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Opened to the public in 1906, this was once the estate and gardens of Tomitaro Hara (1868-1939), one of Yokohama's wealthiest men, who made his money as a silk merchant before becoming a patron of the arts. On the extensive grounds of the estate he created is a kind of open-air museum of traditional Japanese architecture, some of which was brought here from Kamakura and the western part of the country. Especially noteworthy is Rinshun-kaku, a villa built for the Tokugawa clan in 1649. There's also a tea pavilion, Choshu-kaku, built by the third Tokugawa shogun, Iemitsu. Other buildings include a small temple transported from Kyoto's famed Daitoku-ji and a farmhouse from the Gifu district in the Japan Alps (around Takayama).
- Address: 58-1 Honmoku San-no-tani, Naka-ku, Yokohama, 231-0824 | Map It
- Phone: 045/621-0635
- Cost: Inner garden ¥300, outer garden ¥300, farmhouse ¥100
- Hours: Inner garden daily 9--4, outer garden and farmhouse daily 9--4:30
- Subway: JR Keihin Tohoku Line to Negishi Station and a local bus (number 54, 58, or 99) bound for Honmoku; Yokohama Station (East Exit) and take the bus (number 8 or 125) to Honmoku Sankei-en Mae. It will take about 35 mins.
- Location: Yokohama
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