Olga Zinchuk

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Ritsurin Park in Takamatsu.






Visiting Japanese parks is a lot of fun. There are three most beautiful landscape gardens in this country: Kenrokuen in Kanazawa, Kourakuen in Okayama, and Ritsurin in Takamatsu. After visiting first two, I decided to go to the remaining one, Ritsurin garden. The name Ritsurin koen literally means a public garden of chestnut coppice, though the chestnut trees were felled and the ground was cleared to give space for duck hunting in 1850. This garden was completed after one hundred years of construction. Ritsurin garden is the best garden to get a feel of the authentic Japanese garden of a Daimyo residence. It is designated as Special Scenic Beauty. Take a look at the pictures I have taken. This place is really worth visiting!