The Japanese garden hidden in Ohori Park

🏡 Many people visit Fukuoka's Ohori Park to enjoy the cherry blossoms, but many overlook the quaint 'Japanese Garden' within the park. . 🏡 This exquisite garden, built in 1984, is surrounded by white clay walls and trees, featuring a large pond, artificial hills that make up a spring garden, a 'Sukiya' style tea house, and an open-air tea garden. . 🏡 Although the garden is not large, it encompasses gardening techniques from various eras, creating a unique landscape with a Zen Buddhism-inspired natural view. The designer is one of Japan's leading garden and landscape creators, 'Kinsaku Nakane', whose representative works include the 'Adachi Museum of Art, Nijo Castle, and the Japanese Garden at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts'. Additionally, the tea house in the garden was designed by 'Masao Nakamura', an authority on modern Japanese tea houses and Sukiya architecture. The tea house offers matcha sweets, and the front garden is planted with maple trees, which are especially beautiful in autumn. . 📌 Opening hours: May-September: 9:00-18:00 October-April: 9:00-17:00 Closed every Monday and from December 29 to January 3. 📌🎫: 250 yen per person 📌 The garden has a mist spray every half hour. .