偕楽園
調査・執筆 Hinato
茨城県 · Mito
36.3852°N, 140.4461°E
偕楽園は日本三名園のひとつだが、金沢や岡山の精緻な貴族の庭と違い、庶民のために造られた。水戸九代藩主・徳川斉昭が、自然の美は独占せず分かち合うべきという理念で1842年に公開した。庭は白・桃・紅の100品種3000本の梅を中心とし、2月下旬から3月にかけて次々と咲く。
体験は格式ある構図よりも、香る梅の下を歩き、隠れた茶室を見つけ、好文亭に登って千波湖を見渡すことにある。周囲の竹林が街から音を遮る — 開花期に聞こえるのは風のそよぎと水のせせらぎだけだ。偕楽園の設計は人工の対称を強いず自然の地形を活かし、展示より育てた森のような風景をなす。この親しみやすさと自然さが、兼六園や後楽園の制御された完璧さと一線を画す。
Our angle on 偕楽園
Nobody else is going here
Everyone within a mile of 偕楽園 is going to 偕楽園. Here are 4 places within walking or one bus ride of it that almost nobody writes about — straight-line distances from our own catalogue, not travel times.
- KodokanLittle known~0.7 km away · Ibaraki
Kodokan was established in 1841 by Tokugawa Nariaki as the educational heart of Mito Domain, embodying the Mito School o…
- HowaenLittle known~1.1 km away · Ibaraki
Howaen began as the garden of a temple, was expanded by Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the seventeenth century, and is now a smal…
- Mito NattoLittle known~1.6 km away · Ibaraki
Natto — fermented soybeans bound by sticky, stringy threads — is Japan's most divisive food, beloved by locals and bewil…
- Senba Lake CyclingLittle known~3.1 km away · Ibaraki
Senba Lake is a narrow, 12-kilometer-long reservoir on the northern edge of Mito City, created by damming the Naka River…
基本情報
営業時間
日の出〜日没(通年)
定休日: 無休
料金
入園320円(通年) | 梅まつりの夜間ライトアップ: 800〜1000円の別券 | 好文亭の抹茶: 500円
ベストシーズン
2月下旬〜3月中旬(100品種3000本の梅)
滞在目安
1.5〜2.5時間
アクセス
アクセス情報
インサイダーガイド
近くのスポット
偕楽園から直線距離で近い穴場スポットです。
Kodokan
Little knownKodokan was established in 1841 by Tokugawa Nariaki as the educational heart of Mito Domain, embodying the Mito School o…
Howaen
Little knownHowaen began as the garden of a temple, was expanded by Tokugawa Mitsukuni in the seventeenth century, and is now a smal…
Mito Natto
Little knownNatto — fermented soybeans bound by sticky, stringy threads — is Japan's most divisive food, beloved by locals and bewil…
Senba Lake Cycling
Little knownSenba Lake is a narrow, 12-kilometer-long reservoir on the northern edge of Mito City, created by damming the Naka River…
Shizumine Furusato Park
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