Fukui

Kyoyo Garden at Nishiyama Park

Beautiful Japanese Garden with autumn leaves

Takako Sakamoto Nov 27, 2014 - 1 min read

<p>Notice the bare trees reflected on the ruffled water surface!</p>

<p>Entrance of Kyoyo Garden at the foot of the hill inside Nishiyama Park in Sabae, Fukui</p>

<p>Although it was a weekend in mid November, the high season for autumn leaves viewing, not many people were visiting the park.</p>

<p>Beautifully landscaped Japanese garden</p>

<p>A Japanese open house overlooking the pond in Kyoyo Garden</p>

<p>People strolling along a path beside a pond in which Koi are swimming</p>

<p>Multi-colored, beautiful and greedy Koi in the pond!</p>

<p>Several gardens are inside the spacious Nishiyama Park, and all of them are called Kyoyo Garden</p>

<p>What a wild, yet intricate shape and design!</p>

<p>Looking at the colorful leaves from darkness</p>

<p>The garden had rather a lot of visitors on the weekend I visited for a place in Fukui</p>

<p>Red maple leaves contrasting with the dark pond water at Kyoyo Garden in Nishiyama Park</p>

<p>Artistically shaped bare branches in Kyoyo Garden</p>

<p>I love the contrast of red leaves and dark tree boughs!</p>

<p>Red and green leaves inside the garden</p>

<p>Red leaves are beautiful even on a cloudy day</p>

Nishiyama Park in Sabae city, Fukui, was originally built by Manabe Akikatsu, the seventh feudal lord of Sabae Han (domain), who named it 'Kyoyo Valley'. This garden in the park was given the same name, and is called 'Kyoyo Garden', which includes a few Japanese gardens inside the park. In spacious Nishiyama Park, there are about 1,600 maple trees which delight the eyes of visitors every autumn. When I visited here on a weekend in mid November, the autumn leaves festival was being held, but even so there weren't any crowds! Strolling in a beautifully landscaped Japanese garden at the peak of autumn foliage season without crowds is...such a joy that I wouldn't want to tell anybody but the readers of Japan Travel!

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Takako Sakamoto @takako.sakamoto

I was born in and grew up in Tokushima prefecture, and have lived in many places since then: Nishinomiya, Kyoto, Nara, Mie, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Fukuoka and Fukui. I am currently living in Yokohama City. All the places I lived, all the places I visited, I have loved dearly. The histor...