Kyoto · Nature

Best Garden in Kyoto

6 places, each checked by our team.

• Hakusasonso Hashimoto Kansetsu Garden & Museum 白沙村荘 橋本関雪記念館Ginkaku-ji / Philosopher's Path — The former home, studio and stroll garden of Nihonga painter Hashimoto Kansetsu, near the start of the Philosopher's Path.
• Jonangu Shrine 城南宮Fushimi / Takeda — A shrine in southern Kyoto whose large Rakusuien garden, planted with flowers from the Tale of Genji, is famous for weeping plum blossoms.
• Kyoto Botanical Garden 京都府立植物園Kitayama / Sakyo — Japan's oldest public botanical garden, 24 hectares on the Kamo river with a huge glass conservatory shaped like Kinkaku-ji's roof and Mt. Kitayama,…
• Murin-an 無鄰菴Okazaki / Nanzen-ji — The Okazaki villa garden of Meiji statesman Yamagata Aritomo, by Ogawa Jihei: a grassy, flowing garden borrowing the Higashiyama hills, with a…
• Okochi Sanso Garden 大河内山荘庭園Arashiyama — The hillside villa garden of silent-film star Okochi Denjiro at the top of the Arashiyama bamboo grove, with views over Kyoto and Hozukyo gorge and…
• Shosei-en Garden 渉成園 (枳殻邸)Kyoto Station north — A peaceful 17th-century stroll garden ten minutes from Kyoto Station, owned by Higashi Hongan-ji, with a pond, a covered bridge, teahouses and a…