Oyakuen Garden
御薬園
A villa garden of the Aizu domain lords, featuring a stroll-style Japanese garden with medicinal herbs. It is a nationally designated scenic site and a peaceful place to visit.
Oyakuen was the villa garden of the Matsudaira family, lords of Aizu. A sacred spring was here in the Muromachi period, and during the Edo period the domain lords grew medicinal plants here, which gave the garden its name. It is a nationally designated scenic site. The garden centres on a heart-shaped pond, and walking around it you can see the teahouse Rakuju-tei on an island, the Ochaya Goten and the herb garden. Autumn foliage reflected in the pond is especially elegant, and you can drink matcha in the teahouse. Entry costs about 330 yen, and it is open roughly 08:30 to 17:00. It is about 1.5 km from Tsuruga Castle and can be reached by sightseeing bus or on foot.
Opening hours
08:30–17:00
Nearby sights
- Fukushima Museum
- Aizu Bukeyashiki (Samurai Residence)
- Tsuruga Castle (Aizu-Wakamatsu Castle)
- Sazaedo
- Mount Iimori (Byakkotai Graves)
- Higashiyama Onsen
- Suehiro Sake Brewery (Kaei-gura)
- Nanokamachi Street