Kannon-in Garden
観音院庭園
An early Edo-period pond garden designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty; from the study hall you can sip matcha while admiring a pond garden with Kyusho Mountain as borrowed scenery.
Kannon-in is the prayer temple of the Ikeda lords of Tottori domain. The pond garden in front of the shoin (study hall) was built in the early Edo period and is designated a National Place of Scenic Beauty. The garden uses the mountain behind it as borrowed scenery. The pond holds Turtle Island and Crane Island, and the rockwork and planting are compact and refined. Visitors sit inside the shoin and look out, and can order matcha and Japanese sweets (about 800 yen including garden admission). The autumn foliage in November is the most beautiful. It is about 1 km east of the Tottori Castle ruins and can be visited together with Jinpukaku.
Opening hours
09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Tottori Castle Ruins (Kyusho Park)
- Jinpukaku
- Tottori Folkcraft Museum
- The Sand Museum
- Tottori Sand Dunes
- Tottori Port Seafood Market Karoichi
- Uradome Coast
- Hakuto Shrine