Yawata City Shokado Garden Art Museum

The garden is much better than the bento

I went to Syokado Garden and Art Museum in Yawata city on a fine autumn day. There are some structures such as the hermitage called“Syokado”, a drawing room, three teahouses, an art museum, and a res...

Garden derived from Shokado Bento

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A garden that originated from the name of Shokado Bento. There is still a restaurant "Kichicho" in the park, and if you make a reservation, you can eat Shokado Bento. The garden is divided into an inner garden and an outer garden, but the inner garden was affected by the 2018 earthquake and is currently under restoration and cannot be visited. Even so, I feel that it takes too long to restore. The main attractions of the inner garden are several tea rooms. There is also a museum.

Small さな Garden

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It's the origin of Shokado Bento. The garden is small and has a little maple and camellia planted in the center of evergreen trees, making it feel simple or rusty. Regarding the museum, when I visited, I held a special exhibition of personal collections.

Shokado Bento

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That Shokado Bento is Shokado. The underground exhibition room is a museum. The garden has old buildings, and the seasonal flowers and trees are well maintained, giving it a beautiful atmosphere.

The Kusanagi "Shokado" in the inner garden cannot be visited due to restoration work, but the doors of the three tea rooms "Umegakuin", "Matsugakuin" and "Takegakuin" in the outer garden are opened and I was able to peek inside.

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The Shokado garden is divided into inner garden and outer garden, and inner garden; There is Soan "Shokado (with a ceiling painting depicting a phoenix)", but due to repair work for the damage caused by the northern Osaka earthquake (June 2018) and Typhoon No. 19 (October 2019), September 20, 2020 As of 20, I couldn't visit, and the outer garden; There are three tea rooms, Umegaku, Matsugaku, and Takegaku, which are usually closed, but when you visit, the door is opened and you can see it except for the inside. ｸﾞﾙﾘ...