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Japan is a home to extraordinary natural beauties. The country has a wide variety of flora and fauna. The Japanese botanical gardens are of huge tourist attraction. These botanical gardens wonderfully portray the changing seasons of Kyoto. The Shosei-en Garden of Kyoto is one such garden. Read on with AsiaRooms.com to know more about Kyoto Shosei-en Garden. Brief History The picturesque Shosei-en Garden in Kyoto is owned by the Higashi Hongan-ji temple. In the 17th century, Ishikawa Jozan and Kobori Enshu founded this garden. In 1641, the land was donated to Higashi Hongan-ji temple’s 13th Head Priest Sennyo by Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third Shogun of the Edo Period. In 1653, the priest expressed his desire to Ishikawa Jozan for a garden within the site. Unfortunately during the Edo Period, the buildings were gutted by two fires. But restroration work followed in the early parts of Meiji Period (1868-1912). The Shosei-en Garden is also known as Kikoku-tei, as the Higashi-honganji Temple is surrounded by trifoliate orange hedges. In Japanese, this orange is referred to as `kikoku’. The scenery of the beautiful Higashiyama Mountains adds up to the wonderful environment of the garden. You will find various species of flowers, herbs and plants. The garden becomes all the more beautiful with seasonal trees and plants, like the plum trees, cherry trees, wisteria and maples are in full bloom. The garden always enthralls the tourists and visitors with the ever-changing seasonal views. Especially the springtime and the fall season are highly enjoyable. The Shosei-en Garden Kyoto is a wonderful destination to take your family and kids away from the usual hustles of city life and enjoy the serenity of lush green nature. Shosei-en Garden Kyoto opens its gates for visitors at nine o’ clock in the morning and closes at 4 O’ clock I the afternoon. But the office gets closed at 3-30 in the afternoon. You need not worry about which days you should visit, because the garden is open all seven days of a week. And now you must be eager to know about the entry fee? Well, all you require to pay for an entry is nothing! The garden offers full facilities to the differently abled persons.
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