Sorakuen Garden, Kobe.

“The gardens of Sōraku-en [were] formerly attached to the Taishō-era residence of Kodera Yasujirō, ownership passed to the city of Kobe in 1941. Since then they have been open to the public. Most of the former residence was destroyed in the Pacific War; the stables of 1907 survived and have been designated an Important Cultural Property. It is one of the few historical Japanese gardens that exists within Kobe city. It adopts a ‘chisen kaiyu shiki’, style which is a style of garden that features a path around a pond.”