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Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima / 御薬園（会津松平氏庭園）

Oyakuen Garden, Aizu Matsudaira Clan Garden

A strolling garden of the Aizu lords around a heart-shaped pond on about 1.7 hectares, a National Place of Scenic Beauty, where about 400 kinds of medicinal plants are still grown.

A thatched-roof teahouse on a small island in a pond, surrounded by pine trees and autumn maples
The pond and teahouse at Oyakuen (photo taken November 2009)Photo: Qwert1234 / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (cropped and resized) · Terms of use · Source

Last official check

2 Oct 2026

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Next scheduled check

24 Dec 2026

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Getting there
Train / Bus
Admission
Paid (see the price below)
Closing days
Open every day (check the notes below)

Before you go

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Opening hours

8:30-17:00 (last entry 16:30).

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site
Closed

Open every day (no regular closing days).

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site
Admission

Adults 330 yen, high school 270 yen, elementary and junior high 160 yen (groups of 30+: 270 / 220 / 110). Free for the holder of a disability certificate.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site
Getting there

From Wakamatsu Ekimae, the Haikara-san town loop bus takes about 30 min to Oyakuen (right by the stop), or the Akabee bus about 15 or 22 min to Aizuwakamatsu Shoko Kaigisho-mae, then 5 min on foot.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site
Parking

Free parking for 40 cars. The north car park gives priority to large vehicles, so cars should use the west car park.

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site
Not yet confirmed

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Address: Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima (Japanese address: 福島県会津若松市花春町8-1)

Official site: https://www.tsurugajo.com/oyakuen/

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Crowds

Best time to visit

There is no lighting in the garden, and as sunset comes early in winter, visitors are asked to come early (official site).

Checked 2 Oct 2026 on the official site
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Visiting respectfully

  • Local etiquetteIt began about 600 years ago as a villa built by Ashina Morihisa at a sacred spring; the Aizu Matsudaira lords made it a feudal garden and herb garden, and it was named Oyakuen after they encouraged ginseng growing.Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

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