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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
© Kanazawa City
Opening hours
Mon–Sun 08:00–17:00
Holidays 08:00–17:00
Admission
Everyone Free
Links
Official website English
Access
1-1, Marunouchi, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa
〒 920-0937
How to get there
Nearest stationKanazawa Station
金沢
Hokuriku Shinkansen · IR Ishikawa Railway Line26 min walk from the station
Nearest bus stop合同庁舎前2 min walk from the bus stop

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.

Getting There

Map: Getting to Gyokusen'inmaru Garden. Legend: Hokuriku Shinkansen; Bus from Nomachi. Labelled stations: Kanazawa, Fukui, Kagaonsen, Komatsu, Nomachi.

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