Ohana and Shōtōen Garden

photo by そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0

photo by そらみみ · CC BY-SA 4.0

In the pond, among 280 black pines and 1,500 stones, wild ducks gather in winter.

In the Shōtōen Garden, added in 1909–10 to the residence of the Tachibana lords, a pond with two small islands is visited every winter by migrating wild ducks. Around it, 280 black pines, 1,500 garden stones and 14 stone lanterns are arranged according to the canons of the Japanese landscape garden.

The residence was built in 1738 by the fifth daimyō (feudal lord) of the Tachibana family, Sadayoshi, who moved some buildings there from the nearby Yanagawa Castle. The Shōtōen Garden was added in 1909–10. In 1978 the Shōtōen was designated a 名勝 (meishō, Place of Scenic Beauty); in 2011 the designation was extended to the whole complex, about 7,000 tsubo (a traditional unit of area, about 23,000 m²).

🚉 Kanpo-no-Yado-Yanagawa Bus Stop · 4 min walk

Sources: city.yanagawa.fukuoka.jp

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