In Okazaki, there is a villa called Murin-an that was the garden villa of Yamagata aritomo (1838-1922), a statesman during the Meiji (1868-1912) and Taisho (1912-1926) periods. It is a luxurious garden with water from the Lake Biwa Canal flowing into the garden and the Higashiyama mountains as a borrowed landscape.
Cars come and go outside the walls, and Nanzen-ji Temple, which is always crowded with tourists, is just around the corner. But this is a world of tranquility.
You need to make a reservation to visit Murin-an. If you are visiting Heian-jingu Shrine or Nanzen-ji Temple, you should also stop by here.
Murin-an
https://murin-an.jp/en/
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