Oyakuen Garden

Oyakuen is a garden that was once used as a vacation home by the lords of Aizu and feudal lords. It is said that it began about 600 years ago during the Muromachi period, when the lord of Aizu built a villa on this land where a spiritual spring gushed out. Later, a medicinal herb garden was established to cultivate various medicinal herbs, so it came to be called ``Oyakuen.'' It was designated as a national scenic spot on July 19, 1932. Currently, the park consists of a meandering garden with the Shinji Pond at its center and the Higashiyama Mountain Range as a backdrop, the Ochaya Palace, which was used as a tea ceremony seat, study room, and comfort place, a medicinal plant specimen garden, and Chōyōkaku. On Nakajima in the center of Shinji Pond is Rakujutei, a Sukiya-style building built in the middle of the Edo period.