A Garden Overflowing with Poetic Sentiment 📚

Mukojima-Hyakkaen Garden preserves a large number of haiku and waka (poetry) stone monuments.

This is proof that the garden’s founder interacted with Edo’s top cultural figures.

Its charm is that you can enjoy not only the beauty of nature but also a literary atmosphere.

Why not spend some time in the quiet garden touching the hearts of the old literati?

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A Fusion of Nature and Literature: Tracing the Haiku and Waka Monuments Scattered Throughout Mukojima-Hyakkaen

The many haiku and waka monuments placed in the garden tell us that Mukojima-Hyakkaen played the role of an Edo cultural salon, not just a botanical garden.

In this episode, we will visit the numerous stone monuments that are integrated with the natural landscape, exploring the elegant tastes of the literati of the time and the deep cultural background of this garden.

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