Ritsurin Koen
Outstanding Japanese style landscape garden
Ritsurin Koen (Iь) is a landscape garden in Takamatsu City, built by the local feudal lords during the early Edo Period. Considered one of the best gardens in Japan, it is often suggested that Ritsurin Koen deserves a spot on the list of the "three most beautiful gardens of Japan" alongside Kanazawa's Kenrokuen, Mito's Kairakuen, and Okayama's Korakuen.
The spacious park features many ponds, hills, trees and beautiful pavilions divided into a Japanese-style garden in the south and Western-style garden in the north. The gardens are set in front of wooded Mt. Shiun which serves as a wonderful background and great example of borrowed scenery in Japanese garden design.
Inside the park are a number of facilities, including a folk museum, shops and a few resthouses where you can take a break and enjoy some refreshments amidst the beauty of the garden. Of particular note is the Kikugetsu-tei teahouse in the southwest part of the gardens where, for a small fee, you can enter and enjoy some tea on its verandas overlooking the ponds.
Getting there and around
Ritsurin Koen lies two kilometers south of JR Takamatsu Station and Takamatsu Castle. The shopping arcades run nearly the entire way from there to the garden. Alternatively, it is most easily accessed by Kotoden or JR train.
By Kotoden
Take the Kotohira Line from Takamatsu-Chikko Station to Ritsurinkoen Station (7 minutes, 200 yen, every 15 minutes), from where it is a ten minute walk to the park's main entrance.
By Japan Railways
Take a local train from JR Takamatsu Station in the direction of Tokushima to Ritsurinkoen-Kitaguchi Station (5 minutes, 240 yen, 2 trains/hour). From there, the park's north gate can be reached in a five minute walk.
How to get to and around Takamatsu
Hours and Fees
Hours
January: 7:00 to 17:00
February: 7:00 to 17:30
March: 6:30 to 18:00
April and May: 5:30 to 18:30
June to August: 5:30 to 19:00
September: 5:30 to 18:30
October: 6:00 to 17:30
November: 6:30 to 17:00
December: 7:00 to 17:00
February: 7:00 to 17:30
March: 6:30 to 18:00
April and May: 5:30 to 18:30
June to August: 5:30 to 19:00
September: 5:30 to 18:30
October: 6:00 to 17:30
November: 6:30 to 17:00
December: 7:00 to 17:00
Closed
No closing days
Admission
500 yen
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