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  • Jozan-en
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    Aichi Pref. Anjoushi Izumichou Nakahongou 180-1
    Ishikawa Jozan was born in what is today Izumi Town, Anjo City. Ishikawa Jozan was an early Edo period samurai who was also a well-known poet. He spent last years of his life in the Shisen-do Jozanji Temple in Kyoto. The Jozan-en garden was modeled after the Shisen-do Jozanji Temple and built in the area where Jozan was born to reproduce and share his unique worldview. The elegant garden combines a Chinese garden, traditional circular garden built around a central pond, and garden modeled after the mythical Mt. Penglai. Near the Shisen-kaku hermitage stands a replica of a stone monument dedicated to 36 great points from the Shisen-do Jozanji Temple.

    I actually didn’t expect that there’s a place like this in Anjo. There’s only few people who knows this place and I like it that way, so that the solemnity will remain. I love how hospitable the...

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Aichi is a prefecture of great natural beauty with Nagoya city at its heart, a busy hub home to a labyrinth of underground shops and the 17th-century Nagoya Castle. Castles are easy to find in this history-rich prefecture, but the highlight for history buffs has to be the Museum Meiji-mura, where preserved buildings from the turn of the 20th century are displayed in all their grandeur in an outdoor museum.

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