Seiryu-en Garden was laid out in 1965. Parts of the former Suminokura Ryoi residence in Kawaramachi Nijo, as well as its garden stones and trees, were
Seiryu-en Garden was laid out in 1965. Parts of the former Suminokura Ryoi residence in Kawaramachi Nijo, as well as its garden stones and trees, were used to create the gardens. The garden was named Seiryu-en by the then Kyoto mayor Gizo Takayama. The eastern half of this eclectic garden is a lawn-covered Western-style garden, and the western half is a Japanese chisen-kaiyu strolling pond garden, which also incorporates two teahouses, making the garden aesthetically pleasing. Waraku-an Teahouse was moved to this location as an existing teahouse from the former Suminokura Ryoi residence in Kyoto, and expanding it by combining it with another teahouse. The latter was gifted by the Omotesenke school of tea modeled after the famous teahouse Zangetsu-tei “dawn moon pavilion” named because warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi is said to have enjoyed the dawn moon from the building. Koun-tei, the other teahouse, was also moved from the former Suminokura Ryoi residence.
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Location: Kyoto, Japan
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