SANKEIEN Garden in YOKOHAMA Japanese iris(Iris ensata) flowers and a tower over the pond SANKEIEN Garden is located in Yokohama-City. Mr. Tomitaro Hara was an active businessman who lived in the port town of Yokohama. He succeeded in exporting Japanese silk to foreign countries in the Meiji Period (1868-1912). After his success, he made this garden for his pleasure. In the latter period of his life, he invited young artists to his garden and dedicated himself to the progress of the Japanese art world. He was a quite liberal- minded person, and made his garden open to the public. People thus enjoyed cherry blossom viewing or the autumn color of leaves because of his generosity. In 1953, the Hara family donated the garden to Yokohama-City. Since then, SANKEIEN garden has been one of the symbolic places in the port town of Yokohama. SANKEI is Tomitaro Hara's pen name, while EN means garden in Japanese. Access: Located in Honmoku Sannotani, Naka-ku, Yokohama- City. 30 minutes by bus from Yokohama Station. Please visit another page of SANKEIEN Garden in the chapter of Flower Events. Japanese iris flowers and wooden boat People are resting under an arbor of Wisteria a beautiful bridge over the pond Azalea flowers and pine trees by the road Japanese Azalea exhibition at the garden in June potted Azaleas are placed under the roof of a Japanese house People are feeding geese Visitors are feeding Japanese colored carp Visitors are resting at a Japanese-style house Japanese restaurant in the garden Staff welcome foreigners old stone basin a stone lantern and a stone basin an old building moved from some temple an old building moved from some temple and a stone lantern the guest house of SANKEIEN Garden with a roof made of straw entrance of guest house decorated with potted Azaleas an old stone tower over the hill GOYOU MATSU (Pinus parviflora) by the pond