Shukkei Garden
Shukkei-en is a historic Japanese garden in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum is located adjacent to the garden.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0.
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- Opening hours:
March 16th—September 15th: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
September 15th—March 15th: 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
December 29th—31: closed - Type: Garden
- Description: park in Japan
- Also known as: “Asano Park”, “Shukkei-en”, and “Shukkeien”
- Address: 11, 上幟町, 中区, 広島市, 広島県 730-0014
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum and Carp castle.
Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
Museum
The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum is an art museum founded in 1968. It was reconstructed in 1996. It is located near Shukkei-en in Hiroshima, Japan. Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum is situated 140 metres west of Shukkei Garden.
Carp castle
Museum
Photo: Reggaeman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called Carp Castle, is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and was what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945. Carp castle is situated 720 metres west of Shukkei Garden.
Hiroshima
Railway station
Hiroshima Station is a major railway station in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company. Hiroshima Station is the terminal station for several lines, and all San'yō Shinkansen trains stop here. Hiroshima is situated 790 metres east of Shukkei Garden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nagarekawacho and Higashi-ku.
Higashi-ku
Suburb
Photo: Taisyo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Higashi-ku is one of the eight wards located in Hiroshima, Japan. It is located on the uppermost delta of the Ōta River. Within Higashi-ku is the Fudoin Temple in Ushita-shinmachi.
Minami-ku
Suburb
Photo: Lemon-s, Public domain.
Minami-ku is one of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima, Japan. As of March 1, 2012, the ward had an estimated population of 138,471, with 66,706 households and a population density of 5,307.44 persons per km2. The total area was 26.09 km2.
Shukkei Garden
- Categories: daimyo garden, Japanese strolling garden, and recreation area
- Location: Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.40041° or 34° 24′ 2″ northLongitude
132.46769° or 132° 28′ 4″ eastInception
1940Open location code
8Q6JCF29+53OpenStreetMap ID
way 69827593OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenWikidata ID
Q2576732
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Shukkei Garden” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “縮景園”
- Dutch: “Shukkei-en”
- French: “jardin à rétrécir les paysages”
- French: “jardin Shukkei”
- French: “Jardin Shukkei”
- French: “Shukkei-en”
- German: “Garten Shukkei”
- German: “Shukkei-en”
- German: “Shukkeien”
- Italian: “Shukkei-en”
- Japanese: “Shukkei-en”
- Japanese: “しゅっけいえん”
- Japanese: “広島県縮景園”
- Japanese: “縮景園”
- Korean: “슛케이엔”
- Polish: “Shukkei-en”
- Russian: “Сюккейен”
- Russian: “Сюккэйэн”
- Turkish: “Shukkei-en”
- Ukrainian: “Сад Сюккей”
- Ukrainian: “Сюккейен”
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Highlights include 清漣島 and 小蓬莱.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shukkei Garden”. Photo: Yoshio Kohara, CC BY 3.0.