Photos of Ritsurin Garden

Ritsurin Park is located in Takamatsu City and has an area of about 75ha. Construction of the garden is said to have started in 1642 and took 100 years to complete. There are 6 pools and 13 rockeries in the garden. Echoing the scenery of Ziyun Mountain at the back of the park, it seems to be a beautiful Japanese painting. In the construction process of the garden, the scenery of distant mountains is used to make it part of the structure of the garden. This method is called "borrowing scenery". The South Garden is a pure Japanese-style garden, and the small house "Jugetsu-tei" used for the tea ceremony by the pond is well-known as a good place to admire the full moon in autumn. After a large-scale reconstruction, the North Garden has become a Western-style garden.