Japanese Garden

SHOYOEN (Strolling Garden)

The Shoyoen was created during the Edo period. It is a "strolling" Japanese Garden. Here you can appreciate the beauty of the changing of the four seasons. The garden was given its name by Issai Satoh (1772-1859), a Confucian scholar of the Edo period.

The place where the Treasure House is now was previously the center of the temple. In June of 1876, the Emperor Meiji stayed here for three days and former President of the US General Grant stayed here for eight days in July of 1897.