Daisen Park Japanese Garden

photo by Wei-Te Wong · CC BY-SA 2.0

photo by Wei-Te Wong · CC BY-SA 2.0

Two and a half hectares of stroll garden squeezed between two imperial tombs.

The garden is in the western part of the park, among the kofun (the burial mounds of the rulers), and is made to be walked through: you go round the pond following a loop. Its three parts tell the geography of Sakai: the plateau to the south, the stream running down towards the north, and at the bottom the pond, which stands for the sea from which the city traded with China. There is also a rest pavilion modelled on the merchants’ meeting halls.

Opened in March 1989 for the centenary of the municipality of Sakai, on 2.6 hectares, in the tsukiyama-rinsen-kaiyū style: artificial hillocks, water and a circular path. It lies within Daisen Park, between the mausoleum of Nintoku and that of Richū.

ℹ️ Open 9:00–17:00, last entry 16:30. It costs 200 yen for adults and 100 for elementary and junior high school pupils; free for children under elementary school age if accompanied, and for Sakai residents over sixty-five. Closed on Mondays (the next weekday if the Monday is a public holiday) and at New Year. Mozu Station on the Hanwa Line.

🚉 Mozu · 14 min walk

Sources: city.sakai.lg.jp · sakai-tcb.or.jp

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