Echizen-no-Sato Ajimanoen Garden
Fukui Prefecture Tannan Area
This place is mentioned in the Soumon poems (love poems). The site is 20,000 tsubos big, and it includes a Japanese garden and mizubashou (skunk cabbage) garden. The look of these gardens varies depending on the season. There is a monument for poems from the Ajimano area in Manyoshu. Also, the former residence of the Taniguchi family was here, which is designated as a nationally important cultural property and was built at the beginning of 19th century.
Address
Yokawa-cho, Echizen City
Access (nearest railway station)
From JR Takefu station, take a Fukutetsu bus and get off at "Ajimano Jinja Guchi." It takes 3 minutes on foot from there/ 10 minutes by car from Takefu IC on Hokuriku Expressway
Hours
Flexible
Closed
Open throughout the year
Entry fee
Free of charge
Parking
Free of charge
Official website
http://www.city.echizen.lg.jp/hp/enjoy/enj0102.html
Inquiries
Echizen-no-Saoto Ajimanoen Archive Museum "Manyo-kan" 0778-27-2204
Other information
There is Ajimanoen Archive Museum "Manyo Hall" and the Manyo Chrysanthemum Flower Garden near Ajimanoen.