Isuien Garden
Isuien 依水園 is an attractive japanese garden with a variety of features such as the use of todaiji temple s nandaimon gate and mount wakakusayama as borrowed scenery.
Isuien garden. The isuien garden is situated in an area between the todai ji temple famous for a colossal buddha image and the kofuku ji temple. The name isuien means garden founded on water. 486 reviews 9 of 282 things to do in nara. Day trip to nara from osaka.
The garden behind west of the house hyoshintei was completed in 1899. So a visit to yoshikien provides the opportunity to see three different variations of japanese gardens in one spot. Get the full experience and book a tour. This name is based on the fact that its ponds are watered by the nearby yoshikigawa river.
Yet the garden is so quiet that you feel that the garden is secluded from the outside world. Isuien is divided into two parts a front garden and a rear garden with a number of tea houses scattered throughout its premises. Isuien means garden founded on water and the garden s name is derived from the fact that its ponds are fed by the small adjacent yoshikigawa river. Isuien garden is a beautiful traditional japanese style garden.
If visitors still want to see more techniques of japanese gardening the isuien garden is located just across the small river. Isuien garden is actually two japanese gardens that were joined together to form one larger garden. Isuien garden is a traditional japanese style garden that dates back to the edo period. It is divided into two sections which were originally two separate gardens and each features a pagoda.
This garden was designed by horitoku from the school of urasenke and built at the request of tojiro seki a sucessful nara businessman. There are three unique gardens within yoshikien. The isuien garden is the japanese garden in nara it consists of two parts the front garden designed in the edo period and the back garden designed in the meiji era. Nara half day private tour osaka kyoto departure with nationally licensed guide.
Isui en 依水園 isuien is a japanese garden located in nara the old capital of japan near kyōto it has been preserved since its creation in the meiji era and is the only walking garden kaiyushiki teien in nara. This garden is located in central nara and takes only 15 minutes of walking from the jr kintetsu nara station. The garden can be classed as edo period in style and contains three ponds a wooden water mill several thatched tea houses and a small inari shrine.