Kairaku-en
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is a Japanese garden located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Along with Kenroku-en and Koraku-en, it is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan.
Key facts
- Park.name
- Kairaku-en
- Park.native_name
- 偕楽園
- Park.native_name_lang
- jp
- Park.photo
- Kairaku-en, Ibaraki 24.jpg
- Park.type
- Urban park
- Park.location
- Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
- Park.map
- Japan Ibaraki Prefecture#Japan Kanto#Japan
- Park.map_alt
- Location in Japan
- Park.relief
- 1
- Park.map_caption
- Kairaku-en
- Park.area
- 300 hectares
- Park.created
- 1 July 1842
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Has part
- Tokiwa Shrine
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Mito
- Area
- 300
- Founded by
- Tokugawa Nariaki
- Official website
- ibaraki-kairakuen.jp
- Image
- Kairaku-en, Ibaraki 24.jpg
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- date of official opening
- 1842-08-06
- fax number
- +81-29-244-5866
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- Commons category
- Kairaku-en
- inception
- 1841-00-00
- social media followers
- 15382
- public transport stop
- Kairakuen Station
- native label
- 偕楽園
- taxon found at location
- Rhododendron
- phone number
- +81-29-244-5454
- fee
- 160
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Overview
- Four seasons
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
is a Japanese garden located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Along with Kenroku-en and Koraku-en, it is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan.
==Overview== Kairaku-en was built in the year 1842 by Tokugawa Nariaki, daimyō of Mito Domain. Unlike Japan's other two great gardens, Kairaku-en was originally intended to serve for the enjoyment of the public, by which Tokugawa Nariaki meant the samurai class. Ordinary commoners were admitted only on certain dates each year. The gardens are especially noted for the plum blossom season, which usually takes place in late February and March. Besides the plum tree grove, where one hundred different plum tree varieties with white, pink and red blossoms are planted, Kairaku-en also features a bamboo grove, cedar grove, and the Kobuntei, a three-story pavilion for use in poetry contests and for the Japanese tea ceremony.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kairaku-en” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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