Kenrokuen Garden is a beautiful Japanese garden with an area of 11.4 hectares, located on a high point in central Kanazawa.
Near Kanazawa Castle, Kanazawa Kenrokuen Garden is one of the 3 most beautiful gardens in Japan.
(The other 2 are Mito's Kairakuen and Okayama's Korakuen)

The journey starts from Kanazawa train station, which has a Tsuzumi-mon gate, shaped like a Japanese folk drum, completed in 2005 and has become a symbol of Kanazawa station.

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Kenrokuen Garden is a 15-minute walk from Kanazawa Station. The fare is 200 yen each way.
1. Kanazawa Loop Bus, get off at LL9 or RL8 (picture below)
2. Kenrokuen Shuttle Bus, get off at S8
3. Hokutetsu bus at East Exit bus stop number 3, get off at Kenrokuen-shita

March to October 15: Open from 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM
October 16 to February: Open from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Admission fee 310 yen

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The name Kenrokuen means "Six Factors," referring to the six qualities that contribute to the perfect scenery of this garden:

1. Spaciousness 2. Seclusion 3. Artifice 4. Antiquity 5. Watercourses 6. Views

Let's take a look at the garden map first.

We entered the garden through the Katsurazaka Gate. As we walked in, we came across the Kotojitoro Lantern (number 1).

From November to February, Karasaki pine trees are supported by wooden stakes to prevent branches from being damaged by the weight of snow.

There are some spots with city views.

Karasaki pine tree with winter protection against heavy snow

Meiji Monument Statue of Yamato Takeru

Neagari Pine

Kasumigaike Pond, the largest pond in the garden, with the Uchihashi-tei Tea House on the left.

Walking past the teahouse, they climbed the man-made hill. They took pictures of the view.

Hisagoike Pond

Midori Waterfall


Fountain

After walking around the garden for a while, there was an announcement that it was closing at 5:00 PM. We haven't been to Kanazawa Castle yet.
We hurried out the same way we came in and crossed the street to the castle, but the castle was already closed, so we could only take pictures of it like this.

The next day we traveled to Echigo-Yuzawa to visit NASPA, YUZAWA-KOGEN and GALA-YUZAWA.

Let's go on a trip to the snow town near Tokyo https://th.readme.me/p/2577

This review is part of a trip to the snow country, which was disappointed by the flight route to Saporo of Airaisa being canceled. So we changed to land at Narita Airport and find a place with snow instead. On this trip, we traveled as follows:

Day 1 After landing in the morning, we went to Taishakuten Daikyoji Temple and then took the train to sleep in Yamagata.
Day 2 In the morning we went to visit and soak our feet at Ginzan Onsen. In the evening we went for a walk at Kaminoyama Castle
 Day 3 In the morning we went up the cable car to see the snow demons at Zao Onsen Town. In the afternoon we went to exercise our legs by climbing the thousand steps at Yamadera
Day 4 We traveled to Kanazawa, put our belongings in our accommodation and went to visit the 3rd largest seated Buddha statue Takaoka Daibutsu
Day 5 In the morning we went to visit the World Heritage village Shirakawako. In the afternoon we came back to visit one of the 3 beautiful gardens Kenrokuen
Day 6 We took the Shizansen back to Tokyo Station and then continued to Echigo-Yuzawa to visit NASPA and YUZAWA-KOGEN
Day 7 We visited GALA-YUZAWA before returning home tonight.


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