Sankeien Garden in Yokohama, Japan

a big pond near the entrance.

We found a hidden street in the bamboo grove.

 

Important cultural property 

"Three-Storied Pagoda of Old Toumyouji"

[Japanese: 旧燈明寺三重塔]

gassho-zukuri houses* [Japanese: gasshō-zukuri, 合掌造り].
*gassho-zukuri house (= a house with a steep thatched roof)

 irori* [Japanese: 囲炉裏] inside one of the gassho style house

"Old Yanohara House [Japanese: 旧矢箆原家住宅]".
*irori (= a traditional sunken hearth constructed in the floor)

tea salon and casual restaurant in Sankeien Garden.

Episode of Yokohama Sankeien Garden [横浜三渓園]

Tomo&Chouchou went to see cherry blossom in Sankeien Garden located in Naka-ku, Yokohama. As soon as we entered the main gate, we found a big pond.
It was the best view from there to see cherry blossom and Three-Storied Pagoda [Japanese: 三重塔]. There was a small bridge around the pond.
While we were walking, we found a hidden street in the bamboo grove.
Important cultural property "Three-Storied Pagoda of Old Toumyouji" was on the small hill. We could look down the main gate and pond from there.
In the Sankeien Garden, there were some gasshō-zukuri houses. We could enter inside the gassho style houses. One of the gassho zukuri house "Old Yanohara House" [旧矢箆原家住宅] has articles for everyday use in the past such as irori [囲炉裏], tatami mats[畳], stone mills [石臼] and tea kettles [やかん]. We could see the life style of people in the past. It was very interesting.
There were four tea salons or casual restaurants in the park. We can drink matcha/maccha(=fine powder of green tea) or eat Udon or Soba noodles, rice balls, red beans soup etc.. Many people were taking a rest or grabing some foods.

We didn't know that we could find such a park in the middle of the city of Yokohama. Thanks to the old Japanese architectures, we could feel that we were out of Yokohama. Sankeien was very large and relaxing place with lots of green.
It was like a small trip on weekend. We could have relaxing time in Sankeien.

Tomo&Chouchou's advice for Sankeien garden

Tomo&Chouchou went to Sankeien garden from the afternoon, so we couldn't see everything in the park. If you want to see all the architectures and to see inside the houses, you had better go from the morning.


Information

Cherry blossoms: Late March - Early April
Wisteria: Late April - Early May
Azalea: Late April - Mid May
Iris: Late May - Mid June
Water lilly: Mid May - Mid August
Hydrangea: Early June - Late June

Please check flower bloom information from Sankeien garden website.
https://www.sankeien.or.jp/

opening hours: 9h - 17h (entry close at 16h30)
closing days: 29 - 31 Dec.
admission fee: 700yen
Address: 58-1 Honmokusannotani, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa
横浜市中区本牧三之谷58-1

Access
by Yokohama Municipal bus [横浜市営バス]
from Negishi station[根岸駅],
from Sakuragi-cho station[桜木町駅] or
from Yokohama station east entrance [横浜駅東口]