Garden · Nara Park
Isuien Garden 依水園
Two-part Japanese garden near Todai-ji that borrows the Nandaimon Gate and Mount Wakakusa as scenery.
Hours9:30-16:30 (Apr-May until 17:00); entry ends 30 min before
ClosedTuesdays; late Dec-mid Jan; last third of September
PriceAdult: ¥1,200
Getting thereKintetsu Nara Station, about 15 min
Time needed1-2 hours
Best timeAutumn, late spring
Address74 Suimoncho, Nara 630-8208
About
Isuien combines a 17th-century front garden and a larger rear garden from 1899, fed by the Yoshikigawa stream, with teahouses and a small museum of Chinese and Korean antiquities included in admission. The rear garden uses Todai-ji's Nandaimon Gate and Mount Wakakusa as borrowed scenery.
Highlights
- Borrowed views of Todai-ji's Nandaimon and Mt Wakakusa
- Edo-period front garden
- Teahouses
- Small antiquities museum (Neiraku Museum)
Tips
- Closed Tuesdays
- Ten minutes' walk from Todai-ji, so pair the two
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