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Gyokusen'inmaru Garden

玉泉院丸庭園

A garden built in 1634 within Kanazawa Castle, notable as the first to use creatively patterned stone walls, reconstructed beginning in 2013.

Gyokusen'inmaru Garden, Kanazawa
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Opening hours
Mon–Sun08:00–17:00
Holidays08:00–17:00
Admission
EveryoneFree
Links
Official websiteEnglish
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Marunochi, Kanazawa-Shi, Ishikawa 〒 920-0937

The Gyokusen'inmaru Garden was a landscaped garden located within Kanazawa Castle, constructed in 1634 by Toshitsune Maeda, the third lord of the Kaga Domain. It was intended primarily as a courtyard for the domain lord rather than for entertaining guests. It is considered a unique garden, being the first to use creatively patterned stone walls such as the Shikishi Tanzaku-Zumi Stone Wall, along with a waterfall. The garden was abandoned during the Meiji Era but reconstruction work began in May 2013 to preserve the remains. The garden was built on new soil-filled ground and completed in March 2015.

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