Yōkōkan Garden
養浩館庭園
The strolling garden villa of the Matsudaira lords of Fukui Domain, its buildings beside a pond seeming to float on the water, and hailed as one of the great gardens of the Edo era.
Yōkōkan was originally called Goizumi-ya Yashiki, the villa of the Matsudaira lords of Fukui Domain. Its sukiya-style buildings are centered on a pond and blend with a strolling garden, so the garden looks like a painting when viewed from inside the house. The villa was destroyed in wartime air raids and reconstructed in 1993, and an American garden magazine once ranked it among Japan's finest gardens. Admission is about ¥220. Hours are 9:00 to 19:00 from March to November and until 17:00 in winter, with night openings during the autumn foliage season. Getting there: about 15 minutes' walk from Fukui Station. It is near the Fukui Castle ruins and can be combined with city sights in a half-day outing.
Opening hours
09:00–19:00 (until 17:00 from November 6 to late February)
Nearby sights
- Fukui Castle Ruins
- Fukui Station Dinosaur Plaza
- Asuwa River Cherry Blossoms
- Maruoka Castle
- Ichijōdani Asakura Family Historic Ruins
- Eihei-ji Temple
- Echizen Washi Village
- Awara Onsen