is centered around the Rinshunkaku, a row of three buildings built in the early Edo period in the shape of geese, and is a delicately designed garden composed of old buildings. Rinshunkaku, a 350-year-old villa of the Kishu Tokugawa family, is the centerpiece of the inner garden landscape. ■Sankein Memorial Hall The museum's exhibition rooms display materials and artifacts related to Sankeien and Hara Sankei. Visitors can also enjoy sweet dishes such as Sankei-Men (Sankei Noodles), a created by Hara Sankei, at one of the three teahouses in the garden. ■Business Hours: 9:00~17:00 (last admission 30 minutes before closing) ■Closed: December 26th - 31st