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Kenrokuen Garden is a beautiful Japanese garden with an area of 11.4 hectares located on the heights of the central part of Kanazawa and next to Kanazawa Castle. The Maeda family, who ruled the Kaga Clan (the present Ishikawa and Toyama areas) in feudal times, maintained the garden from generation to generation. From its scale and beauty, it is regarded as one of the most beautiful feudal lords' gardens in Japan

Camellia Japonica

Kanazawa has prospered for some 300 years, ever since feudal lord Maeda Toshiie built a castle here in the late 16th century. The city’s wealth allowed the arts to flourish: a thriving geisha district was established, along with one of Japan’s most beautiful gardens, Kenroku-en Garden. Established in 1676, the garden was shaped over a period of more than 100 years. It is distinguished by its many ponds, connected by winding streams, as well as its trees

The largest pond in the garden, Kasumigaike is 5.8 square kilometers around and 1.5 meters at its deepest point. When snow falls in winter, the surface of pond is sometimes covered with frozen ice Niji-bashi (Rainbow bridge)

Uchihashitei, (literally "inside bridge“) tea house

The big pond called "Kasumigaike" was compared to an open sea, and an island, on which an ageless hermit with miraculous power was believed to live, was constructed in the pond in hope of the long life and eternal prosperity of the lord

Kotoji Lantern - is a stone lantern designed in the image of the Japanese koto (harp) by the pond, which becomes the symbol of Kenrokuen Garden

Yukitsuri (literally means snow hanging), is performed for approximately

one month from November 1 every year.

This is a method of

protecting the branches of the pine trees in the

garden with ropes attached

in a conical array to the

trees in order to prevent the

branches from breaking.

Kenrokuen, which means "having six factors", was given the name because of the six attributes that bring out the perfect landscape of the garden: spaciousness, tranquility, artifice, antiquity, water courses, and magnificent view from the garden

Karasakimatsu Japanese Black Pines

Karasakimatsu Japanese Black Pines

Gankobashi, Flying Wild Geese Bridge

Gankobashi, Flying Wild Geese Bridge, so named because the stones are laid out like the formation of a flock of geese. Each of the eleven stones are cut into pentagons or hexagons, earning it the nickname Kikko-Bashi (tortoise shell bridge), with the tortoise symbolizing longevity. It’s said that those who cross the bridge are guaranteed a long life

Statue of prince Yamato Takeru (Japanese Mythological hero) erected 1880

Neagarimatsu Black Pine

Neagari-Matsu Pine Tree Approximately forty pine roots rise two meters above ground. Legend says that this pine was designed by the 13th Lord Maeda. After growing the tree on a pile a soil, he later removed it to reveal the roots. The green moss around the tree is beautiful in the summer.

Neagarimatsu Black Pine

Neagarimatsu Black Pine

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1. Kotoji Toro Lantern 2. Kasumigaike Pond 3. Karasakimatsu Japanese

Black Pines 4. Gankobashi Stone Bridge 5. Kenrokuen Kikuzakura Cherry

Tree 6. Neagarimatsu Black Pine 7. Meiji Kinen-no-hyo Monument

8. Hanamibashi Bridge 9. Seisonkaku Villa 10. Stone Tablet with Basho

Matsuo’s Haiku 11. Yamazakiyama Miniature Hill 12. Kanazawa Jinja shrine 13. Kinjo Reitaku well 14. Ume (Japanese apricot)

Glove 15. Funano-ochin Arbor 16. Uchihashitei Tea House 17. Sazaeyama Hill 18. Japan’s Oldest Fountain 19. Yugaotei Teahouse 20. Shiguretei Teahouse 21. Hisagoike Pond 22. Edomachidori Street