Kairakuen

Kairaku-en is a located in , , . Along with and Koraku-en, it is considered one of the Three Great Gardens of Japan.
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  • Opening hours:
    February 20th—September 30th: 6:00 AM—7:00 PM
    October 1st—February 19th: 7:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Email: kairakuen@pref.ibaraki.lg.jp
  • Type: Garden
  • Description: One of Japan’s top 3 gardens
  • Also known as: “Kairaku-en” and “Kairakuen Park”
  • Address: 3, 常磐町一丁目, 水戸市, 茨城県 310-0033
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tokiwa Shrine and Kairakuen Station.

Shinto shrine
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Tokiwa Jinja is a Shinto shrine adjacent to the gardens of Kairakuen in , Japan. Founded in 1874, enshrined are Tokugawa Mitsukuni, second daimyō of the Mito Domain and compiler of Dai Nihonshi, and Tokugawa Nariaki, ninth lord and founder of the nearby Kōdōkan han school. is situated 240 metres east of Kairakuen.

Railway station
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is a passenger railway station on the Jōban Line in , Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company. It is a "seasonal" station which serves the nearby Kairaku-en gardens, and is open only during the plum blossom season in February and March. is situated 340 metres southeast of Kairakuen.

Museum
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The is a local history museum in , Japan. It is one of Japan's many museums which are supported by a prefecture. is situated 540 metres northwest of Kairakuen.

Kairakuen

Latitude
36.37492° or 36° 22′ 30″ north
Longitude
140.45324° or 140° 27′ 12″ east
Inception
August 6th, 1842
Open location code
8R829FF3+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 476016290
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­garden
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q71952
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Kairakuen” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Kairaku-en”
  • Catalan: “Kairaku-en”
  • Chinese: “偕樂園”
  • Czech: “Kairaku-en”
  • Dutch: “Kairaku-en”
  • French: “jardin Kairaku”
  • French: “Jardin Kairaku”
  • French: “jardin pour le plaisir de tous”
  • French: “Kairaku-en”
  • French: “Kairakuen”
  • German: “Kairaku-en”
  • German: “Kairakuen”
  • Greek: “Καϊράκου-εν”
  • Hungarian: “Kairaku-en”
  • Italian: “Kairaku-en”
  • Japanese: “Kairaku-en”
  • Japanese: “かいらくえん”
  • Japanese: “偕楽園”
  • Japanese: “水戸の梅まつり”
  • Japanese: “水戸偕楽園”
  • Korean: “가이라쿠엔”
  • Lithuanian: “Kairaku-en sodas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kairaku-en”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kairaku-en”
  • Russian: “Кайраку-эн”
  • Spanish: “Kairaku-en”
  • Spanish: “Parque Kairaku-en”
  • Spanish: “Parque Kairakuen”
  • Thai: “ไครากุเอ็ง”
  • Thai: “สวนไครากุ”
  • Turkish: “Kairaku-en”
  • Turkish: “Kairakuen”
  • Western Panjabi: “کائیراکو-ان”

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