Murin-an Special Night

Experience a journey for the senses through artistry evolved over a century and enjoy the timeless beauty and superb scenery of the registered garden of Murin-an at night, for an unforgettable evening.

This is a private event plan, tailored upon request that provides an unique evening experience within one of the most praised scenic garden of the Kyoto Okazaki district.

Murin-an is a strolling garden of the Meiji period (1868-1912) that enhances brilliantly the traditional aesthetics of Japanese garden along with a refined western influence, in terms of landscape design and villa architecture and rooms interiors. It was built between 1894 and 1896 by Yamagata Aritomo, a Prime Minister of the Meiji period, and stand as a place of great historical and cultural value.

The villa of Murin-an features dark rooms, painted walls and a paneled ceiling that is a rare example of the Japanese western style architecture of the past. The garden was realized by the Japanese master gardener Ogawa Jihei himself, a true landscape architect who designed many of the scenic gardens of the Higashiyama area, including the famous garden of the Heian-Jingu Shrine. The garden of Murin-an is considered one of the masterpieces of Japanese landscape architecture and is registered by the government as an Important Cultural Property.

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