Lovely garden with beautiful water features. There is an opportunity to do a tea ceremony within the gardens. Definitely a relaxing and beautiful walk.

Kokoen Garden is located 500m walk from the Himeji Castle entrance. The combo ticket for castle + garden is worth it (1040 yen). Directions from the castle entrance to the garden are on the back of the ticket. The garden consists of about 12 mini-gardens,...More

My daughter and I paid the slightly higher price for a ticket that included both the castle and the garden and we thought it was well worth the extra money. One can do a lot of walking to explore the castle and you might be...More

The different landscapes within this lovely garden are clearly separated, making it a great overall introduction to the many styles perfected over the centuries. Especially beautiful too during autumn when splashes of red are everywhere. It's a feast for the eyes.

I wasn't expecting too much here in autumn, especially with some less positive write ups about it being a relatively new built. I was amazed by it's beauty with the autumn foliage in this well planned and constructed garden. That pond, hosting many colorful and...More

Going to the gardens in winter may seem like a silly decision, but year-end is our only time to travel, so we still decided to visit it. A lot of the plants were bare, and there was not a lot of flowers to see, as...More

Can add it into your castle ticket! Seriously worth walking the extra 250m when you leave the castle to go and have a look! Superb gardens and very pleasing to the eye, so many different scenes of gardens too see, not just one. You can...More