Kenrokuen Garden in Spring

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(5.9K) · Botanical garden in Kanazawa City, Japan
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This beautiful park contains one of the top three celebrated gardens in Japan. The name Kenrokuen literally translates to “garden combining …

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Mar 9, 2025
Blossom was a bit late and had just started to show. This did not distract from the utter beauty of the gardens. Strolling around the wonderful serene settings just makes you relax. Highly recommende…Full review by Paul b
Mar 1, 2025
Visited in January and enjoyed the beautiful gardens. I do think it would have been better in a different season or covered in snow. We missed snow in Kanazawa by a week and I think it would have bee…Full review by andrewjenny
Feb 9, 2025
After a long day of traveling, and touring the historical areas of Kanazawa, our tour group finally made it to Kenrokuen Garden, one of the Big 3 of Japan. While only having only a little over an 1 …Full review by Khyron82

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Hi, Can you bring food in from the outside and eat it inside the garden?
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I am pretty sure it is allowed. Saw many picnics going on.
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When JHW_Nn said "..only a few plum blossom trees out,..", what do he mean? The blossom is thinning as it …
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When JHW_Nn said "..only a few plum blossom trees out,..", what do he mean? The blossom is thinning as it approaches the end of plum blossom season or there aren't many plum blossom trees? I will be there 15/Mar and hope to be able to see plum blossom. Cross my fingers. Anybody has any idea what is situation of plum blossom by 15/Mar.
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Thanks everybody, cross my fingers that I be able to see both plum & cherry blossom. FYI - I will be Kanazawa/Takayama mid-March & Kyoto end of March.
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Hello, i couldnt find info on the Winter illumination of the garden for 2019. Will there be any light up every year? Thank you.
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They had the lanterns in the garden when I went there this year in February but I don’t know if they have every year?
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is this a good place to go by car?they have parking lot?
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I would not go by car, since in this city, everything in the center is close and at walking distance and so you will enjoy much more will seeing all the different sights...
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how long roughly does it take to stroll round the garden?
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It really depends on how much you want to stroll around and enjoy the scenery. We had a lovely day and spent about 3 hours there in the spring.
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