Hikone castle Genkyu-en Garden 彦根城玄宮園 Hikone-city,Shiga prefecture,Japan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is a large castle garden. The pond and garden were constructed by the fourth lord Ii Naooki(井伊直興) in 1677. It was designed and named after the garden of the detached palace belonging to the Chinese emperor, Xuan Song (Tang Period). It is a famous garden, typical of the early Edo Period. - MustLoveJapan : The Video Travel Guide of Japan.
July of a sunny day in 2008, I went out in the jeep in Lake Biwa round trip with my family. Hikone Castle is a Japanese national treasure in the old wooden building was erected in 1622. It was a lot of residence of the Ii family 14 generations is a Fudai daimyo that has produced Tairō.