Garyu Sanso
臥龍山荘
A Meiji-era villa garden on the cliffs above the Hijikawa River in Ozu, where the tea house Fuoan seems to float above the rock like a boat.
Garyu Sanso was built over more than a decade starting in 1907 by Kawachi Torajirō, a trader from Ozu. The rooms of its main house, Garyū-in, are each themed on one of the four seasons and show exquisite craftsmanship.
Fuoan is built with a suspended bamboo-mesh ceiling and pillars set into the rock, likened to a small boat floating on the Hijikawa. All three buildings are Important Cultural Properties.
Admission is about 550 yen, open 9:00–17:00. It is about 1 km from Ozu Castle and can be linked on foot.
Opening hours
09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Ozu Castle
- Uchiko-za Theater
- Uchiko Yokaichi-Gokoku Townscape
- Shimonada Station
- Aoshima (Cat Island)
- Tobe Pottery Village
- Matsuyama Castle Ninomaru Historical Garden
- Okaido & Gintengai Arcades