Yosuien Garden
養翠園
A daimyo garden built by Tokugawa Harutomi, lord of the Kishu domain, with a large pond fed directly by seawater. It is a rare tidal-style daimyo garden in Japan, designated as a national place of scenic beauty.
Yosuien was built starting in 1818 by Tokugawa Harutomi, the tenth lord of the Kishu domain. It uses a distinctive hill, shaped like an octopus head, as a borrowed view. The large pond in the garden is fed directly by seawater, so its water level rises and falls with the tides. It is one of the few surviving daimyo gardens of this type. A three-part stone bridge reflects in the pond, and the garden is designated a national place of scenic beauty. The garden also contains the lord’s tea house and study. Admission is about 600 yen, and it is open from 9:00 to 17:00. It is about 25 minutes by bus from JR Wakayama Station, and it can be combined with Wakanoura and Saikazaki.
Opening hours
09:00–17:00
Nearby sights
- Saikazaki & Bandokoro Garden
- Kishu Toshogu
- Wakanoura & Tamatsushima Shrine
- Kimii-dera
- Wakayama Castle
- Kuroshio Market (Wakayama Marina City)
- Wakayama Ramen (Ide Shoten)
- Hinokuma & Kunikakasu Shrines